Linda Martin, winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest
On The Late Late Show…
Gareth Naughton writes:
The Late Late Show will be celebrating all kinds of everything Eurovision with Irish winners Paul Harrington, Charlie McGettigan and Linda Martin as they perform some of the contest’s biggest hits. And they’ll be taking part in a game of ‘Eurovision Spin and Sing’ alongside Jake Carter, Ronan Johnston and Rory Cowan.
The Happy Pear twins Dave and Steve Flynn will be in studio to chat about their ever expanding vegan food empire and how to convince younger eaters that veggies are not only good for them but tasty too.
Professor John Crown and health editor Susan Mitchell will discuss the continuing fallout from the Cervical Check controversy.
Howth fisherman ‘Big’ John Hayes, who travelled to Mozambique to live and work alongside a local fisherman for The Hardest Harvest, will chat about what it was like to find himself fishing with just a line and some bait on a tiny boat far out into the Indian Ocean.
*sings ‘Why Me?’*
The Late Late Show, RTÉ One at 9.35pm
Pic: EBU
when i first became aware of linda martin (which may have been around the 1992 eurovision), i had some fiercely-intense ‘young boy’ feelings about her. i’m pretty much over her now.
I used to be like that about Dana.
dana rosemary scallon?
Open the envelope.
see?
I guessed you’d say that.
oh no? not that dana?
dana white?
Ah you’re an awful giddy guts :)
I bet you’re not really
“pretty much”, i said. we shared some very special moments*
only a heartless man could completely move on
[*unlikely she was aware of them unless she sensed the cosmic energy]
I was going to grow up and marry Mr. T
I’m still not over it
fecking ride
that is all
No.
He killed Mickey Goldmill
I pity the fool
Mary Kennedy gave me feelings.
Nanette Newman on the Fairy Liquid adverts –
I fell down the stairs and broke my pyjamas in 1983.
belinda carlisle
i think i probably dehydrated myself on her account
(or that might have been susanna hoffs)
Nena.
Right up until the moment she raised her arm.
99 red balloons one? i remember my brother having a thing for her. i was only really interested in charlie nicholas at that stage
Tell us some other women off the television you used think about when you pulled your plums. Great banter altogether
If you DM me I think I have an excel spreadsheet knocking about.
who said anything about pulling plums? weirdo
Ah here
if you can’t appreciate a good looking woman ( if that’s your cuppa tea ) it’s a sad day
Here now I’m not the one with the buck teeth and the hairy palms. Perve
but do you have a ding dong tho ?
Ding dong – hahaha! More a hazy blur than a ding dong for these boys I’d say !
Alan Rickman was my funny feelings man when i was a lil girlo. I actually cried when he passed. Sigh.
Angelina jolie was my tummy flutters lady then once i was about 14. I still blame Girl Interrupted for my flippyfloppy sexuality!
In 1986 I worked as a lounge boy in a rural hotel venue where Ms Martin performed one Sunday night. Instead of collecting empties, that night I was assigned to mind Linda’s pet dogs in her dressing room while she was on stage. Wowwee, 3 hours of my life I look back on fondly as she had 3 or 4 costume changes, aided eagerly on 1 occasion by my 15 year old self, zipper malfunction. Those puppies were small little things but by-jiminy they left a large impression.
: )
Don’t forget there was the Israeli (It seems Israel in Eurovision terms is in Europe?) Dana International who won in ’98.
is it any wonder that Eurovision is just taking the Friss out’ve us now
FFS, Linda Martin was a showband singer ffs
Harrington and McGettigan, again old hasbeings
neither of these sang their own songs anyway
Rory Cowen, I dunno who or wha he is, but he seems to be everywhere
c’mon
Fluff
sort this out ffs
Rory Cowan will be opening up about the time he was on the Ray D’Arcy Show opening up about the time he was on the Late Late Show opening up about the time he was…
Hehehehe
Yup she sang in a showband called Chips and was driven around by one L Walsh.
Strictly covers ! The woman hasn’t an original bone in her body.
She did make Johnny Logan the most successful Eurovision winner ever, however. Twice as a singer and one as Lynda’s song-writer. I do recall how well he wore his leather trousers in 1980, interestingly, he’s actually an Aussie.
You’d have to admire the sheer hard neck of her….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYQluJW-dM
I’d be 100% not wearing one those RTÉ studio distributed to the audience head-bands. How to make cheese more cheesey.
Also, I do tend to wear a hat.
Jazus the oul arthritis is fairly kicking in. Stiff as a poker.
I was a fan of judy spiers on pebble mill at one and fern britton.
mumsy vixens.
I had a fierce gra for the blonde presenter on Bosco. She couldn’t sing for toffee, but she wore those white dungarees FAR too tight for childrens viewing.
My first sexual experience was with Lynda, she wasn’t there at the time, but I remember it fondly.
For me it was avengers era joanna lumley.
Dee Forbes says RTÉ is facing ‘urgent, substantial’ money problemshttp://jrnl.ie/3993747
So much like the HSE, RTE thinks we should just keep giving it more cash?
Dross like the LLS, Darcy, Miriam et al is the cause of their woes not the symptom.