Gareth O'Callaghan: How will RTÉ cope if Bambie Thug wins the Eurovision?

With the artist a dead cert to win in Malmö, RTÉ's bean counters must be quaking in their Louis Vuittons at the possibility of such an outcome, and what it entails for an already flat-broke broadcaster

Bambie Thug performing Doomsday Blue wins the Late Late Eurosong Special to represent Ireland in Malmö, Sweden, in May at the Eurovision Song Contest. Picture: Andres Poveda

“RTÉ will survive, but it’s a strange time.”

It might seem ironic when you consider these are the words of Ryan Tubridy from an interview with TV Now magazine in November 2019, ahead of that year’s Toy Show. He went on to say “there will be a bit of pain” in sorting out its financial travails, but he was confident the future would be bright.