Cork singer Patrick O'Sullivan has been crowned winner of Last Singer Standing, eight weeks after the singing game show kicked off on RTÉ One.

The nail-biting final saw the seven finalists, each of whom had been voted through from one previous episode of the show, sing for the €25,000 prize in front of Samantha Mumba, Joey Fatone, Nadine Coyle, and the studio audience.

Patrick currently lives in London, and is hoping to perform more in Ireland following the win.

Patrick said: "Winning Last Singer Standing completely took my breath away. Having not performed for almost two years due to the pandemic, it was just such a gift to even share the stage with the amazing finalists.

"I’ve always loved to sing but this feels like the start of a really exciting journey at home in Ireland and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on."
Last Singer Standing, presented by Nicky Byrne, featured 32 singers in total – with seven making it to the grand final.

During tonight’s final, each finalist got to perform one song. The final seven were Alex King, Tony Cunningham, Rachael Farrell. Caroline Bailey, Dame Stuffy, Janet Grogan, and Patrick.

Each of the finalists picked a song they believed would see them win the prize money, with votes from the pop panel, studio audience, and the other singers who competed in the series, who joined the show via link to vote. In second place on the night was fellow Cork singer, Caroline Bailey.

Patrick had gone through to the final from Week Six on the show, where Nadine Coyle admitted "If you were the Last Singer Standing overall, I wouldn't be surprised" following his performance of U2's Beautiful Day.

For his final song, Patrick chose to sing a show-stopping version of Cher's Believe, winning over the pop panel, studio audience and his fellow performers to be crowned winner.

Afterwards Nadine said: "It's very obvious how talented you are. You are able to bring so much to it. You've really got it all."

Joey said: "It's one of those things...either you have it or you don't. You've got it. I got a little teary-eyed, not going to lie about it. Great job."

Samantha said: "I wasn't prepared for that, you are just so special, you have it in bucketloads and I'm just honoured to have been able to witness it."