RTE’s Ryan Tubridy impressed Westlife with a behind the scenes performance of one of their classic hits at the Late Late Show.
The Irish band - made up of Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily and Kian Egan were guests on the chat show on Friday night to perform and promote their new album and tour dates.
But fans went wild as behind the scenes footage shows the RTE host take to the microphone as well to belt out the band’s classic hit, World of Our Own.
Sharing a video of the performance on Instagram, Sligo singer Shane said: “You can fill in for me any day.”
Radio and TV presenter Nicky also uploaded a video of the performance, and cheered him on in the background saying: “Go on Ryano”.
Fans were quick to hail Ryan for his efforts, with one saying: “This is GOLD.”
Another impressed follower added: “Class, gowan tubs.”.
“Ha Ha he gave it is best,” a third chimed in, whilst others joked the highest earning RTE host could become the band’s new fifth member.
“Deffo the new 5th member.”
Back with a brand-new album and hugely anticipated stadium tour for 2022, Westlife were live in-studio to perform their latest single ‘Starlight’ and discuss their new album, Wild Dreams.
The four piece blew audiences away with their performance, before sitting down for a chat with Ryan.
Speaking about their new album Kian said: "We're very, very proud of this album.
Kian said: "We're very, very proud of this album.
"It's the most we have had involved in writing an album and the sound of this album is fresh.”
Nicky also revealed that music legend Ed Sheeran sent his son a gift as he was learning to play the guitar.
Meanwhile, new dad Mark opened up about his frustration with the surrogacy laws in Ireland and his work to create change around them.
He said: "Imagine someone walked up to you and said, 'That's not your kid'. Effectively, the current law says that for a lot of people in the country. I think it is really unfair and we just need to change that and move on."
