"""The Voice"" in June 2013. She is a regular contributor to the Belfast Telegraph's Lifestyle section. The Philomena Begley Collection Philomena Begley Philomena Begley (born October 20, 1942) is an Irish country music singer from Northern Ireland. Philomena Begley was born and grew up in Pomeroy, County Tyrone, and worked in a hat factory in Cookstown before her break into music. Her first venture as a singer was with the popular Old Cross Céilí Band, with whom she sang as a dare, but stayed with the group. The group soon became known as the Old Cross Bandshow and released three"
"series was won by Nadiya Hussain, with Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray as runners up. In the U.S., the sixth series was broadcast as season 3 on PBS, and on Netflix as Collection 3. The seventh series began on 24 August 2016 on BBC One, once again from Welford Park in Berkshire, a later than usual start following the BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games. This series was won by Candice Brown, with Jane Beedle and Andrew Smyth as runners up. In the U.S., the seventh series was broadcast as season 4 on PBS, and on Netflix as Collection 4."
"Singapore. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from NUS in 2008. Shortly after moving to Singapore, Andrea became an ambassador for Marie France Bodyline and appeared on numerous magazine covers, including FHM Singapore. This exposure led her to becoming a host on ESPN's Score Today and then suitcase girl number 10 in ""Deal or No Deal"" on Mediacorp Channel 5. Following the success of Deal or No Deal, Channel 5 invited Andrea to co-host the live TV singing contest Live The Dream with Utt and Michelle Chia. Andrea subsequently moved into acting, starring in small parts in Maggi &"
"and RTÉ. In 2010, she co-hosted RTÉ's travel show ""No Frontiers"", and has also appeared on ""Celebrity Apprentice Ireland"". In December 2014, and ahead of its launch, UTV Ireland announced it had signed Buckley as its main weather presenter. She joined the channel as it went on air in January 2015, and presents the weather forecast following UTV's evening news programmes, ""Ireland Live"" and ""Ireland Live at 10"". In March 2015, Buckley launched UTV Ireland's ""Bringing U Home"" campaign for St Patrick's Day, which encouraged Irish people living overseas to submit greetings videos to friends and relatives, with entries having"
"new reality show ""Chasing The Dream"" was broadcast in Ireland on 3e. Nadia Forde Nadia Forde (born 3 May 1989) is an Irish model, singer and actress of Italian descent. She participated in the fourteenth series of the hit British ITV show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"", starting on 16 November 2014 and ending on 2 December, finishing in ninth place. and has appeared in her own show ""Nadia Goes to Hollywood"". Her mother is Berenice Paolozzi, who died from lymphoma in June 2015. In 2014, Forde starred in her own TV3 show ""Nadia Goes to Hollywood"", documenting"
"presented the series Real Estates, in which she investigated what goes on behind the gates of some of Northern Ireland's stately homes. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/bbc-ni-broadcaster-linda-mcauley-receives-mbe-36684171.html Linda McAuley Linda McAuley MBE is an award-winning presenter for the BBC Radio Ulster consumer advice programme On Your Behalf. Linda first joined BBC Radio Ulster in 1979 as presenter of the evening drive time programme Change Gear. After that she hosted the Saturday morning consumer programme On Your Behalf. The Trading Standards Institute named On Your Behalf ‘Best Consumer Television or Radio Programme’, while presenter Linda McAuley was awarded ‘National Consumer Journalist of the Year for"
"Celebrity Apprentice Ireland Celebrity Apprentice Ireland is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of Irish celebrities compete for the chance to win €25,000 for their chosen charity. Caroline Downey, the managing director of MCD is the head judge in the competition with the two advisors being former politician Liz O'Donnell and entrepreneur John McGuire. Edele Lynch beat Amanda Brunker in the final which aired on 28 October 2013. Caroline Downey awarding Lynch the title after her team’s renovation challenge in a Down Syndrome Ireland Latch On educational centre, using items sourced from donedeal.ie. The first episode aired"
