The Rose Of Tralee.

In All Fairness

Jonjo. You're a fcuking legend. Brilliant thread, brilliant commentary, a masterclass in interactive tomfoolery, and I think everyone enjoyed it. Thx aswell to all other posters who kept it lovely. Thread moderated itself. Never got too nasty. Bravo Jonjo.

Laphroaig52

In All Fairness wrote: »

Jonjo. You're a fcuking legend. Brilliant thread, brilliant commentary, a masterclass in interactive tomfoolery, and I think everyone enjoyed it. Thx aswell to all other posters who kept it lovely. Thread moderated itself. Never got too nasty. Bravo Jonjo.

Agreed. It made the show for me this year and I'm looking forward to next year already.

Namlub

Dean820 wrote: »

The Cork rose was on the radio last week, she was on about people on the internet calling her fat. She says she doesn't care what people say.

Why did she google herself so?

Stevecw

In All Fairness wrote: »

Jonjo. You're a fcuking legend. Brilliant thread, brilliant commentary, a masterclass in interactive tomfoolery, and I think everyone enjoyed it. Thx aswell to all other posters who kept it lovely. Thread moderated itself. Never got too nasty. Bravo Jonjo.

Agreed i only saw the last 3 or 4 each night, thanks to training :mad:...but it included the winner as it happened!!
But read back on this whole thread and it was so funny..without getting out of hand.
I bet it would have been great to watch the 2 shows in full while posting here & having a few cans! Good for you anyone who did that

Jonjo, great stuff!! Whats the next gig you are commentating on??

JONJO THE MISER

Stevecw wrote: »

Jonjo, great stuff!! Whats the next gig you are commentating on??

Well ive nothing planned but if any Potential employers are watching im on the Dole and willing to work for small Fees:cool:.

Mrmoe

The Cork rose is a bit of a hottie.:)

In All Fairness

Stevecw wrote: »

Agreed i only saw the last 3 or 4 each night, thanks to training :mad:...but it included the winner as it happened!!
But read back on this whole thread and it was so funny..without getting out of hand.
I bet it would have been great to watch the 2 shows in full while posting here & having a few cans! Good for you anyone who did that

Jonjo, great stuff!! Whats the next gig you are commentating on??

The tone of the thread was so like the competition. It was lovely. AHer's being funny yet knowing if they weren't the right side of gentle they'd be ****ed. The sister/brother would frown and they'd blush. But they'd both be biting lips. Perfect.:)

willowfield

Totally random question but would anyone know where it would be possible to get a picture of Aoife Kelly (last year's Rose of Tralee) from last night? Getting married in January and would love to get my hair put up the same way. I know she thanked her hairdresser but didnt quite catch their name.

mikeystipey

willowfield wrote: »

Totally random question but would anyone know where it would be possible to get a picture of Aoife Kelly (last year's Rose of Tralee) from last night? Getting married in January and would love to get my hair put up the same way. I know she thanked her hairdresser but didnt quite catch their name.

RTE now show certain recent shows on their website I believe - http://www.rte.ie/player/, give that a try and you might even get her on video. Also there are plenty of pics of her on Google Images, not from last night but maybe one of them has your desired hairdo in it

lala stone

willowfield wrote: »

Totally random question but would anyone know where it would be possible to get a picture of Aoife Kelly (last year's Rose of Tralee) from last night? Getting married in January and would love to get my hair put up the same way. I know she thanked her hairdresser but didnt quite catch their name.

Try maybe the local paper of where she lives,, they might cover it?

puss

A bride to be on WOL wants to find out where the French Rose got her dress.Does her cousin know? I think the German rose should have won.

parker kent

willowfield wrote: »

Totally random question but would anyone know where it would be possible to get a picture of Aoife Kelly (last year's Rose of Tralee) from last night? Getting married in January and would love to get my hair put up the same way. I know she thanked her hairdresser but didnt quite catch their name.

