Burlesque Just Went Blue...

Burlesque is the new black baby. We can't remember what the old black was - maybe it was in fact simply black. Mad. But last weekend the French fetish wear just got cool when the search was conducted for Ireland's Next Top Burlesque Star... Next? Who was Ireland's Previous Top Burlesque Star?

Agent Lynch

Maybe it's just the 19th Century French perv in us, but we really dig the whole Burlesque thing folks. It's like the thinking man's Stringfellows without all the leopard skin, crushed red velvet, and mullets.

Agent Lynch

Not that your average Burlesque striptease artist should be compared with your average orange skinned, fake breasted, pole greaser. One is a high fashion art form based on the true interpretation of tease; the other is a pissed-up stag party's idea of sexy entertainment.

Melissa Hayward

Last weekend all the ladies and gents with a penchant for the almost forgotten form of Parisian strip gathered at The Art Gallery in Dublin's Morrison Hotel in sexy Honeytrap garbs to search for Ireland's Next Top Burlesque Star. We're almost sure Tyra Banks wasn't among the judges.

Edith Furlong

And after lot of fishnet titillation and nipple tassel spinning, Polly Funkchanel was named as our Next Top Burlesque Star. Wow! A proud moment for our Nation we're sure you'll agree.

Polly Funkchanel - Winner

Saphira Swan was 2nd runner-up and Fanny McFox came third. We're almost 62.4 percent sure those are not their given birth names. Although, if their last names happened to be Geldof - they'd probably be legit.

Saphira Swan - Runner Up

So, if you want to be Ireland's Next Next Top Burlesque Star, you only have about a year of high kicking in heels left to get prepared. Go for it.

Ciara O'Connor

Thelma & Frank Lee

Princess Tam Tam Trio

Melissa Nelson - Honeytrap