Saturday 3 September 2011

1988: Michelle Rocca & Pat Kenny

Michelle Rocca (born Dublin, Ireland, 1961) is a Dublin socialite who initially achieved a degree of fame as the wife of footballer John Devine before becoming for a lengthy period the girlfriend, and later, the wife of Van Morrison. She is the daughter of Paddy and Maureen Rocca[1] and granddaughter of Italian immigrant Egidio Rocca who founded the successful business, Rocca Tiles.

Rocca grew up in a large family with two brothers and three sisters.[2] Rocca attended University College Dublin studying Greek and Roman Civilization and Italian and French Archaeology.
Rocca is fluent in several languages and has earned an MA degree from Trinity College in Dublin and also a degree from Bristol University in Bristol, England.
She entered beauty contests, winning the Miss Ireland title in 1980[3] and was Number 3 finalist in the 1981 Miss International pageant.[4]
Rocca worked in the family business and also modelled until she joined RTE in 1987 as a television presenter. In 1988, she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest with Pat Kenny in front of a worldwide audience of 600 million viewers. Despite such a high profile gig as presenter of Eurovision, it didn't lead to a bigger career on television and she continued to juggle her modelling career with occasional presenting jobs, such as the 1990 Miss World contest from London.

From & more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Rocca

During the presentation of the ESC with Pat Kenny.
Patrick "Pat" Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is a broadcaster in Ireland. He presented The Late Late Show on RTÉ One from 1999 and resigned as host in 2009.[2][3] Kenny presents Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 on weekdays between 10:00 and 12:00 midday. He also presents a current affairs programme, The Frontline,[4] aired on Monday nights on RTÉ One[2][3] which replaced Questions and Answers.
Kenny had a past career as a lecturer and has academic degrees in the fields of chemical engineering. He has co-hosted the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest as well as numerous other television shows, including Today Tonight, Saturday Live and Kenny Live, and has worked for both RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2fm, sometimes simultaneously, in a career that has spanned four decades. Kenny spent ten years hosting The Late Late Show from 1999–2009 He is the holder of a Jacob's Award and is RTÉ's highest paid employee. He was named 23rd most influential person of 2009 by Village.

 From & more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Kenny

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