"in November 2016, Anna gave birth to her third son, Rhys William Ward. In 2008, Daly was nominated for ""Image Magazine""'s Young Business Woman of the Year. She has also won at the TV Now Awards. Anna Daly Anna Daly is an Irish television presenter . She works for TV3 and is a full-time presenter on TV3's breakfast show, ""Saturday AM"" and ""Sunday AM"". Daly was born in Dublin and graduated with an International Marketing degree from the Marketing Institute of Ireland. She spent four years working in sponsorship and marketing for TV3, eventually becoming the station's Marketing Manager. She"
"shows for the channel from Adare Productions. ""Glas Vegas"" has a similar format to ""America's Got Talent"" and ""The All Ireland Talent Show"". ""Nollig No. 1"" has a similar format to ""You're a Star"" as the judges search for a Christmas number one single. The 2008 winner was Mary Lee, she released the single ""You'll Never Walk Alone"", with the chorus 'as Gaeilge'. In September 2009 another series from the same stable began the search for Ireland's best Irish dancing act, entitled An Jig Gig. The winners of this series were Irish Beats. A fourth season of ""Glas Vegas"" began"
"number 8 in the Urban Club chart in the UK. Her next single is set for release in January 2015. She also sang the national anthem prior to Ireland's international football match against Sweden in September 2013. In August 2014 Nadia Forde made an appearance on the Oliver Callan spoof sketch show,"" Callan's Kicks'. In November 2014, it was announced that she would be taking part in the fourteenth series of the ITV hit show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"". On 2 December she became the second celebrity to be evicted from the jungle. In April 2015 her"
"Sammy Leslie Samantha ""Sammy"" Leslie (born 1966) is a female Irish hotelier, media personality and reality television show judge. She is the trustee of the Castle Leslie estate in County Monaghan, being responsible for a hotel, a spa, an equestrian centre and an organic cookery school. She acted as a judge alongside celebrity chef Derry Clarke and former radio and television presenter Bibi Baskin in the RTÉ One reality television series ""Fáilte Towers"". She has also appeared on television programmes such as the RTÉ One series ""The Restaurant"", where she appeared as a guest critic, and radio programmes such as"
"Declan Buckley Declan Buckley is an Irish television personality and drag queen from Dublin, Ireland, going by the persona Shirley Temple Bar. This name is a play on both Shirley Temple and a cultural area of Dublin city called Temple Bar. He also writes a weekly column in national newspaper, ""The Star on Sunday"". He has a business degree from DCU. He featured on several documentaries for Irish and British television, an Irish language programme by broadcaster TG4 was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in 2003. A 1997 winner of the Alternative Miss Ireland competition which helped"
"July): The contestants were brought to a VIP birthday bash and they have to interview VIPs on the red carpet. Episode 5 (28 July): The contestants had to research a news item and do a report in front of the judges. Daniella Moyles was voted off the show this week, with Anthony Kelly surviving the public vote. Moyles had been criticised by the judges for ""staying within her comfort zone"". She had conducted an interview with Miss Universe Ireland, Diana Donnelly. Moyles was widely known on the social circuit in Kildare. Episode 6 (4 August): The contestants went to the"
"Contest eleven times since its first entry in 2003 only opting not to participate at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 contests. Malta has won on two occasions: in 2013 when Gaia Cauchi won with the song ""The Start"", and again in 2015 when Destiny Chukunyere came first with ""Not My Soul"" when it won the contest with 185 points, breaking the previous record held by Spain for the most points ever given to a winner. The national final took place on 16 July 2016. The national final consisted of twenty competing acts participating in a televised production. Each of the"
"Women's Fitness Collection. When performing on the second series of ""The Voice of Ireland"", Healy impressed producers and fans. This led to Healy being asked to become a judge on the fourth series of the show starting in January 2015, alongside Kian Egan, Bressie and Rachel Stevens. In April 2016, Healy revealed her album would be influenced by country and indie-inspired music and ""Staring At the Moon"" the song she wrote for her daughter would be performed live on the semi-final of ""The Voice of Ireland"". Healy was the winning judge on the fourth series of ""The Voice of Ireland"""
