You're a Star is a singing contest in Ireland, similar to The X Factor in the United Kingdom and American Idol in the USA. Created by Screentime ShinAwiL and Raidió Teilifís Éireann, it was shown weekly on RTÉ One over the winter months of each year. The show was broadcast live from The Helix theatre in Dublin City University. You're a Star was originally designed to select the Irish Eurovision Song Contest entrant, but this idea was abandoned in September 2005. The show was cancelled after the 2008 season.
In this special we are shown Mickey Harte's journey from hopeful in his first audition right through to the final. We see him perform his Eurovision song ""We've got the World Tonight"" and we take a look at his preperation for this year's Eurovision.
