When is Rose of Tralee on TV? Running order, contestant line-up, betting odds and RTE start time

The Rose of Tralee is set to return to RTE next week with 32 Roses set to take to the stage.

The contestants will take the stage on Monday and Tuesday, as Kathryn Thomas and Daithi O Se will return to co-host the annual competition.

The running order for the 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival TV Selection has been unveiled. The 32 International Roses will be appearing across Monday and Tuesday night from the Rose of Tralee International Festival Rose Selection, live from Kerry Sports Academy at MTU.

Start time

The Rose of Tralee will be on RTE One from 8pm on Monday and Tuesday. 

1.   Cork

2.   Dubai

3.   Galway

4.   Kerry

5.   Kilkenny

6.   Leitrim

7.   Louth

8.   Melbourne 

9.   Monaghan

10.  New Zealand

11.  Newfoundland & Labrador

12.  North Carolina

13.  Ohio

14.  Perth

15.  San Francisco

16.  Sydney

17.  Waterford

18.  Wicklow

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1.   Cavan

2.   Chicago

3.   Derry

4.   Donegal

5.   Dublin

6.   Florida

7.   Kildare

8.   London

9.   New York

10.  Roscommon

11.  Sligo

12.  Tipperary

13.  Westmeath

14.  Yorkshire

The Rose of Tralee TV Selection will be available to watch for free, live and on-demand by audiences in Ireland and around the world on RTÉ Player.

Who is currently the favourite?

The Derry Rose is currently the bookies' favourite to win The Rose of Tralee competition. Darcy Taylor, who works as a producer at BBC Radio Foyle, hailing from Bellaghy in Derry, is favourite to win the competition at 3/1.