Ireland - The selective heats for this year's competition to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest were held in the style of 'Pop Idol' and 'Fame Academy' with contestants being gradually voted out of the competition by TV viewers across the country.

Mickey Joe Harte, who performed with an AKG WMS40 handheld radio microphone won the overall competition with a landslide victory of 1.3 million votes - and that from a population of just over 3 million! The WMS40 was provided by Declan Reynolds of Reynolds of Raphoe in County Donegal who said: "We used the WMS40, even though we had many other far more expensive radio mic systems available to us. The WMS40 was not only the simplest system to set up, but also the performance totally belies the low price tag. This performs as well as most radio mic systems costing three times as much money, and was immaculate on the night."

And now, in an ever expanding range, the WMS40 is at last available with a diversity receiver. The new 'deluxe' SR40 Diversity is as reliable and easy to use as the proven SR40, and provides more features: additional metering, a high quality all-metal case with all new styling, and diversity technology designed for absolute reliability in the most difficult transmission situations.

(Lee Baldock)


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