"Patrick's Day parade in New York City, and has sung at both the Grand Ole Opry and Carnegie Hall. One of Begley's biggest fans is Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell, and he once said, ""When Philomena sings a song you believe her…..you feel that she’s experienced every emotion she expresses."" Philomena Begley is married to Tom Quinn and they have three children Mary, Aiden and Carol. She is also a grandmother. They reside on a farm in Galbally, County Tyrone. Her son Aiden Quinn has also established a singing career for himself. Her niece, Andrea Begley, won the BBC TV Series"
"with dancer Vitali Kozmin. Beirne and Kozmin became the sixth couple to be eliminated on 4 March 2018. Beirne's mother, Brenda Hyland Beirne, was crowned the 1983 Rose of Tralee. Beirne is the sister of Munster and Ireland rugby player, Tadhg Beirne. Alannah Beirne Alannah Beirne (born 6 November 1993) is an Irish fashion model and reality TV personality. In 2017, Beirne competed in cycle 11 of ""Britain's Next Top Model"" hosted by Abbey Clancy. She reached the final and finished in third place behind runner-up Jennifer Malengele and winner Olivia Wardell. In December 2017, was announced as contestant on"
"Sky's Taste, Euronews, Fox and Top Billing – as well as publications such as The Irish Times, BBC Good Food, Food & Travel UK, Conde Nast's House & Garden, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine Magazine, The Irish Examiner, House & Home UK, Financial Times and the Sunday Telegraph. Ariana lives between San Francisco and Dubai with her husband Paul and son Dara. Ariana Bundy Ariana Bundy is an Iranian–American chef, writer, and television personality. She is best known for her cookery and travel series ""Ariana's Persian Kitchen"" which airs on Nat Geo People. She is an award winning"
"development at a Catholic high school in the south side of Chicago, and her family hails from Derry and Wicklow. It was the third time Chicago has won the contest after winning in 1960 and 1987. After receiving her crown she was serenaded by country singer Nathan Carter who sang ""The Rose of Tralee"". An average of 618,000 viewers watched the second night of the competition on RTÉ according to the official TAM/Nielsen ratings. 2016 Rose of Tralee The 2016 Rose of Tralee was the 57th edition of the annual Irish international festival held on 22–23 August 2016. The competition"
"on the day of the contest, and an original song lasting between 2 minutes 45 seconds and 3 minutes to compete against the other entries. Each entry represents the country served by the participating broadcaster. Viewers from the participating countries are invited to vote for their favourite performances by televote and a national jury from each participating country also vote. The overall winner of the contest is the entry that has received the most points after the scores from every country have been collected and totalled. The current winner is Roksana Węgiel of Poland, who won the 2018 contest in"
"judges were May Martin and Patrick Grant of Savile Row.<br>The all-female final was won by Ann, with Sandra and Lauren as runners up. A second series ""The Great British Sewing Bee"" began airing on 18 February 2014 on BBC Two. The series was filmed at Metropolitan Wharf in London, with Claudia Winkleman as host alongside May Martin and Patrick Grant as the judges.<br>Once again it was an all-female final, which was won by Heather - with Chinelo and Tamara as the runners up. The third series of ""The Great British Sewing Bee"" began airing over 6 weeks from 5 February"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since making its debut at the 1965 Contest in Naples, missing only two contests since then ( and ). The contest final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. Ireland is the most successful country in the contest, with a record total of seven wins, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland's seven wins were achieved by Dana with ""All Kinds of Everything"" (), Johnny Logan with ""What's Another Year"" () and ""Hold Me Now"" (), Linda Martin with"
"the end of the each show receives €1000 to donate to a charity of their choice, and a €15,000 grand prize is awarded to the series champion in the final week. Forty-one contestants have competed. Two have competed in two seasons, five in three seasons, and in four. Italicized contestants have participated in the most-recent season. Color key: The show debuted on 17 March 2012 and ended on 26 May. Judges were pop singer , singer and dancer Andreea Bălan, soprano and actor . The winner was singer-dancer , who defeated in the final. CRBL received a cheque for €15,000."
