Ireland IRELAND 2025 - Emmy - Laika Party

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Decayingbooks]

hm i don't think that rehearsal footage makes it really better. (though the camera angle where they pull the sword out was especially atrocious during the live show). the song is really cool but whatever they had in mind for thtat performance was just not (and u can have good ideas without having a budget, but imo this was not the case here)

bobbis staging was simply not good, but i think u cannot judge the performances there that much on their staging, i've been quite vocal before that the production of the late late show is just so bad that it's imo impossible for any act to really look good on that stage. bambie looked very amateurish aswell and look what they did in malmö

about the panel: iit's questionable if a panel that gives their impression is needed at preselection shows, imo it's not, but what they said was not wrong and it wasnt rude either. maybe its not what samantha mumba wanted to hear, but it was a valid critique, the song in the state it was in was definitely not ready for eurovision.

I agree, her song was too monotonous for eurovision, her vocals heren't there(she also was, allegedly, sick so I can kind of excuse that) and the choreo was half-baked, but there where some good visuals, particularly in the second video that, wheren't shown on tv.
I don't know how people storyboard their stagings for nfs or eurovision, but I would think that someone with a phone could have recorded multiple runs of the choreo and made an edit of what would be the best camera shots to show on tv.

Edit 19/02/2025: I may have been unfair with the last pharagraph of this post, the choreographer is working with Henka in her performance for the portuguese nf and they shared a video showing the 6 pages of notations regarding the performance and it includes some camera movements and shots.
So they must have also had a plan regarding the camera work for Bobbi Arlo and it's likely that that plan wasn't followed by the Late Late Night Show production.

 

[lasse braun]

7:9 momently
team

16:20 after 6 days.

 

[toinou03]

That could go somewhere, as a Eurodance something, but she needs to turn the bloody party. She sounds depressed and she can't be singing those lyrics seriously. Come on !

And the chorus is so bad after that build up. It's a shame, there was something to build on !

 

[Fluke]

Seriously. People are stanning this? This is just trash.

This is straight out of the absolute worst Eurodance bandwagon jumping no-hit-wonders that appeared every day in 1994 to never be heard of again. There is NOTHING redeemable about this. The melody is weak, vocals are barely okay, her stage appeareance is stiff and inconfident, the "bom bom bom" part is inane and repeated too many times....

And of course, the silver spacesuits and mentioning "Laika" is a ripoff off the Norwegian entry with same name from 2016, and that was a masterpiece compared to this. This CANNOT make the final and you know it.

 

[jatojo]

Seriously. People are stanning this? This is just trash.

It's bad taste from Ireland two years in a row. But contrary to last year, I can definitely see the qualities in this entry. It's not great art, but as a eurodance song I think it's very well made.

This CANNOT make the final and you know it.

I'm not so sure about that.

I would not be sad in any way if it fails, as I'm against NF's with singers that don't have a relation to the country.

 

[Cathan]

I think perhaps partly its because the hook of a song is not important for my enjoyment at all, there are many songs that have a memorable hook that I really don't care for and many songs without one that I absolutely love and can still play in my head anyway

For me I just prefer the melodies of both Austria and Finland 2024 and the vocal of no rules (not a fan of Emmys voice really)

The other part is the emotion laika party rises in me is not a good one. It makes me absolutely angry that someone thought making a song about a rather extreme case of animal abuse in a bright pretty bubblegum pop kinda way. Laika loves to fly... absolutely not, no one of the worst ideas for song only Moldovan sasha can compete.

Seriously. People are stanning this? This is just trash.

This is straight out of the absolute worst Eurodance bandwagon jumping no-hit-wonders that appeared every day in 1994 to never be heard of again. There is NOTHING redeemable about this. The melody is weak, vocals are barely okay, her stage appeareance is stiff and inconfident, the "bom bom bom" part is inane and repeated too many times....

And of course, the silver spacesuits and mentioning "Laika" is a ripoff off the Norwegian entry with same name from 2016, and that was a masterpiece compared to this. This CANNOT make the final and you know it.

“This cannot make the final”


Buuuut it will

 

[MAD20]

What's the hype with this song???????????? It's irritating as hell. Hope a revamp is on the way...

