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Sandra Mallon

Dermot Bannon admits latest season of Room To Improve 'nearly killed him'

Room To Improve star Dermot Bannon has revealed the latest series “nearly killed him”.

The celebrity architect was quizzed about the lack of episodes in the latest series, which has seen an average over half a million people tuning in every Sunday night on Rte One..

Speaking on FM104, Dermot revealed “the four nearly killed” him.

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But Dermot is excited for viewers to see the final episode of the season, with the Dubliner finally fulfilling fans' wishes.

“Our last one is a response to the audience,” Dermot revealed, saying: “I got a lot of tweets after the last series; ‘Can we have something a bit smaller?’, ‘Can we have something a bit more relatable?’”

He admitted that it was his barber, Justin, who ultimately inspired him to give the people what they want.

“I said; ‘Justin, what did you think of the last series?’ and he says ‘Yeah, grand, really good, but I'd like something that's a little bit more relatable’.”

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