You wouldn’t want to miss this for the world

Escort’s Rose Diary: Wesley Morrissey

All the escorts could do was keep the girls as relaxed as possible. I'm not sure, however, if a dodgy rendition of Uptown Girl was the way to go about it, but when I sang it to my Rose Gillian Doyle, who represents Kildare, it certainly brought a smile to her face.

Gillian was second on stage and even though she tried to convince me she was nervous, she did not come across like that at all and she did a fantastic job.

It was also a really big night for the 30 escorts as the winner of the Smart Telecom Escort of the Year competition was announced. I made the final 10 and was absolutely delighted. But there was never any doubt as to where the final destination of this prize was going.

Padraig Staunton from Mayo was a shoo-in from the very first day when he introduced himself to the other escorts in true Gift Grub style. This guy is a great mimic and there isn't a celebrity out there that he can't imitate.

His ability to take off Roy Keane is particularly priceless.

The day of their TV performance, each Rose receives a bouquet of 12 roses from her escort as a good luck token before their big night. Most escorts will also buy an extra, more personal gift, for their individual Rose. The value of the gift is usually directly proportional to how much you might actually fancy your Rose.

There are stories from previous festivals about escorts who were totally besotted with their Roses and purchasing engagement rings the day of her TV performance. Nothing so lavish this time from our bunch, but I did see Ollie Lawlor from Galway looking at rings in a jeweller's window yesterday morning. Is there something you're not telling us Ollie?

Having spent the past week with these 30 fabulous girls, all I can say is that they are all winners and I wish the very best of luck to whoever eventually takes the crown.

I've had an absolute ball in Tralee and wouldn't have missed it for the world. So a final word of advice to any guy thinking of becoming an escort in the future go for it.