Ireland: Wild Youth go for a “big” and “bold” staging!

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Conor O’Donohoe, who is the lead singer of Wild Youth, this year’s representatives of Ireland, promised that their performance on Liverpool’s stage is going to be a “big and bold” one, during his interview for PA News Agency.

In addition, he also mentioned the following:

Our staging will be “big and bold”. We aren’t taking any shortcuts!

Conor O’Donohoe

Moreover, he also revealed that he is currently undergoing a health and training regime, cutting down junk food, in order to be fully fit on stage!

I’m definitely having to put down the McDonald’s and pick up the carrot sticks… I do my vocal lessons every day, and I listen to the song and then I run on a treadmill while I sing the songs.

Conor O’Donohoe

Wild Youth’s lead singer also commented on the procedure of composing “We Are One” and mentioned that he wanted to create a song which would live up to the whole Eurovision’s stature.

I wanted to write a song that could live up to the stature and the size of the stage and the arena and the scale of Eurovision.

Conor O’Donohoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak5Fevs424Y

However, Ireland’s “We Are One” is not considered as a qualification’s favorite song from the first semi-final, until now, since it is currently placed at the lower slots of Eurovision’s odds.

Let’s keep in mind that Ireland still holds the record total of seven wins making it the country with the most victories in the Eurovision Song Contest!

Ireland is on the first half of the first semi-final on Tuesday May 9th.

Source: RTÉ

What do you think? Will Ireland manage to hold its record and qualify to the Grand Final? Stay tuned and share your opinion on the comments below!

Ιreland: Listen to the Revamped Version of “We Are One”!

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A few minutes ago, the updated version and video clip of Ireland‘s song “We Are One” for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, with Wild Youth, was released. Wild Youth were selected to represent Ireland in Liverpool after winning Eurosong 2023, which was broadcast as part of the Late Late Show.

“We Are One” was written and composed by band members Conor O’Donohoe and Ed Porter alongside Jörgen Elofsson. Jörgen has written hits such as “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson, “(You Drive Me) Crazy” by Britney Spears and “Fool Again” by Westlife.

You can watch the official video clip below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak5Fevs424Y&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Feurovisionfun.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

Wild Youth will perform in the first half of the first semi-final on May 9.

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Ireland: Revamp for “We Are One” from Wild Youth!

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Conor Donohoe of Wild Youth, who will represent Ireland in the Eurovision 2023 contest, has announced on social media that he is preparing a revamp for their song “We Are One”.

At the same time, in response to a tweet he announced that next week the band is preparing to start shooting the video clip for the song.

In the Irish national final held for the second year running, Wild Youth emerged as the big winners to fly the Irish flag in Liverpool with the song “We Are One”. The art director of the participation, as announced a few days ago, will be Ian Banham, who has a lot of experience in this field.

The song “We Are One” is a pleasant pop song with 90’s elements. As the members of the band have stated, it is an anthem for unity, peace and diversity. It remains to be seen what changes will be made with the revamp and if it will be able to garner more public appeal.

Listen to Ireland’s entry for 2023:

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Ιreland: Eurovisionfun reacts to Eurovision 2023 entry “We are one”

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Ireland: Eurovisionfun Reacts to Eurovision 2023 Entry ”We Are One” (video)

The national final of Ireland “Eurosong 2023” has ended with Wild Youth  and the song “We are One” receiving at the end of the night the ticket to Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

The Eurovisionfun team couldn’t help but see and comment on the Irish entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Koumparos Apostolis, Barboutis Paschalis and Roupakias Christos in a delightful reaction video with detailed commentary for the next entry for the 2023 competition!

Below, you can see the live performance of “We Are One” by Wild Youth:

Will Ireland manage to bring a good result after many years? Make your prediction in the comments!

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Ireland: Wild Youth won Eurosong 2023!

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Tonight Ireland voted for their Eurovision representative.  Ireland chose Eurosong 2023 as their national selection, a special broadcast for The Late Late Show.

Ryan Tubridy hosted the national selection.

The Candidates

Six acts were competing to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023:

1 Leila Jane – “Wild”

2 Adgy – “Too Good for Your Love”

3 Public Image Limited – “Hawaii”

4 Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night”

5 Wild Youth – “We Are One”

6 K Muni & ND – “Down in the Rain”

The Voting

A combination of Televote an International Jury and professional National Jury decided the winner of Eurosong 2023.  In case of a tie the public vote would define the winner

The results were as follows:

International Jury vote

Midnight Summer Night 12 points

We Are One 10 points

Too Good For Your Love 8 points

Hawaii 6 points

Down In The Rain 4 points

Wild 2 points

National Jury Vote

We Are One 12 points

Midnight Summer Night 10 points

Down In The Rain 8 points

Hawaii 6 points

Too Good For Your Love 4 points

Wild 2 points

Public Vote

We Are One 12 points

Midnight Summer Night 10 points

Down In The Rain 8 points

Hawaii 6 points

Too Good For Your Love 4 points

Wild 2 points

Overall Ranking

1 Wild Youth – “We Are One” 34 points

2 Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night” 32 points

3 K Muni & ND – “Down in the Rain” 20 points

4 Public Image Limited – “Hawaii” 18 points

5  Adgy – “Too Good for Your Love” 16 points

6 Leila Jane – “Wild” 6 points

 

Ireland: Eurovisionfun reacts to Eurosong 2023 Songs!

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The six songs of Ireland‘s national selection have been released a few days ago and will compete for a ticket to Liverpool and Eurovision 2023 via The Late Late Show Eurosong 2023 Special which will air today, February 3rd!

