0:00:02 > 0:00:06In Ireland, country music is more popular than ever.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09A host of new country music stars
0:00:09 > 0:00:12have tempted a generation to turn their back on the nightclub,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15don their Stetsons and jive the night away
0:00:15 > 0:00:17from Ballymena to Ballydehob.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21This week, we're jetting off to the sun...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23We are going to the beautiful... Viva la Espana.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27..with the fans who just can't get enough country music in Ireland.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I love Robert Mizzell!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31You can dance like hell to Robert Mizzell!
0:00:31 > 0:00:35With Fermanagh farmers packing their best dancing shoes...
0:00:35 > 0:00:36They won't all fit in there.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Them's me children. We're all going on holidays.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42..and Roscommon glamour girls adding some sparkle...
0:00:42 > 0:00:44We're getting our nails done and our toes done,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47just to have the bling-bling on the dance floor when we're jiving.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49..Spain is turning country.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52With the mercury hitting 30,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54these dedicated fans are sweating it out
0:00:54 > 0:00:58to see their favourite country stars.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01The big thing about coming here is they're getting a full week
0:01:01 > 0:01:02of some of the top names,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04and then old boys like myself, as well.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08And there's not only jiving on the dance floor,
0:01:08 > 0:01:09it's by the pool...
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Go on you boy, you.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11..and in the pool!
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Now we're doing a bit of skinny-dipping.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19I don't know about the skinny bit, but we're dipping!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21But when you're jiving 24 hours a day...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I want everyone to know that jiving is not dangerous to your health.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28..there can be some serious consequences.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Yes, my feet are in a very bad way, as you can see,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32they're pretty ugly looking.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Welcome to the sunny world of Irish country music.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54A week in Spain is a rite of passage for generations of people.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Sun, sangria and siesta.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02But some tourists are swapping the siesta for a Stetson
0:02:02 > 0:02:07and they're not coming for a suntan, they're coming to jive!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10# It's good to see you, I must go
0:02:10 > 0:02:12# I know I look a fright... #
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Jiving in the heat, the sweat's running off you
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and you don't smell really good and you don't look very good,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18but the craic's brilliant.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Every year, thousands of fans are swapping rainy Saturdays in the Moy
0:02:24 > 0:02:27for the heat of the Costa del Sol,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30dancing to their favourite Irish country music stars.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32You've got a lot of rain in Ireland and, over here,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34sure, you've got the sunshine
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and then you've got the good country music,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38what more can you get? If you haven't lived country,
0:02:38 > 0:02:39you haven't lived, at all.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41# I got stripes
0:02:41 > 0:02:42# Stripes around my shoulders... #
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Looking forward to packing their speedos
0:02:45 > 0:02:48is one of Ireland's best loved acts.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53The Three Amigos - Jimmy Buckley, Robert Mizzell and Patrick Feeney -
0:02:53 > 0:02:55are a country tour de force.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57# And them chains, them chains... #
0:02:57 > 0:02:58For the first time ever,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01they're inviting hundreds of their fans to join them
0:03:01 > 0:03:03on a week-long holiday in Spain.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05We're going to Spain, honest to God,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07but we're lucky if we won't be sent back after the second day
0:03:07 > 0:03:11because it's just... The fun and the craic will be unbelievable.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15# Now, I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when... #
0:03:15 > 0:03:18We're going to bring the whole show to Spain and anything can happen,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19and I mean anything.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24But whatever happens, the fans are assured of a good dance floor.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26# That train keeps on moving... #
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Usually the floors over there are lovely, beautiful marble
0:03:29 > 0:03:31so we've had to purpose-build a dance floor,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34to make sure that they're comfortable.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37# I never could fill Willie's shoes, oh... #
0:03:37 > 0:03:40One of those looking forward to hitting the dance floor in Spain
0:03:40 > 0:03:43is 20-year-old Fermanagh farmer, Peter.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Brown shoes, that's one pair.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48He needs plenty of room when he's jiving.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50He's got size 15 feet.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I'm wearing me fifth pair.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54He's a man who likes to look good on his nights out.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58And sure, you have to have your brown shoes, your brown belt,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01your jeans and your double-collared shirts maybe.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Stick that there and a good tidy pair of socks on you!
