The Lovely Girls Competition - The Rose of Tralee 2013

Lisha

Lapin wrote: »

I hope it was a certain Cork Boardsie.


Of course I'll carry the bags for you Lisha.

Lol no not me.:(

But winning the lotto tomorrow night will help me to get over it

Sam Kade

PWEI wrote: »

How do you know somebody is from Cork? Cause they never stop fu*king reminding you about it.
Just like the Cork woman I work with, 30 years in Dublin & never shuts up about Cork. :mad:

I am from Cork, I can't stand this proud to be from Cork sh1te. The real capitol and all that sh1te.

grey_so_what

keith16 wrote: »

That and RoT were the quintessential TV events when I was a pup. Extraordinary TV at the time.

I remember going to the John Player Theatre to watch a heat, it was the best craic ever.......Woe betide you if you didn't take it seriously...:D

road_high

Sam Kade wrote: »

I am from Cork, I can't stand this proud to be from Cork sh1te. The real capitol and all that sh1te.

Well that was this years Cork Rose in a nutshell.Just reinforced the stereotype to the highest degree. No one actually cared love.

SlimJ

My quick take on the Rose of Tralee, if y'alls interested. Recorded last night at the Comedy Crunch in the Stag's Head.

Overdahill

ProudDUB wrote: »

WTF is the Bons Secours hospital doing sponsoring the likes of this? With all the cutbacks hospitals are having to deal with these days, that is fcuking disgraceful imo.

Bons is a private hosp....so your cutbacks comment is moot

Oral Surgeon

twirlagig wrote: »

Love to see a screen shot of this famous cutlery! :mad:

Luno

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

This was supposed to be the escorts prize though? A bit confused by the whole thing now.

leahyl

Luno wrote: »

This was supposed to be the escorts prize though? A bit confused by the whole thing now.

The escort got that prize also but so did the Rose of Tralee

fox_1973

The cutlery slip up is going to be discussed on newstalk lunchtime show soon, apparently it was just a coincidence according to the ROT committee

Unfortunately I can't listen as I have to head back to work, might catch it on podcast later

Clareboy

mystic86 wrote: »

What an utter load of crap

Which is the " utter load of crap " The Rose of Tralee or my post? Please explain.

EB_2013

So in that case do they already have the winner picked out but don't announce it until the final night. I guess they could meet the judges beforehand and the final nights are just for tv purposes.

Maybe the name and crest were just an example of how the winners name will look.

Ivefoundgod

EB_2013 wrote: »

So in that case do they already have the winner picked out but don't announce it until the final night. I guess they could meet the judges beforehand and the final nights are just for tv purposes.

Maybe the name and crest were just an example of how the winners name will look.

The TV aspect is only a small part of the judging process, Daithi even said that during the TV show at one point. To the best of my knowledge, they are assessed throughout the course of the weekend, being interviewed by the judges etc so it is entirely possible they have the winner selected before the TV show. However, IMO it is incredibly unlikely that this cutlery thing was anything other than a coincidence. Whats more dubious is the huge amounts of money put on the winner in the 10 minutes or so before they announced it. 25/1 to 1/33 in 10 minutes?!?

EB_2013

Yeah thats a bit suspect all those bets coming in 10 mins before before the announcement. I'd understand if they all flooded in after she appeared but that looks strange.

Do they ever release who came where in the final results as I'd love to know where some of the others came. I checked the odds on Tuesday before that nights show and Leitrim was the favourite at around 7/4 so it would be interesting to see where she finished up.

Jiggers77

Wot a cringe worthy pile of bollocks The Rose of Tralee is. I cant believe there are 61 pages of comments about it here

Ivefoundgod

I don't think they do no. Would be interesting to see allright. Who did you have as a possible winner?

The last I checked North Carolina was the favourite with Leitrim second, then after North Carolina was on she went out to 6th or 7th and Leitrim favourite I think. That was just after she went off stage so 11ish I'd say.

EB_2013

Either someone came in with a huge bet or everyone found out what name was on the cutlery and put bets on quickly. She was one of the best from Tuesday night and I reckon would have been in the running anyway

I had Leitrim and Abu Dhadi down as my favourites.

Ivefoundgod

Yeah there were people on twitter claiming to have put money on her after seeing the name but how true that is I don't know. Saw plenty of tweets talking about betting activity, I think even Will Leahy from 2FM said there had been lots of activity on her just before it was announced.

I thought Leitrim had it won long before the end.

vicwatson

Overdahill wrote: »

Bons is a private hosp....so your cutbacks comment is moot

I'm sure they get some type of subsistence from the taxpayer

vicwatson

More on the name of the rose on the cutlery from Monday night

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/thorny-issue-as-rose-of-tralees-name-appears-on-prize-two-days-before-final-29517707.html

starlit

I had texas rose on my list alright! I had a few of the others mentioned sydney and leitrim, abu dabi, clare and longford. The wicklow rose was nice too.

Sam Kade

Jiggers77 wrote: »

Wot a cringe worthy pile of bollocks The Rose of Tralee is. I cant believe there are 61 pages of comments about it here

You can't believe it then you contributed to it

Sam Kade

road_high wrote: »

Well that was this years Cork Rose in a nutshell.Just reinforced the stereotype to the highest degree. No one actually cared love.

I heard about some fool of a gaa fan that was at the match between Cork and Dublin, he said after the win boy's isn't it great to be born in Cork :rolleyes: I reckon that he should be smothered in a pile his own sh1te

rexsavage

Lapin wrote: »

Did she just say Liverpool haven't been doing so well this season ?

Feck sake they've only played one game and the won that :eek:

The videos are recorded a couple of months in advance. The use them before the regionals too, Lisa's was recorded back at the start of May.

Overdahill

vicwatson wrote: »

I'm sure they get some type of subsistence from the taxpayer

I know for a fact that they don't. That's what private means.
You pay or your insurance pays (which of course you pay for). I accept that the situation is different for for example private schools.
But private hosps are really private sector in terms of funding (ie none) fees...and employment with them

Brianderunner

I mentioned the gambling fix thing as soon as the result was announced a few pages back. Highly suspicious activity on betfair a minute or so before the result.

An isolated incident? Far from it, this has happened the last 3 years and who knows how long it has happened before i was looking out for it.

Same thing happened a while back for the Irish SPOTY, with Shefflin backed into 1/33 about a minute before the result was announced. Gotta be someone leaking info to their mates cause nothing else explains it.

dublinman1990

After reading this thread; I was nearly sniggering at some of your posts. I thought the show was unbearable without reading it.

That marriage proposal was very ill-timed. I was watching it minding my own business. It was like car crash TV at every turn when I did see it.

Texas being called as the winner for this year was a surprise; no doubt controversial.

Catspaw

The ad is frankly disturbing. Etheral child having 'blood' splashed on her. Should be withdrawn

ballsymchugh

fookin hate it when i forget to unfollow threads