Daniel O'Donnell and his wife Majella were the talk of the nation after appearing on Room to Improve on RTÉ on Sunday night.
The 56-year-old Donegal singer and Majella hoped to do a modest revamp of their home in Kincasslagh, west Donegal, but the project turned out to be more elaborate and expensive than originally planned.
Not surprisingly, the highly entertaining episode, which included Daniel getting frustrated over bathrooms and secret doors that aren't actually a secret, is the highest performing episode of the show in its history, winning an audience of 722,000.
Adrian Lynch, Director of Audiences, Channels and Marketing said: 'When we heard Daniel and Majella were on board for the Dermot treatment, we knew we had a real treat in store for our viewers.
"The return of Room to Improve makes another fantastic addition to our bumper weekend schedule, which viewers are enjoying in huge numbers."
Viewers took to social media in their droves to comment on the episode:
Hands down the most entertaining #roomtoimprove for a long time! Majella is so natural, and bloody hysterical!
— Vanessa Noone (@VanessaNoone) February 18, 2018
@DermotBannon #roomtoimprove .....
— colette😎 (@colette_conroy) February 18, 2018
Majella :i don't want wood ",
Dermot: "ok.lets look at wood " pic.twitter.com/5LZAp1n1A0
Daniel’s face when he heard €340K is like mine when I get to the till in Penney’s when I went in for Tan. #roomtoimprove
— Róisín Connaughton (@RoisinTheGinger) February 18, 2018
I’m actually sad that episode is over. Can we just have Daniel and @Majodonnell renovating something every week? Next week: the ensuite. #roomtoimprove
— Jennifer O'Connell (@jenoconnell) February 18, 2018
O'Donnell recently told RTÉ Entertainment he was "a bit irate" when he and wife Majella first started working with Bannon to transform their house.
You can catch Room to Improve on the RTÉ Player here.
Across the weekend Dancing with the Stars was the most-watched entertainment show on television, with 532,000 viewers, followed by The Late Late Show which had an audience of 510,000). On Saturday, The Ray D’Arcy Show was watched by 355,000; Winning Streak, which celebrates its 1000th show this coming weekend, was watched by 307,000; and the IFTAS were watched by 251,000.
