1. The opening scene.

From the very beginning, RTÉ prepared us all for a night of cringing.

The audience were like children who had been given blue Smarties and a can of Coke before being told they could stay up late.

2. The countless number of times that the audience burst into song with “Olé! Olé! Olé! Olé!”

Even during a marriage proposal, for Christ’s sake.

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3. When this contestant on Blind Date told a lad’s mother that she had loads of experience with ‘big rides’, because she used to work in a theme park.

Not to mention the fact that this guy’s mam had to come on and choose his date for him, because he was just a *little* bit drunk. He even managed to tell his mam to “f**k off” on live, national telly.

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4. When Ryan made this poor medical technician go scarlet.

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5. When the rambunctious audience took it way too far…

It was like they replaced the regular audience with 10 different stag groups.

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6. When Carol Decker from T’Pau came to sing ‘China in Your Hand’.

The heckling did not stop for a second. Let’s hope she was paid well for this.

7. When Ryan presented a woman with a bag of cans.

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8. When Sinitta had to swipe right or left on some Irish celebs, including Leo Varadkar.

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Let’s just be thankful this only happens once a year.

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