The Late Late Show (season 51) on a peddle powered tractor came out before spontaneously speaking Irish to Ryan Tubridy. When Tubridy responded by asking him if he had "any craic" Alex answered "Níl" before peddling off the stage. The 2013 Eurosong Final was held on "The Late Late Show" on 22 February. Five acts performed, with one selected to represent Ireland at Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. The winner of the national song contest was Ryan Dolan with the song "Only Love Survives". The Late Late Show (season 51) The 51st season of The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show, began on
The Tubridy Show The Tubridy Show The Tubridy Show was an Irish talk-based entertainment radio programme presented by Ryan Tubridy. It was broadcast on Mondays to Fridays at 09:00 on RTÉ Radio 1. Known for its influential book club, the programme attracted 333,000 listeners each morning as of May 2009. In Tubridy's absence, the programme was presented by Dave Fanning or Kathryn Thomas. The programme's first edition was broadcast on 27 June 2005, replacing Marian Finucane's "The Marian Finucane Show", in a slot which she had occupied since 1999. The first guest that morning was Gavin Friday who reported in on the U2