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And there's a reason why Peter likes to scrub up well.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12You have to look good. You'll not get a woman looking scruffy,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14you know, unless she's a farmer.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16You never know, you might get her number
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and get acres of ground with road frontage, you know?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Maybe, hopefully, she has no brothers to interfere with things.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Peter and his best mate Declan usually spend their weekends
0:04:30 > 0:04:33dancing in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35INDISTINCT
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Jimmy Buckley is their main man
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and the boys are looking forward to spending some quality time with him,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42as part of The Three Amigos, in Spain.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Jimmy Buckley is first class.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Hopefully we'll get to interact a wee bit better with him in Spain.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- Hopefully.- Wee drinks together with him, eh?- Wee brandies, maybe.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Maybe a wee cocktail, even better.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58When you think about it, Peter, this is it.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00The next time we'll be dancing is over in Spain
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- and it's under the sun. - A lot different here. 24 degrees!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Or the pool beside us, maybe.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11There may be drink, sun and sea on offer,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14but this holiday is all about one thing.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17At the end of the day, it's all about the jive.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Up the jive. Come on, Costa del Sol.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22# Liberate I can't wait
0:05:22 > 0:05:25# While you decide what to wear this evening... #
0:05:25 > 0:05:29In Roscommon, best friends Lisa and Monica are all about the jive, too,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33and they're also packing their bags for a week in the sun.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35We're getting our nails done and our toes done,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37just to have the sparkle and the bling-bling
0:05:37 > 0:05:38on the dance floor when we're jiving.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I suppose, to stand out on the floor
0:05:40 > 0:05:41and when there's lads looking for a dance,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43they'll know to come to us.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50And you never know, maybe even a little holiday romance.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Get yourself a Spanish man.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53No, I only want an Irish man.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The girls travel the length and breadth of Ireland,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01following their favourite country stars
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and, sure, Spain's only a wee flight away!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Different scenery, as well.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10You can be jiving on a beach,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12whereas here you're in a ballroom or whatever.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14We're hoping to meet a few Spanish fellas,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17as well as Irish fellas, like, bring them out for a jive.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It's not hard to figure out why country fans
0:06:22 > 0:06:27might prefer the heat of the Costa to a soft day in Fermanagh.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- I'm away for a bale of hay. - Right, that will do.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37But before they can jet off,
0:06:37 > 0:06:41best friends Peter and Declan have to redd up the farm.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Get that bale off quick, so we get away.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Just think, Meehan, there'll be none of this when we head away.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I don't think they deal in bales of silage about Costa del Sol, do they?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- No.- I wonder will you be as mad for the jive when we're in Spain, eh?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well, sure, not long now until we find out.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Do you want to jivo or to hucklebucko
0:07:00 > 0:07:02or whatever way you say it in Spanish?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08For the lads, it's their first trip to the sun.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10This is me first time away to a hot country.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Best of all now, it's a country one, so everything matches.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16If I can get a wee bit of a tan and show off me hairy legs,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19white legs with the tracks of the wellies in them.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25And they're already thinking about how to impress the local women.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28# Gonna party hard, lads Till all this money's gone... #
0:07:28 > 0:07:30The first time away, it'll be good.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33We might try and get a lock of bits of Spanish into the vocabulary.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35But we'll see if we can pull a lock of Spanish senoritas
0:07:35 > 0:07:37maybe with a bit of Spanish
0:07:37 > 0:07:39or maybe with a wee bit of culchie talk, you know?
