Dáithí hits right note with Rose contestants

T’WAS lovely and fair as the entrants in this year’s Rose of Tralee festival got their first taste of the spotlight which will shine upon them for another week when they gathered at the RTÉ studios in Dublin yesterday.

The weather lived up to the reputation of the famous ballad as glorious sunshine greeted the 32 Roses during their first official photocall for the 2010 contest.

Also there to welcome the Roses was the show’s new host, Dáithí Ó Sé, who treated them to a brief and slightly off-key rendition of a Beyoncé hit.