{"id":4372,"date":"2024-12-07T09:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2024-12-07T09:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:21:45","slug":"nicky-byrne-shares-throwback-video-audition-tape-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4372","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Byrne shares throwback video of his audition tape for The Den"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nicky Byrne has taken to Instagram to share a hilarious throwback video of his audition tape for The Den.<\/p>\n

While Nicky is most known for his work as part of\u00a0Louis Walsh\u2019s boyband\u00a0Westlife, the singer has always been looking to explore a career as a TV presenter.<\/p>\n

Prior to soaring to superstardom with his boyband, Nicky tied his chances at landing a spot on\u00a0RT\u00c9\u2019s\u00a0beloved TV show The Den in 1998.<\/p>\n

Nicky Byrne has taken to Instagram to share a hilarious throwback video of his audition tape for The Den.<\/p>\n

While Nicky is most known for his work as part of\u00a0Louis Walsh\u2019s boyband\u00a0Westlife, the singer has always been looking to explore a career as a TV presenter.<\/p>\n

Prior to soaring to superstardom with his boyband, Nicky tied his chances at landing a spot on\u00a0RT\u00c9\u2019s\u00a0beloved TV show The Den in 1998.<\/p>\n

Nicky Byrne has taken to Instagram to share a hilarious throwback video of his audition tape for The Den.Pic: Luis Marin\/Eyepix Group\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharing a video from The Den\u2019s 2020 reboot,\u00a0presenter Ray D\u2019Arcy\u00a0introduces Nicky\u2019s audition tape that was found from \u2018going through the archives\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018We were going through the archives during the week, we spotted something,\u2019 Ray said.<\/p>\n

Dustin the Turkey replied: \u2018\u201dAre you sure? Cause I thought it was one of the singers in the band?\u2019<\/p>\n

The video begins with Nicky sitting behind the show\u2019s desk which\u00a0has been hosted\u00a0the likes of Ray and Ian Dempsey. However, the puppet turkey was quick to throw a jab at him.<\/p>\n

\u2018Does your sister mind you wearing her necklace,\u2019 Dustin asked.<\/p>\n

A young Nicky bit back: \u2018She doesn\u2019t mind it all no. My mammy actually bought me this. She won\u2019t be impressed Dustin.\u2019<\/p>\n

Captioning the post on his Instagram account, Nicky wrote: \u2018Thanks to @team.westlife.world for this throwback. 26 years ago and Dustin the turkey hasn\u2019t changed.\u2019<\/p>\n

Nicky\u2019s fans were delighted recently to see that the singer would be returning to presenting through his podcast, having previously hosted a show on 2FM from 2014 to 2019, leaving the station to prepare for\u00a0Westlife\u2019s\u00a0tour.<\/p>\n

He also hosted Dancing with the Stars alongside Amanda Byram and then Jennifer Zamparelli, leaving the show in 2022 to focus more on Westlife commitments.<\/p>\n

Outside of his\u00a0time on DWTS, Nicky has presented a number of TV and radio shows over the years. After hosting the Cheerios ChildLine Concert seven times, Nicky first took to screens with RT\u00c9\u2019s Football\u2019s Next Star in 2012.<\/p>\n

After presenting the series which saw a number of youngsters attempting to win a place with Celtic\u2019s youth squad, Nicky hosted the short-lived talent show The Hit with Aidan Power in 2013.<\/p>\n

Nicky\u00a0suffered further frustration in 2015, when his National Lottery\u00a0game show\u00a0The Million Euro Challenge was axed by RT\u00c9 after just six months. However, two years later he found success on\u00a0DWTS.<\/p>\n

Prior to leaving his main TV gig, Nicky presented Last Singer Standing, an RT\u00c9 competition that featured Girls Aloud\u00a0singer,\u00a0Nadine Coyle,\u00a0N*SYNC\u00a0member,\u00a0Joey Fatone\u00a0and singer-songwriter,\u00a0Samantha Mumba on its panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicky Byrne has taken to Instagram to share a hilarious throwback video of his audition tape for The Den. While Nicky is most known for his work as part of\u00a0Louis Walsh\u2019s boyband\u00a0Westlife, the singer has always been looking to explore a career as a TV presenter. Prior to soaring to superstardom with his boyband, Nicky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne.webp",1200,700,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-300x175.webp",300,175,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-768x448.webp",768,448,true],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-1024x597.webp",1024,597,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne.webp",1200,700,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne.webp",1200,700,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-360x180.webp",360,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-750x375.webp",750,375,true],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-1140x570.webp",1140,570,true],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-120x86.webp",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-350x250.webp",350,250,true],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-750x536.webp",750,536,true],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-1140x700.webp",1140,700,true],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-360x504.webp",360,504,true],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-75x75.webp",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-350x350.webp",350,350,true],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-750x438.webp",750,438,true],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne-1140x665.webp",1140,665,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Blog<\/a>","tag_info":"Blog","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nicky-byrne.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4374,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions\/4374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}