2017 Rose of Tralee explained

Winner:	Jennifer Byrne (Offaly)
Date:	21–22 August 2017
Venue:	Festival Dome, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Presenters:	Dáithí Ó Sé
Acts:	Shane Filan (22 August)
Broadcaster:	RTÉ
Entrants:	32
Before:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 Rose of Tralee was the 58th edition of the annual Irish international festival held on 21–22 August 2017. The competition was televised live on RTÉ television. 65 women from all over the world took part during the Rose of Tralee festival with 32 going on to the live shows.This was the first year that there is a Hong Kong Rose in the competition.^{[1] [2]}

The competition was won by the Offaly rose, 24-year-old Jennifer Byrne who is a junior doctor.^[3] It was the first time that an Offaly rose had won the crown.^{[4] [5] [6]} Thomas Lynch was announced as the Rose Escort of the year.

An average audience of 637,000 watched the final on RTÉ One on 22 August, an increase from the 618,000 in 2016.^[7]

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Night one of the rose of Tralee: as it happened. 21 August 2017. Journal. 22 August 2017.
2. Web site: Dáithí Ó Sé looks ahead to tonight's Rose of Tralee competition. 21 August 2017. Irish Examiner. 22 August 2017.
3. Web site: Offaly Rose Jennifer Byrne wins Rose of Tralee 2017. 23 August 2017. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 23 August 2017.
4. Web site: 'I don't know what to say' - Offaly Rose makes history by winning the 2017 Rose of Tralee. 23 August 2017. Irish Independent. 23 August 2017.
5. Web site: Rose of Tralee 2017: night two as it happened. 23 August 2017. Journal. 23 August 2017.
6. Web site: The Offaly Rose has been crowned the Rose of Tralee for 2017. 23 August 2017. Journal. 23 August 2017.
7. Web site: Rose of Tralee final draws bigger audience than last year and is one of highest rating programmes of the year. 23 August 2017. Irish Independent. 24 August 2017.