"contest) had collaborated on the 2009 entry for Denmark. RTÉ presenter Marty Whelan has been the national commentator since 2000. Ireland holds the record for the greatest number of victories: seven wins including three consecutive wins. The country has also achieved second place four times and third once. Ireland is one of the few countries to have achieved consecutive wins (along with Spain, Luxembourg and Israel) and the only country to win consecutively three times, and the nation won again in 1996, meaning four victories were achieved in five years. Ireland is the only country to host the Contest consecutively"
"Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ 1. In July 2017, Ardú hosted the first Irish International A Cappella Festival in Dublin. This included the second Ireland's A Cappella Competition and featured The Swingles as the headline act. In October 2017, Ardú competed in the new talent show Sing: Ultimate A Cappella on Sky 1, hosted by Cat Deeley. Aired on 6 October, 2017 on Sky 1 and Now TV. Ardú were awarded first prize in both the National Chamber Choir category and the Light, Jazz and Popular Music category of the Cork International Choral Festival 2017. They were also awarded the"
"won by Karolien Goris who was an 11 year old singer. The second season, which was in 2013, was won by Michael Lanzo who was a 34 year old singer. After the series was off the air in 2014, it returned for the third season in 2015 who was won by an Italian named Domenico Vaccaro who was a 22 year old pole dancer. The fourth season, which was in 2016 and 2017, is won by Baba Yega who are a dance troupe. The fifth season was in 2018, and was won by Tascha and Ian, who are an acrobatic"
"Anna Daly Anna Daly is an Irish television presenter . She works for TV3 and is a full-time presenter on TV3's breakfast show, ""Saturday AM"" and ""Sunday AM"". Daly was born in Dublin and graduated with an International Marketing degree from the Marketing Institute of Ireland. She spent four years working in sponsorship and marketing for TV3, eventually becoming the station's Marketing Manager. She married Ben Ward in Portugal in September 2008. Anna gave birth to a son, James Scott Ward, in August 2011. She than gave birth to her second son Euan Ward on 25 March 2013 . Then"
"North"") in Aberdeen in 2002, to become a reporter but soon began co-presenting ""North Tonight"". Following a major revamp of the nightly news programme in 2006, she became the programme's chief solo anchor, a duty she shares with Norman Macleod. During her time at STV, Andrea been one of the two main presenters chosen to co-host live pan-Scottish programmes on major stories. These include two Scottish elections, the North Sea helicopter crash in 2009, which killed 16 men and the Pope's visit to Scotland in 2010. She has also fronted a variety of other programmes, including the cookery programme ""Desert"
"Candice Brown Candice Brown is the winner of the seventh series of ""The Great British Bake Off""; in her victory speech she attributed her success to starting baking at four years old. In November 2016, it was reported that she had left her job as a PE teacher at Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted in order to pursue a career in baking. She occasionally cooks on the ITV daytime show ""This Morning"". On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Brown would be taking part in the tenth series of ""Dancing on Ice"" on ITV, where she was partnered with Matt Evers."
"Candice Brown Candice Brown is the winner of the seventh series of ""The Great British Bake Off""; in her victory speech she attributed her success to starting baking at four years old. In November 2016, it was reported that she had left her job as a PE teacher at Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted in order to pursue a career in baking. She occasionally cooks on the ITV daytime show ""This Morning"". On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Brown would be taking part in the tenth series of ""Dancing on Ice"" on ITV, where she was partnered with Matt Evers."
"appeared. On series four, subversive Irish music scene animators Eyebrowy were commissioned to lampoon Northern Irish musical icons. ""ATL Rockschool"" is a TV 'battle of the bands' on BBC 2 Northern Ireland. Hosted by Rigsy and Donna Legge, the final on all three years features six bands from Northern Ireland, with every band member still at school. The Tides won in 2006, with Busted guitarist James Bourne, ""Kerrang"" Editor Paul Brannigan and MTV presenter Emma Griffiths on the judging panel. Nice N' Sleazy won in 2007, with Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon, ""NME"" writer James Jam and Therapy? bassist Michael"
"title with Kelesa Mulcahy from Team Kian as runner-up and Nigel Connell from Team Una third. The Voice of Ireland (series 5) The Voice of Ireland was an Irish reality talent show which is broadcast by RTÉ. In June 2015, it was confirmed by the programme's broadcaster RTÉ that the show would be recommissioned for a fifth series, despite speculation of its axing for Syco Productions' Ireland's Got Talent. ""The Voice of Ireland"" continued to be produced by Screentime ShinAwiL Productions, and filmed in The Helix. It was confirmed that Una Healy of The Saturdays would return, alongside former S"
"Must Be the Music Must Be the Music was a British television musical talent competition contested by aspiring singers and musicians drawn from public auditions. The show was a music competition and reality show that was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Auditions were held in Edinburgh, Manchester, London and also held in Ireland. The show began airing in August on Sky1, and was also simulcast in HD. Fearne Cotton presented the show. The first and only series was won by Emma's Imagination, a female singer from Dumfries. The winning act received £100,000 to help kick-start their music career."