0:07:40 > 0:07:45# Porch swing swingin' on a rusty chain
0:07:45 > 0:07:49# Midnight kisses, and summer rain... #
0:07:49 > 0:07:53More than anything, what's driving these young country fans to Spain
0:07:53 > 0:07:55is their love of dancing.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59# Living life, loving you... #
0:07:59 > 0:08:03In Belleek, Peter is packing the essentials for the trip.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05One Stetson, check.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Ten double-collared shirts, check.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Eh...five pairs of size 15 brown shoes, check.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Here, boy, where are you going with all them shoes?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17And they won't all fit in there.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- I'm going to make them fit. - You're only going for a week.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I know, but look, it's like a family holiday.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Them's me children. We're all going on holidays.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Peter's mum Ann is hoping the boys get more than a suntan in Spain.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Dance all day and dance all night.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34And sure youse might get a couple of women.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35You never know what could happen.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- We could land back with one, Ann. - Well, I hope she can iron.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40PETER LAUGHS
0:08:40 > 0:08:44With the shoes packed, Peter is brushing up on the lingo.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Dance. There now, I've found it here. Look.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- Bay-lar.- Bay-lar? - B-A-I-L-A-R. Ba... Bay-lar.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Would you like a bailar?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Are you coming for an old bailar around the floor?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- DECLAN LAUGHS - And then country.- Country...
0:08:56 > 0:08:58El campo.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Let me see it!- El campo?- Campo.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04So, we're going on an el campo week to Spain to do a bit of bay-ling!
0:09:07 > 0:09:10The boys aren't the only ones heading to Spain.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13All across Ireland, flights are departing
0:09:13 > 0:09:16for The Three Amigos' Spectacular on the Costa del Sol.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19It's less Club 18-30,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22more like Club 18-80,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26as country fans of all ages touch down in Spain.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- ALL:- Whoo!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Torremolinos, not known as a country music heartland,
0:09:33 > 0:09:38is being taken over by The Three Amigos and their fans.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44# I'll fly away
0:09:44 > 0:09:48# To our home on God's celestial shore
0:09:48 > 0:09:52# I'll fly away
0:09:52 > 0:09:57# Oh, I'll fly away Oh, glory
0:09:57 > 0:09:59# I'll fly away. #
0:09:59 > 0:10:00That was total surprise. Unexpected.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Generally, you arrive, you don't...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- To be serenaded by The Three Amigos...- To be serenaded.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07..and to get a little dance in beforehand, great.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11# I'll fly away. #
0:10:11 > 0:10:14People got off the bus and they were shouting and dancing and roaring.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16It's fantastic for us.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20# I'll flay away. #
0:10:20 > 0:10:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- And they welcomed us.- Yes! - That's unbelievable, like.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28The smile on their face coming off the bus
0:10:28 > 0:10:30is probably the best medicine that we could get for this week.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Oh, yes.- Absolutely.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Some place here, Peter. - A nice spot, now.- Yeah.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38As the dancing in the street continues,
0:10:38 > 0:10:43the boys are checking out the pool and prospective dance partners.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Now, the talent's good now about here.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46The talent's very good about here.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I wonder could they jive. We'll have to get to asking that.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Aye. Well, sure, if they can't jive, we may just show them how to do it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Put it in old boxes, says you.- Yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Just creeper boxing and crawl with them...- Crawl with them.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Step by step.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02But these two farmers from Belleek are dressed for a wet Wednesday
0:11:02 > 0:11:05in the Abbey Hotel, not poolside in Spain!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Shall we go back up to the room? I think we're not in the right gear
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- now for this, now.- No. What did you use - the factor 50?- Factor 50.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- BOTH:- 25 each. - Hard to beat.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18# Now bring me two pina coladas. #
0:11:19 > 0:11:23With shorts, T-shirts and factor 50 on,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26the boys join the hundreds of country fans poolside
0:11:26 > 0:11:28enjoying the music with a cocktail.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31# We'll never leave dry land. #
0:11:33 > 0:11:37It's the start of seven days non-stop jiving.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41You can't come here to the big sticks to go to bed at 12 o'clock.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43That does not happen. You go to bed at five
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and then you have to get up again for your breakfast at seven.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's not easy, but you squeeze it all in.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52# Bring me two pina coladas
0:11:52 > 0:11:56# She said goodbye to her good timing man. #
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It takes two to tango, or in this case jive,
0:11:59 > 0:12:03and Declan and Peter seem to have found the perfect partners
0:12:03 > 0:12:05in Monica and Lisa from Roscommon.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Go on you, boy, you. You nearly tossed the woman.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10You're trying to kill me already! You've barely met me!
