‘Desperate’: Ronan Keating’s Melbourne Cup performance slammed

The Melbourne Cup has come under fire from disappointed Aussies following Ronan Keating’s performance.

Keating appeared at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday to perform alongside Aussie singer Ricki-Lee.

He belted out his hit When You Say Nothing At All before Ricki-Lee joined him to sing Lovin’ Each Day.

However, audience members watching from home quickly flocked to social media to slam the Irish singer’s performance.

“How desperate is the #MelbourneCup2024 getting in Ronan Keating, was no one else available?” one person wrote to X.

“As an Irishman apologies to Melbourne for Ronan Keating making random noises. Ye’re welcome to keep him. We really don’t want him back,” wrote another.

“Ronan Keating is such random entertainment,” another added.

However others seemed to enjoy the performance.

“Great performance from Ronan Keating and @TheRickiLee,” one person wrote on X.

Keating earlier confirmed he and his family were here to stay for the time being.

“We are in Sydney mainly and we will be here until next year,” Keating told 9News.

“We have re-evaluated life a little bit and the plan is to spend more time here in Australia and near family, we love being here.”

The couple – who married in married in 2015 after meeting while the former Boyzone star was a judge on x-Factor in 2011 – wanted to give their two children an “Aussie lifestyle”.

His wife hails from Australia, she grew up on a cattle station in Far North Queensland before moving to Los Angeles where she interned at HBO.

“Storm and I, we generally love being in Australia, first-hand, but to be here this week and in particular in Melbourne and at the Melbourne Cup,” he said.

“It is very special, the effort everybody makes and the sheer beauty of this place.

“It is quite magnificent.”

More to come.