Eurovision 2020 | Lesley Roy will sing 'Story Of My Life' for Ireland
After many months of silence, we finally have Ireland's entry for Eurovision 2020! Dublin based singer songwriter Lesley Roy will sing 'Story Of My Life' in the first half of the first semi final. The song was revealed on RTE's 2FM Breakfast Show with Doireann and Eoghan. Lesley is expected to give her first live performance of the song tonight at popular Dublin nightclub, The George. Talking about her song, Lesley has said: “We wanted something uptempo and triumphant, which
Junior Eurovision 2019 | Anna Kearney will represent Ireland in Gliwice
Anna Kearney will represent Ireland at Junior Eurovision 2019 with her song "Banshee", which you can listen to below. A total of three participants took part in 'Junior Eurovision Éire', with each of them singing two songs - one song which they had previously performed in the show an Irish Eurovision winning song. Anna Kearney sang "Symphony" and "Why Me" (1992); Orla McDermott sang "Linger" and "Rock n Roll Kids (1994) whilst Savannah Phoenix-Munroe sang "Circle of Life" and
Ireland | RTÉ begin call for songs and artists to compete in Eurovision 2020
Irish broadcaster RTÉ announced today that they have begun their call for songs and artists to represent Ireland in Rotterdam next May. For songwriters and artists to be eligible, you must have a proven track record and already be established in the industry. The hopeful entries that the RTÉ receive from songwriters will be considered and viewed by a panel of industry experts. In terms of artists, they are looking for someone already established who 'wish to showcase their ta
Ireland | '22' was originally written for a male singer
Head of Delegation for Ireland, Michael Kealy, has revealed that their Eurovision song this year, '22', was originally written for a male singer. Speaking to Liffey Sound FM, Michael said that the demo version of '22' was recorded by a male vocalist, and was not intended for Sarah McTernan. The Eurovision selection panel for the Irish broadcaster alongside Michael himself, were all in agreement that the song would be best suited to a male vocalist. That was, until they heard
Ireland | Sarah McTernan reveals she submitted Eurovision entries since 2015
It was recently announced that Sarah McTernan will be representing Ireland at Eurovision 2019 with the song "22" but in a recent interview it has been revealed she has been submitting entries in previous years. Sarah McTernan announced that since finishing third on The Voice in 2015 she has been submitting songs in hopes of being selected, the songs she has been submitting has come from songwriting duo Ylva and Linda Persson. Sarah also confirmed she had submitted a different
Ireland will be at Junior Eurovision 2019!
Dia duit an Pholainn! The Irish Language broadcaster, TG4 today announced on their Twitter page that Ireland will again appear at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. This will be the 5th participation of the Island nation, who will be hoping that they find their pot of gold in Poland this year, and take their first win at JESC. It's not yet known if TG4 will opt for the usual National Final method of selecting their song. something that they have used since their 2015 debut
Ireland | Una Healy Allegedly RTÉ's Desired Candidate For Tel Aviv
Tabloid The Irish Mail on Sunday has reported who RTÉ's top pick for Tel Aviv is and its none other than Ex-Saturdays member Una Healy. Una rose to fame as part of the five piece girl group The Saturdays, who performed for seven years between 2007 up to 2014, Una, 37 apparently topped the list of acts RTÉ wish list for Tel Aviv, a source at the news outlet cited them saying at a recent "think-in" in regards as to who should follow Ryan O'Shaughnessy saying: "Una would be a gr
Ireland | Brendan Murray Eliminated In X Factor Semi Finals
Last night the X Factor semi finals took place, with the final six acts for only three spots in next weeks big grand final, and in a double elimination tonight, Ireland 2017 Eurovision act Brendan Murray was sadly sent home. Brendan, who turned 22 last week was sent home immediately on Saturday, after all of the final six performed twice the lines froze, and the two with the lowest votes would be eliminated there and then and not progressed onto the traditional Sunday night r
JESC 2018 | Ireland's Junior Eurovision Final Line Up Now Complete
Tonight, Ireland held their fourth, and final semi-final, that saw Shaniah Llane Rollo win her heat, meaning the line up for Ireland's junior national final is now complete. The final will be held next Sunday 11th November 2018. The show this evening was a pre-recorded show that saw seven artists compete for the final spot in next weeks national final. The programme saw three judges Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Gráinne Bleasdale, and guest judge Dustin the Turkey all award up to fiv
Ireland | Brendan Murray Narrowly Avoids X Factor Exit
He overcome his audition, the six chair challenge and Judges' Houses to make it to the final 16, but Irish Eurovision act Brendan Murray's X Factor journey nearly came to an end tonight. Brendan, 21 represented Ireland in Eurovision 2017 with the song "Dying to Try" failing to qualify from the second semi final that year, for the past year he had been relatively quiet before coming back onto our screens on the X Factor, where he impressed the judges to make it all the way dow
