After Eurovision
Despite coming in last at Eurovision, Dervish announced that they would continue to play their music, saying that they "play for music's sake" and that "it's about heart and soul, it's not about votes". It was also announced that, despite Ireland's last place, RTÉ received an increase of viewership over the 2006 numbers; RTÉ received 780,000 viewers for the final, marginally higher than in 2006. Despite this, reactions in Ireland were unsettled, with talks of "vote hijacking" after Ireland gave 12 points to Lithuania, getting little elsewhere.
A TV special was aired on RTÉ on Dervish, however this faced criticism from Irish local media on RTÉ's choice of Dervish as well as the production of the forthcoming show after Dervish's last place in the contest, with claims that their performance on the night of the contest was "disastrous". Demands were also made that RTÉ change their selection method for Eurovision.
Rumours spread that RTÉ would withdraw from the 2008 contest, however RTÉ announced changes to the selection of the Irish entry for the 2008 contest, abandoning The Late Late Show format and reverting to the "National Song Contest" format used in Ireland prior to 2001.
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