The Eurovisionfun team couldn’t help but watch and comment on Ireland’s national final nominations for the upcoming Eurovision contest! Enjoy Mitika Katerina, Zevteridis George and Argyropoulos Dimitris in a reaction video with detailed commentary on this year’s entries for The Late Late Show Eurosong 2023 Special!

The Late Late Show Eurosong 2023 Special will air today at 22:25 CET and will last approximately two hours. You can watch it via the official RTÉ website.

The six artists competing for a ticket to Liverpool are:

  1. Adgy – “Too Good for Your Love”
  2. Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night”
  3. Wild Youth – “We Are One”
  4. Leila Jane – “Wild”
  5. K Muni & ND – “Down in the Rain”
  6. Public Image Limited – “Hawaii”

Unlike last year, there will be no internal jury. Instead, an international jury and the vote of the TV audience will be used to determine the winning song. The presenter will be Ryan Tubridy, who is the host of The Late Late Show.

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Ireland: Eurosong 2023 Final tonight!

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As February has begun, the national finals are multiplying. Thus, tonight one more country will choose its representative for Eurovision 2023. The reason, of course, for the multiple victory of the competition, Ireland, which wants to change its luck in recent years in the contest.

RTÉ has settled on a national final for the second year in a row, with six artists vying tonight to be “anointed” to represent Ireland at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

Participants

In the list below you will see the six artists and their nominated songs, in the order they will appear at Eurosong 2023:

  1. ADGY – “Too Good For Your Love”
  2. CONNOLLY – “Midnight Summer Night”
  3. Wild Youth – “We Are One”
  4. Leila Jane – “Wild”
  5. K Muni x ND – “Down in the Rain”
  6. Public Image Limited – “Hawaii”

Format

Eurosong 2023 will be held on February 3. As last year, there will be an internal committee together with an international jury and the vote of the television audience, which together will be used to select the winning song. Six songs will take part in the selection, which will be performed through the Late Late Show.

The presenter of Eurosong 2023 will be Ryan Tubridy, presenter of “The Late Late Show“.

The Eurosong 2023 final will take place tonight at 22:35 CET and will last just over two hours. You can watch it on RTÉ’s official website by clicking HERE.

Until we find out who will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2023, let’s remember the country’s participation in last year’s contest. The previous winner of Eurosong 2022 and Ireland’s representative at Eurovision 2022 was Brooke Scullion with the song “That’s Rich” who did not qualify for the grand final, as she was limited to 15th place in the second semi-final with 47 points:

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Eurovision 2023: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Liverpool’s Saint George’s Hall with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Liverpool early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

The Eurovision 2023 semi-final draw was hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan. Both are on the staff of the BBC, being some of the most loved faces of British public broadcasting.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson.

Draw Procedure

The 31 countries competing in the semi-finals were divided into five pots, based on the scores they have exchanged in recent years with each other. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances that appear every year in the voting.

Big 5 and Ukraine

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Ukraine, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Ukraine
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first/second semi-final and sixteen in the first/second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (9 May):

1st Half

  • Serbia
  • Latvia
  • Ireland
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Croatia
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Sweden
  • Moldova
  • Switzerland
  • Israel
  • Netherlands
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • Czech Republic

2nd Semi-Final (11 May):

1st Half

  • Armenia
  • Cyprus
  • Romania
  • Denmark
  • Belgium
  • Iceland
  • Greece
  • Estonia

2nd Half

  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Lithuania
  • San Marino
  • Slovenia
  • Georgia
  • Poland

Liverpool will host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest from 9 to 13 May at the Liverpool Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “United by Music“.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HAY-qpDTnY

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Eurovision 2023: Today the semi-final draw!

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At 20:00 CET and live from Saint George’s Hall in Liverpool, the Eurovision 2023 semi-final draw will take place.

During today’s event, there will also be the delivery-receipt of the emblem of the organization from the city of Turin to that of Liverpool. For this reason, today’s draw will be attended by both the mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, and the mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson.

Presenters

The draw is expected to be hosted by AJ Odudu and Rylan, both BBC presenters.

Draw Procedure

The first part of the draw will determine the semi-final that each of the six countries that are directly in the final (Italy, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Ukraine) will broadcast and vote for.

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event’s producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by official TV partner Digame.

Pot 1
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
Pot 2
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
Pot 3
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
Pot 4
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
Pot 5
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Romania

In the evening, therefore, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favorite competition. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HAY-qpDTnY

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Ireland: The entries of Eurosong 2023 have been revealed!

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Ireland’s public broadcaster, RTÉ, has announced the six artists who will take part in Eurosong 2023, the country’s national final, that will determine the representative of Ireland in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

Six artists in Eurosong 2023

This morning through RTÉ Radio 1’s morning show, presenter Ryan Tubridy announced the six shortlisted acts who will compete for the Eurovision 2023 ticket, and their six songs were also revealed.

The six artists and their songs that will compete in Eurosong 2023 are:

  1. ADGY – “Too Good For Your Love“
  2. CONNOLLY – “Midnight Summer Night“
  3. K Muni x ND – “Down in the Rain“
  4. Leila Jane – “Wild“
  5. Public Image Limited – “Hawaii“
  6. Wild Youth – “We Are One“

You can listen to all the songs here.

Format

Eurosong 2023 is due to take place on 3 February. Unlike last year, there will be no Irish jury. Instead, an international jury and the vote of the TV audience will be used to decide the winning song. Six songs will take part in the selection, which will be presented through the Late Late Show.

In 2022, Brooke represented the country with the song “That’s Rich” but failed to qualify for the Grand Final finishing at the 15th place in the second Semi-Final with 47 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2AJrWm04s

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Source: RTÉ