IRELAND 2013 - Ryan Dolan - Only Love Survives

[Venage]

I don't care about Ryan. Put him in a dark corner of the stage, get rid of the background singers and give me some more dancers without those tight pants. Although it is a bland song the Irish background dancers get 12 points from me!

 

[wittgenstein]

I think Ireland could be a dark horse.

 

[FallenAngelII]

I think Ireland could be a dark horse.

There certainly seem to be a lot of people willing to ride them.

 

[Musicosity]

If you wanna ride, don't ride the dark horse.

 

[theditz83]

I still really like this song, but good god those trousers!! Are we living in the 80's or something? Very odd.

 

[LalehForWD]

Good luck to Ryan and Ireland tonight.
Love Survives indeed.

 

[ESCfan]

Good luck!!!

 

[euronut]

Surprised this got through. Nice song but his vocals were painful to listen to.

 

[bashers]

He's a good singer but a little screechy! Bloody hot dancers though...wow!!!

 

[euronut]

He's a good singer but a little screechy! Bloody hot dancers though...wow!!!

How can you be a good singer if you're screechy?

 

[PeterLPZ]

I don´t like his voice and I´m a little bit surprised about the final.

 

[GRE]

I expected better camera angles,and worse singing from Ryan.
But the opposite happened!
Anyway,i was sure it was going to qualify.

 

[A-lister]

I knew this would do better than people expected, it's a catchy song that in this context was one of the few "up-to-date" ones... they fixed the problem with the awful backing singers (which was actually the main problem in the national selection, and not the singer himself).

Effective performance... well deserved!

 

[Celia]

It won me over tonight, congratulations!!

 

[Yamarus]

OMG I'm so happy we'll get to see those smoking hot hunk dancers once again on Saturday!

 

[Wolf7]

Voted for Ireland! Smokin'Dancers, Smokin' Singer.

 

[CypriotGirl]

It won me over tonight, congratulations!!

Same here, it was one of the best tonight. Surprisingly, he sang it very well, and the show on stage was great too! I used to dislike this one because I didn't like the singer, but now I can say it's in my top 15!

 

[A-lister]

Same here, it was one of the best tonight. Surprisingly, he sang it very well, and the show on stage was great too! I used to dislike this one because I didn't like the singer, but now I can say it's in my top 15!

I'm surprised that everyone are surprised that HE sang it well, go back to the national selection clip, the main problem was always the backing singers (which they must have changed?) and the bad sound and video quality of the NS... I never think Ryan himself was a big problem here.

 

[RainyWoods]

I'm happy our dear neighbours are through and the 1/4 irish in me feels proud

Not keen on the song still but it's been much improved and the stage performance was one of the best tonight. Well done Ireland!

 

[ParadiseES]

YAY so glad. It was a clear qualifier for me, despite the singing was not the best. Congrats!