TUESDAY night’s Rose of Tralee selection programme drew a net figure of 1.7 million viewers according to figures released by RTE.

The selection was watched by a 50% share of everyone who was watching TV in Ireland that night.

An audience of 760,00 watched the new Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh being crowned with an average of 694,000 viewers watching the show all night.

Tuesday night’s show had a reach (net number or percentage of people who have seen a particular piece of broadcast output) of nearly 1.7m viewers and a share of 50% of those watching television at the time.

The Rose of Tralee Festival was also streamed live on www.rte.ie/player and over 62,200 streams have been recorded to date, with 28,049 of this being from the live online simulcasts on both nights.

Live from the Red Room, RTÉ Player’s backstage show drew audiences of over 10,000 for its live streaming.

RTÉ’s executive producer for the show, Michael Kealy, said: “The viewership figures for this year’s show are fantastic. A share of 50% for the second night means one in two people in Ireland watching television at that time tuned in to The Rose of Tralee.