0:12:10 > 0:12:14But Roscommon girls aren't used to fast northern jivers.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- What are we doing? - We're doing the best...
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Peter, you look to be out of breath.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21But they'd need to get the hang of it because there's a big night
0:12:21 > 0:12:25of dancing ahead and kicking off the music is the legendary Hugo Duncan!
0:12:28 > 0:12:33# All my life I've been away....
0:12:33 > 0:12:35# Baby, come on... #
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I'm very lucky at my age I'm getting anywhere,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51but I've been asked now over the last number of years
0:12:51 > 0:12:54to always come out here to do some singing at the festivals
0:12:54 > 0:12:56and because we're, sort of, one of the old people
0:12:56 > 0:12:58that's been there for a while...
0:12:58 > 0:13:00And the good thing about the newer people,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03like The Three Amigos, young Nathan,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Derek and Mike Denver and Jimmy and all the boys,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09the great thing about it is they've given the older people work.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12You know, it's like care in the community, in a roundabout way!
0:13:12 > 0:13:15OK, here we go!
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Despite his veteran status,
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Uncle Hugo still has the energy to get the dancers bouncing.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32The big thing about coming here is,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35they're getting a full week's entertainment.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37They're getting a full week of some of the top names,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39but the main thing is if you watch that floor tonight,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42they went for it as far as the dance was concerned because they love the
0:13:42 > 0:13:45dance and the dance and the music and the people -
0:13:45 > 0:13:48it's a great bundle wrapped up there.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I've been over here in the last month three times,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I was along with Declan Nerney.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I had 550 people over here.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I was along with Nathan Carter - 650 people,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04and I think Paul was the week after that and Mike Denver -
0:14:04 > 0:14:08they had 700-odd people and now you've hundreds and hundreds
0:14:08 > 0:14:10of people here today, as well.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:22 > 0:14:24And now for the main event, Jimmy Buckley,
0:14:24 > 0:14:29Patrick Feeney and Robert Mizzell are on stage.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31# Was it the spring
0:14:31 > 0:14:35# And spring became the summer
0:14:35 > 0:14:38# Who'd have all believed you'd come along? #
0:14:41 > 0:14:44People from all over Ireland are working up a sweat
0:14:44 > 0:14:46on the dance floor.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48# Touching hands... #
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I know this is a bit of a funny one for an estate agent, but, yeah,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53I absolutely love this.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56It's just such a brilliant holiday and I just love dancing.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58It beats the clubbing scene at home, I think, anyway.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02# Sweet Caroline... #
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Monica and Lisa seem to be getting the hang of the fast northern jive.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10We met two lads from Fermanagh.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12We were sitting by the pool and it was so, kind of, random
0:15:12 > 0:15:15like, two Irish fellas came over to us and they were like, "Hey!"
0:15:15 > 0:15:19That was like a plus, because they knew how to jive and what not, like.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24So, is there romance in the Spanish air?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27We're going to meet the lads in here and go jiving
0:15:27 > 0:15:29for the next few hours and see them again tomorrow.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39But the girls will need plenty of stamina to keep up with these lads.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44You go to Magaluf, friends of mine who've been to Magaluf,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46it's just solid land there and start drinking
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and see who's the last man standing.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Here, it's start drinking, start jiving and see
0:15:51 > 0:15:53who's the last man standing, you know?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57The Three Amigos might be the headline act...
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's good! It's all good. It's good!
