Jedward Do The Double!!

The boys are back! Jedward will once again represent Ireland at Eurovision. The Lucan twins secured their place in Baku at last night's Late Late Eurosong Show. Panelists on the show included the wonderful Niamh Kavanagh who won in 1993 and represented Ireland again in 2010, and Marty Whelan the RTE Eurovision commentator who correctly predicted the Azerbaijan win last year! They both thought Jedward would win, and they were right.

The results last night were: 1. Mistaken ( Edele Lynch) sung by Celtic Whisper with Maria McCool. (50 Points) 2. Mercy (Marten Ericsson, Peter Mansson, Lina Ericsson and Bill Hughes) sung by Donna McCaul. (84 Points) 3. Here I Am (Greg French) sung by Andrew Mann. (94 Points) 4. Language Of Love (Éanán Patterson and Julian Benson) sung by Una Gibney and David Shannon. (58 Points) 5. Waterline (Nick Jarl) sung by Jedward. (114 Points) The Grimes boys were the favourites from Day 1 to win the Eurosong. However they faced stiff competition on the night from the excellent Donna McCaul (Ire 2005) and Andrew Mann who put in great performances. Jedward were mentored by Linda Martin who won Eurovision in 1992 for Ireland. Can she work her magic again and bring victory to the boys this year? After all, they were THE success story of the 2011 Eurovision? It should be an exciting Eurovision for Ireland again this year! You can watch the boys performance here.

Jedward favourites to win Eurosong

If the bookmakers are to be believed, Jedward will romp home to victory on Friday and will represent Ireland for the second year running at Eurovision. On Paddypower.com Jedward are the hot favourites at 1/4 followed by Donna McCaul at 3/1. Andrew Mann is next at 7/1 with the two remaining acts - David Shannon and Una Gibney and Maria McCool both at 25/1.

The Eurosong takes place on Friday at 9:30 on RTE1 TV after the news. If you can't wait until then, you can hear the songs as they were played on the Mooney Show recently on RTE Radio 1 by clicking here. Good luck to all participants!

Latvia's homage to Mr. Eurovision

The first line in Latvia's entry for Baku - Beautiful Song by Anmary - mentions the king of Eurovision himself Mr. Johnny Logan! "I was born in a distant 1980, the year the Irish Johnny Logan won" sets the tone for a jolly little ditty from Anmary.



No doubt this song will pick up a few votes from Ireland in May. We're sure Johnny would be proud to be immortalised in a Eurovision song! The Latvian song is this year's guilty pleasure.

Norway does a Sweden!

With an uncanny musical resemblance to last year's Swedish entry - Popular by Eric Saade - Norway have decided to try their hand at an uptempo number with a solo male singer. It worked for Sweden last year by securing them a top 3 placing for the first time in years. Will it do the same this year for Norway?....Quite possibly.




Tooji sings Stay for Norway. We like this song at Eirevision and would love to see Norway be in contention for the top spot in Baku after last year's disappointment when the excellent Stella Mwangi's song Haba Haba failed to qualify for the final. Hopefully Tooji won't suffer the same fate.

Eurosong 2012 - Artists and Songs Revealed!

We now know the names of the 5 songs that will compete to represent Ireland at this year's Eurovision in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 7 artists are also known, and some familiar faces are in the mix.
Jedward are back going for the double and Donna McCaul, who sang for Ireland in Kiev in 2005 with her brother Joe, flies solo this time in her bid to also represent Ireland again.

The titles of the five songs in contention are:

Maria McCool - MISTAKEN
Donna McCaul - MERCY
David Shannon & Una Gibney - LANGUAGE OF LOVE
Andrew Mann - HERE I AM
Jedward - WATERLINE

The songs will be premiered on The Derek Mooney show on RTÉ Radio 1 on the 9th February...so tune in to get your first listen to the song that will carry Ireland's hopes to Baku!

The regional juries and the Irish televoters will then choose the winning song on the 24th February on the Late Late Show on RTE 1 TV.



The winner of the Irish selection will be chosen through public televoting and regional juries.