I spotted this one on the Independents website after reading your post! Not great since it's just the back but I'm assuming the photos are out there

http://www.independent.ie/photo-galleries/rose-of-tralee-2009-1871334.html?ino=9

sunnyside

kinetic wrote: »

Think that creep singing dropped the hand and she had to leg it.

Why was he singing at the end? He didn't really fit in. Isn't it usually someone with a opera style voice who sings the Rose of Tralee at the end.

Why was nobody kissing/hugging the winner? Usually Ray has to drag the winner away from her new friends to stand at the front for the photos and song.

The escort wasn't talking to her on the way out either. Nobody looked too delighted for her.

Strange.

xOxSinéadxOx

the german rose was cool as ****

finisklin

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Well ive nothing planned but if any Potential employers are watching im on the Dole and willing to work for small Fees:cool:.

Is it too late to stand in for Darcy on today fm? He's on hols for a few weeks.....:rolleyes:

was the winning rose the one who was slagging off all the other roses? about their accents etc?

LittleKitty

that yorkshire rose (the one with the blonde hair and the red dress)
by god she was some wepon, she slagged off the other roses (getting a very dirty look from one of the american roses in the audiance), she slated her boyfriend live on stage and most of all she put down Tralee, the town she would be representing if she won.

in the words of roy from the IT Crowd.... "whattabitch!"

i liked the perth rose, she was lovely.

Namlub

LittleKitty wrote: »

that yorkshire rose (the one with the blonde hair and the red dress)
by god she was some wepon, she slagged off the other roses (getting a very dirty look from one of the american roses in the audiance), she slated her boyfriend live on stage and most of all she put down Tralee, the town she would be representing if she won.

in the words of roy from the IT Crowd.... "whattabitch!"

i liked the perth rose, she was lovely.

What did she say???

mufc4lfe

I'm from Tralee and have some inside info for ye all;).This years rose was NOT THE 50th BUT THE 51st!!!The first rose of tralee was crowned in 1978 making this years winner the 51st.:pac:
Do you think it's worth to believe that they provide managed forex account

LittleKitty

Namlub wrote: »

What did she say???

well, she was saying that they slagged her for saying sausages funny, and she was like "coming from the shhhliigoo rose". Camera zooms in on the sligo rose and the south carolina rose (Kirsten Johnson look alike). and the face on the american one was like "WTF?"

then she says bout the boyfriend, shouting at him from the stage "actulaly, you do know Tom (or whatever his name was) we met 2 years ago today in dingle.....YOU BETTER HAVE A PRESENT FOR ME!!" as appose to doing it nicely like everyone else.

thenthe whole thing with the sign post. ray was like "oh isnt it kid of bad dat dingle dont put a sign post up in english" and shes like "well, i think its tralees fault for not having a proper signpost" really bitchy tone in her voice. she actualy got a boo.

like in fairness, maybe she was just nervouse, but seriously, slaggin off the town your going to represent if you win, bad move.

PaddyPug

Aoife is lovely, I met her at the regional finals and she was very friendly, very sociable and good craic. I guess thats why she won! You got the impression that she was genuine too, she wasnt at all fake! She was agreat winner and so pretty. Its a shame Ireland is losing her to South Africa! I wish she would stay!

This years was good - young modern irish women all over the world doing amazing things! Apart from a few (Yorkshire in particular who was just not ROT material!) Ray can be a bit innappropriate at times but I guess he is trying to shock they over rehersed people and see how they react.

Some bad dresses this year, some bad party pieces and jimmy buckley wasnt a good choice. he does look creepy!

This years winner - v v v intelligent. i think that its a good thing that somone like her is getting this kind of recognition esp in the celeb culture of jordan et al. ROT is about role models etc and i think its a great festival for us all to be inspired by. I know i was amazed at how successful some of them were! it is the most modern thing of its kind i.e. not a beauty thing, but a celebration of young irish women.