0:16:02 > 0:16:03..but these country music weeks in Spain
0:16:03 > 0:16:05boast a musical line-up that would rival
0:16:05 > 0:16:08any festival back home.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11# I'm going to see my baby. #
0:16:11 > 0:16:15So, when the main act finishes, it's downstairs to dance to Johnny Brady.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20There's no lounging by the pool here.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23# We were living for the jive
0:16:23 > 0:16:26# Living, living living for the jive. #
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Them kids coming out here now to Spain
0:16:29 > 0:16:30to do country music is probably...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It is a bit crazy when you think about it in your head.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34You never would have said when I was going here,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36"Would you come out for a country music week,"
0:16:36 > 0:16:38And you're going, "It doesn't seem to add up."
0:16:38 > 0:16:40But now it does because everybody's out and enjoying themselves
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and it's people from all ages.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Yes, boys, how how's the Fermanagh contingent doing?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Are we all good? - Good to see you, Johnny.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Are we keepin 'er country?- Oh, aye.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08The big appeal of these weeks is getting the chance to go on holiday
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- with your favourite stars. - Yes, girls.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12And if you're meeting them for a selfie,
0:17:12 > 0:17:17it's probably best not to have a rival artist as your screen saver.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Can we get a selfie? - Yeah, no problem, at all.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Let's see. That's a nice picture of Derek Ryan you have there!
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's the morning after the night before.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And with a few hours to kill before the music starts up again,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Declan and Peter are checking out what Torremolinos has to offer
0:17:40 > 0:17:43two boys from the farm.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Isn't that class, Peter? - It's unreal!
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- There is nothing like that at home.- No.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Now, you can take the man out of the farm,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53but you can't take the farm out of the man
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and these experienced cattle men
0:17:55 > 0:17:58know there's bulls around these parts.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00The one thing, I don't see any bulls, though.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01No, I don't see any bulls.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05But perhaps these two self-confessed culchies from Belleek aren't ready
0:18:05 > 0:18:08to take the bull by the horns just yet.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Don't tell me that's meant to be the bull!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15HE LAUGHS
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Oh, my God!- Eh?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Are these boys taking a hand out of us?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21- It'd be hard to dodge that.- Eh?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Don't you call that a bicycle with a bull's head on?!
0:18:24 > 0:18:26You'd get that at home!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32And then, round again.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I tell you, I'm going to get the start about this place.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43These boys should probably best stick to Friesian cows and jiving.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Aye, now if it was a real bull, we wouldn't be standing here.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- I don't think we'd be standing here.- No, no...
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- There would be an odd hole in us. - You reckon we would be penetrated?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54We'd be like a colander when we start to drink tonight,
0:18:54 > 0:18:55it would be running out of us.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Come on, come on!
0:18:58 > 0:19:02You watch my shins, boss. That was close that one, now.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Imagine us going around the yard with the cattle
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- with this kitchen cloth. - Yeah, there would be some looks.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09They'll be looking for the tea towel and I would be standing out
0:19:09 > 0:19:10in the field with it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12She'd be looking out the window,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14"What the hell are these two boys at?"
0:19:14 > 0:19:18# It don't matter where you've been
0:19:18 > 0:19:23# Welcome stranger come on in #
0:19:23 > 0:19:27On the Torremolinos strip, Lisa is determined
0:19:27 > 0:19:31to get a permanent reminder of her country music week in Spain.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I love country so much that I was like, "I'll get just a tattoo."
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And Monica - I'm trying to get her to do it, as well.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40But best friend Monica...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Oh, no way! Oh, no!
0:19:42 > 0:19:44..isn't so sure.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47You'd want to put me on, I don't know, anaesthetic or something.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Yeah.- Aperitif!
0:19:54 > 0:19:57So, tell me about the country music.
