Almost one million viewers tuned in to see Mickey Joe Harte win RTÉ's 'You're A Star' show on Saturday night.
995,904 viewers watched the result of the voting on RTÉ 1, making it one of the year’s most-watched programmes.
802,560 viewers watched the final of the competition, when Mickey Joe Harte and Simon Casey went head-to-head in a bid to be chosen as Ireland's Eurovision entry.
Commissioning Editor Kevin Linehan said, “Everyone connected with the show is delighted with these figures… It shows yet again that the Irish audience responds enthusiastically when our home-grown talent is given the chance to shine.”
Mickey Joe Harte will now represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Latvia on Saturday 24 May, singing 'We’ve Got The World', written by Keith Molloy and Martin Brannigan.
