If you weren’t watching Celebrity Bainisteoir last night, then where were you? It’s not a bad concept, and for once one of these ideas didn’t come off as absolute shite. The introductions of each of the managers to the lads was fantastic cringe tv.

The judges, many of whom are holding balls:

Baz Ashmawy: Despite being the one I’d never heard of, he came across all right. He calls himself Bazildazzle on bebo.

Aoibhinn Ní Shuilleabháin: Came across as excruciatingly nervous at first, but got it under control. I reckon she is going to kick the crap out of the lads, in a sexy way.

Gerald Kean: Total chancer, though he deserves praise for the Glenda pun [paraphrasing]:

Glenda: I’m going to whip your ass
Kean: What about the football?

Glenda Gilson: Did anyone else think she was absolutely hating that first meeting? The Crumlin lads understandably loved it. It’s easy to get lost in eyebrow related slagging whenever talking about her, but she did look well.

Ivan Yates: Meh, neither here nor there.

Mary O’Rourke: I cannot believe she agreed to do it. Easily the sexiest of all 8 of them.*

Nell McCafferty: The lads faces when she walked in was priceless, and then the shallow applause and the polite handshaking… what else can they do? She’s old. And a feminist. And genuinely interested in ‘working with an exclusively male group.’ I think my balls fell off just listening to her.

Jon Kenny: Predictably slipped into a comedy routine in front of the lads. Take it away Jon…

I dunno, maybe I’m just in shock because it wasn’t as bad as Celebrity fuck a donkey or whatever is on Living TV at this moment. Please correct my distorted reality in the comments, if you wish.

More:
[RTE.IE] Official Celebrity Bainisteoir site
[Off the meatrack] Celebrity Bannister
[Boards.ie] Celebrity Bainisteoir

*It’s always been you, Mary.