0:19:57 > 0:20:03It's all stars from back in Ireland and they're performing over here,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05so all their fans have come over here.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It's worth the pain for the love of country.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11As Lisa smiles through the pain...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Would you recommend the henna tattoo?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16..Monica opts for the pain-free option, felt-tip pen.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The pain will be gone in about four hours.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- I don't know how you do it!- Jiving.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- You have to show me! - Thank you so much.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30# She drinks tequila She talks dirty in Spanish. #
0:20:30 > 0:20:33These country music fans can't get enough dancing.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35There's no siesta here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38# Her in her purty pink jammies
0:20:38 > 0:20:43# They dance all night to the Mariachis
0:20:43 > 0:20:45# Till there ain't nobody left standing. #
0:20:45 > 0:20:47All them young ones out there jiving,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50sure it gives us older ones the encouragement
0:20:50 > 0:20:52to get up there and do a wee bit more
0:20:52 > 0:20:54and try and beat them at the good old jiving.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57It's not easy, but we'll keep in with them.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And then you've got the older generation, as well.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Sure, look, I mean, where would you get it?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Where would you get it?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07But jiving in this heat is sweaty work.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Jiving in the heat, you know what?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12When the music starts, you start jiving and the sweat's running off
0:21:12 > 0:21:15you and you don't smell really good and you don't look very good,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17but the craic's brilliant!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24But sure when you're by the pool, you can always cool off with a dip.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26THEY SHOUT
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And everywhere's a dance floor on this holiday.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36# We're three amigos come from afar. #
0:21:36 > 0:21:38It seems the Fermanagh boys and the Roscommon girls
0:21:38 > 0:21:41are taking to each other like ducks to water.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44They're actually mental, like.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46My stomach is about to drop, because, like,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I'm laughing the whole time.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Like, the jokes they come out with and everything.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51You can't take them serious, like.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Anything they say, like, you actually laugh.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59It's me first time in Spain and I have to say, it is mighty.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Mighty. A great atmosphere, everyone's having the craic.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04There's a wee bit of sun, a wee bit of rain,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06but, sure, we're all used to that.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Now we're doing a bit of skinny-dipping.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I don't know about the skinny bit, but we're dipping!
0:22:11 > 0:22:15# I've been walking Walking these shores all my days
0:22:15 > 0:22:18# But with you by my side... #
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The climax of the week's holiday is a gala performance
0:22:22 > 0:22:24from The Three Amigos.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31But with so much dancing already, there's some jiving wounded.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39A lot of people have said that they have sore feet,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41they're swollen or sick or something,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44but they've been dancing, they've been enjoying it
0:22:44 > 0:22:47and they just keep dancing all the time because they love it!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Yes, my feet are in a very bad way, as you can see.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56They're pretty ugly looking and they are plastered because the jiving
0:22:56 > 0:22:59and the jiving and the feet are cut off me.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01But I'll need plasters now on the soles of me feet
0:23:01 > 0:23:04to help them a wee bit better. They are sore.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07They're pretty ugly and I wish you weren't looking at them!
0:23:07 > 0:23:10But other than that, the craic's good.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18There's a local shop down the town here that's sold out of plasters.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19And there's also a shop down the town
0:23:19 > 0:23:21where you can go in and have your feet soaked
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- and the fish will eat all your... - Plasters.- Eat your cares away.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26For those that doesn't like that,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I do a service around about the pool,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31the back of their legs. I'm a masseuse.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37It's the last night.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- Tonight is the big night. - We're looking forward to it,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42but still it's kind of sad it's coming to an end, as well.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47That's it now. Brown shoes, brown belt.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Nice wee shirt. Ready to go now for the last jive of the week.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55The boys and girls are getting ready for one final jive together.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57We got our nails done and toenails done just before we left.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Yeah, but we've had a few accidents from jiving.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02We've had a few accidents from jiving.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Unfortuanetly, this one here has fallen off.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06But it won't stop us from jiving anyhow.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08He's brought five pairs of size 15s
0:24:08 > 0:24:10that cost him a fortune in excess baggage,
0:24:10 > 0:24:15but Peter won't be able to use any of them tonight.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Well, we were lying out at the pool there, the whole lot of us.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I got a wee bit over excited and thought it would be a great idea
0:24:20 > 0:24:22to do the jump into the swimming pool,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27but I kind of didn't want to risk the deep end, because I can't swim.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I kind of overshot the runway with the shallow end and busted me
0:24:30 > 0:24:32right knee off the floor of the pool
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and it's a bit painful now at the minute, but...
