Lipstick Lads for Ireland

Eurovision Express is back in Oslo for the final of MGP. But before we contemplate the excitement of tonight's spectacular, we caught the Irish national final on the internet last night.

Our verdict? We're delighted that Jedward are representing Ireland. Why? Because they had the best song! It's as simple as that.

Eurosong 2011, part of The Late Late Show, was a pretty entertaining shebang. Former Eurovision entrants Cheryl Baker and Bryan Kennedy were on hand to give their opinions. We love Cheryl but think it's time she moved on from the East block voting argument. Norway? Finland? Germany? They won because they had good songs.

Anyway, back to the final itself. It was always going to be a two horse race between the X Factor's Jedward and Nikki Kavanagh. We thought Nikki was most definitely the best singer of the night, but she just needed a better song.

The 6 juries votes accounted for 66% of the final score, and it was fantastically exciting, as it seemed Nikki was going to pip Jedward to the title. But the Sligo jury, if we remember correctly, gave Nikki a pretty low score and awarded Jedward 12 points.

Before the public televote came in, Nikki led by 4 points, but she only came 2nd in televote, allowing the twins from Lucan in Dublin to leapfrog her and win by a mere two points.

A good, tense final, and a great outcome. OK, Jedward aren't the best singers, but the song is infectious and they certainly sell it. And, if it does manage to get to the final, we're certain that the UK will be giving it douze points!