PaddyPug

LittleKitty wrote: »

well, she was saying that they slagged her for saying sausages funny, and she was like "coming from the shhhliigoo rose". Camera zooms in on the sligo rose and the south carolina rose (Kirsten Johnson look alike). and the face on the american one was like "WTF?"

then she says bout the boyfriend, shouting at him from the stage "actulaly, you do know Tom (or whatever his name was) we met 2 years ago today in dingle.....YOU BETTER HAVE A PRESENT FOR ME!!" as appose to doing it nicely like everyone else.

thenthe whole thing with the sign post. ray was like "oh isnt it kid of bad dat dingle dont put a sign post up in english" and shes like "well, i think its tralees fault for not having a proper signpost" really bitchy tone in her voice. she actualy got a boo.

like in fairness, maybe she was just nervouse, but seriously, slaggin off the town your going to represent if you win, bad move.

I know! it was so bad! yorkshire will have to get new judges for that heat!

parker kent

LittleKitty wrote: »

well, she was saying that they slagged her for saying sausages funny, and she was like "coming from the shhhliigoo rose". Camera zooms in on the sligo rose and the south carolina rose (Kirsten Johnson look alike). and the face on the american one was like "WTF?"

then she says bout the boyfriend, shouting at him from the stage "actulaly, you do know Tom (or whatever his name was) we met 2 years ago today in dingle.....YOU BETTER HAVE A PRESENT FOR ME!!" as appose to doing it nicely like everyone else.

thenthe whole thing with the sign post. ray was like "oh isnt it kid of bad dat dingle dont put a sign post up in english" and shes like "well, i think its tralees fault for not having a proper signpost" really bitchy tone in her voice. she actualy got a boo.

like in fairness, maybe she was just nervouse, but seriously, slaggin off the town your going to represent if you win, bad move.

I thought she seemed like a laugh, she broke up the normal pattern and gave different answers. She wasn't pandering to the crowd or being fake, she spoke as she would to anybody, anywhere. To me that seemed kind of cool!

And on a different note, I think they picked a really classy winner. She oozed class and intelligence.

parker kent

mufc4lfe wrote: »

I'm from Tralee and have some inside info for ye all;).This years rose was NOT THE 50th BUT THE 51st!!!The first rose of tralee was crowned in 1978 making this years winner the 51st.:pac:
Do you think it's worth to believe that they provide managed forex account

They called last years winner "The 50th Rose of Tralee" so I'm guessing it's not that secret

Spon Farmer

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

the german rose was cool as ****

yes she was:). she is also very familiar.

I'm going mad trying to figure out who see looks like:eek:

Laphroaig52

I was just watching the 5 decades of Roses Documentary tonight.

The 1977 Rose is still better looking than some of the birds from last night.

Once a Rose indeed....

hayser

Can anyone tell me which night the German and / or Yorkshire Roses were on? Thanks in advance.

and2

Are there gypsy women standing outside the venue asking people to "buy a rose?".. could get confusing

Long Onion

Now that they allow single mothers to enter, could we call it "The Ho's of Tralee"?

cosmic

Some of them were common as muck. Especially that Kilkenny one. Shocking :eek:

Spon Farmer

hayser wrote: »

Can anyone tell me which night the German and / or Yorkshire Roses were on? Thanks in advance.

German girl was on the first night.

not sure if it was before or after the break for 9 o'clock news though

Namlub

Long Onion wrote: »

Now that they allow single mothers to enter, could we call it "The Ho's of Tralee"?

Didn't they before? What a joke, next you'll be telling me they don't let prostitutes on...

ladylouise

moiragannaire wrote: »

What about the Kilkenny rose, she seemed like she was down to earth and normal? Kerry rose was too goody two shoes

i agree the kerry was bit much.being so perfect with her bleach white teeth.humanmillatin
her brother and sister in public there faces turn bright red and they had to smile they had no choice really.kerry rose was perfect in every way right down to flawless skin and bleach white teeth, almost staged in some way.

hayser

Thanks Spon Farmer.