0:24:35 > 0:24:38As the saying goes Peter, you've hit rock bottom.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I took one for the team, more or less.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43But all's not lost.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47The Three Amigos are determined Peter will make it to the ball.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52CHEERING
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Peter was there tonight and, of course,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03we thought when we first saw Peter, that he fell over jiving,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05but I want everyone to know that jiving
0:25:05 > 0:25:07is not dangerous to your health.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09He got hurt in the pool.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Come on...
0:25:10 > 0:25:14And you can always rely on a country music singer for a bit of sympathy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- You big eejit.- You ape, you.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Good evening, everybody!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Put your hands in the air! Come on!
0:25:29 > 0:25:34# We slam it down Load it up and chuck it. #
0:25:34 > 0:25:37As Declan and the girls dance the night away,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Peter is forced to watch from the sidelines.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I got a good observation of the whole crowd, like,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- from sitting down and the dance hall or the dance floor...- Wild.
0:25:46 > 0:25:52- ..was just wild.- You couldn't get into the front, at all.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00# For the thirsty in Atlanta There's beer in Texicana... #
0:26:06 > 0:26:09As I say, it was a big adjustment to the temperature
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and then trying to keep the stamina going and jiving
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and trying to keep me right leg going, you know?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18But, look, the first lads hol away, like, between the two of us.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- It definitely won't be the last.- No, definitely,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I think there'll be a call back here next year.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25# On the road again
0:26:25 > 0:26:29# I just can't wait to get on the road again
0:26:29 > 0:26:33# I found love is making music with my friends
0:26:33 > 0:26:36# I can't wait to get on the road again. #
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Sing with us!
0:26:38 > 0:26:42For Patrick, Robert and Jimmy, their first concert in Spain
0:26:42 > 0:26:44has been a massive success.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Longest Irish wedding possible!
0:26:48 > 0:26:50It went on for seven days.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51It is a bit like that, isn't?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It's like a long, seven-day Irish wedding.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55And there was only...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I think there was one injury and one row, so that's not too bad!
0:26:58 > 0:27:02# Don't put your money in the juke box
0:27:02 > 0:27:06# Just take your partners to the floor. #
0:27:06 > 0:27:09It's been a great week of country music on the Costa del Sol,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12where lasting friendships have blossomed on the dance floor.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15# A last chance of romance
0:27:15 > 0:27:19# There'll always be one more
0:27:19 > 0:27:23# Your very own bandolero. #
0:27:23 > 0:27:26And it doesn't look like these country music fans will have to wait
0:27:26 > 0:27:29until next summer to see each other again.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Oh, aye, they're good craic.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36As I'd say, there's wiser sense in grass!
0:27:36 > 0:27:37They're mad.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40And good jivers now. Definitely good jivers.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- It made it easier for us.- Yeah.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44We had someone to dance with and someone our age
0:27:44 > 0:27:46and hang out with and what not, like.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50But we, literally, clicked, literally, straightaway
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and you'd swear we'd known each other years.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56We've stuff planned now already for when we get back,
0:27:56 > 0:27:57so it's not too bad.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- They're good fellas, is that right?- Yeah.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04First class. So we'll meet up with them at home.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Maybe... You never know what could happen after that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11# Don't put your money in the juke box. #
0:28:11 > 0:28:16And before jetting home, there's always time for one last jive...
0:28:16 > 0:28:19# Take your partners to the floor. #
0:28:19 > 0:28:21..even if you only have one good leg.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24# There's never going to be a last dance
0:28:24 > 0:28:29# Or last chance of romance There'll always be one more
0:28:31 > 0:28:37# Your very own bandoleros
0:28:37 > 0:28:41# We are The Three Amigos
0:28:43 > 0:28:47# We are The Three Amigos
0:28:48 > 0:28:54# We are The Three-ee-ee Amigos. #