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

I think this would easily qualify if in SF1, but I'm looking at the countries in SF2 and I'm not so sure Ireland is safe.
Unless some of the highly anticipated entries in SF2 turn out to be complete duds, i don't think Laika Party is a safe qualifier.

 

[Cathan]

I think this would easily qualify if in SF1, but I'm looking at the countries in SF2 and I'm not so sure Ireland is safe.
Unless some of the highly anticipated entries in SF2 turn out to be complete duds, i don't think Laika Party is a safe qualifier.

Bar a complete dud of a performance it's safe in both SF's. Especially when you consider Ireland have all their allies voting.

 

[VirginiaVision]

As a follow-up in the "songs about historical animals" genre, I humbly request an entry about Wojtek the soldier bear

 

[Phoenix]

This has got to be one of the worst entries this decade and to think I voted for them last year. I will say that it is bizarre enough to get points from me. Very bizarre actually.

 

[empo21]

Ireland, you learned nothing from Doomsday Blue. Bambie Thug will stand out among modern Irish entries like Aminata does for Latvia for years to come.

 

[theditz83]

Right come on ESC YouTube channel - get the video uploaded on there already... I get the audio mixing in the Late Late studio was like something a 5 year-old did, but we need the vid officially on the channel already! Otherwise, Honest Vocal Coach will think it doesn't exist and never react

 

[Fierro]

Tasteless dated tune and on top of that a Soviet propaganda. 2 points.

 

[Iker]

Seriously. People are stanning this? This is just trash.

This is straight out of the absolute worst Eurodance bandwagon jumping no-hit-wonders that appeared every day in 1994 to never be heard of again. There is NOTHING redeemable about this. The melody is weak, vocals are barely okay, her stage appeareance is stiff and inconfident, the "bom bom bom" part is inane and repeated too many times....

And of course, the silver spacesuits and mentioning "Laika" is a ripoff off the Norwegian entry with same name from 2016, and that was a masterpiece compared to this. This CANNOT make the final and you know it.

I'm surprised that there are people who can feel such strong negative emotions towards it lol. Or is it the very mention of Laika from Soviet Russia triggering such response from the folk? I like it, there's an air of nostalgia about it in multiple ways and it does the innocent, easy to sing-along girly bop well enough to amuse me. It's like eating a delicate, fruity dessert.

As for the literal nostalgia part ... Laika Party reminds me of this childhood, summer hit. Both songs have that carefree vibe about them and Kanikuły/Kanikuly of Code Red also summons some very nice memories for me when I had little to no worries and a lot of fun.

Code Red - Kanikuly official music video

www.youtube.com

 

[heke1988]

Tasteless dated tune and on top of that a Soviet propaganda. 2 points.

How this is Soviet propaganda? Song is about Laika's tribute, not about Soviet Union's success to send Laika to the space. I don't like this song, but calling it Soviet propaganda is ridiculuos

 

[NikolaiMoller]

LAIKA PARTY IN THE SKYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[Ana Raquel]

I'm surprised that there are people who can feel such strong negative emotions towards it lol. Or is it the very mention of Laika from Soviet Russia triggering such response from the folk? I like it, there's an air of nostalgia about it in multiple ways and it does the innocent, easy to sing-along girly bop well enough to amuse me. It's like eating a delicate, fruity dessert.

As for the literal nostalgia part ... Laika Party reminds me of this childhood, summer hit. Both songs have that carefree vibe about them and Kanikuły/Kanikuly of Code Red also summons some very nice memories for me when I had little to no worries and a lot of fun.

Code Red - Kanikuly official music video

www.youtube.com

WHAT A HIT (jonny emoji)

 

[cassio]

best bad taste song reminds me of the horrible San Mario days The Facebook song 2 points because im being nice

 

[soundofsilence]

Let me challenge the songwriters' eight brain cells
I did some research; the dog died 66 years ago and her body disintegrated in reentry in 1958. The chances of this braindead entry's Q is the same as Laika being alive in 2025. NUUUUULLLL POOOOOIIIIINNTS TO IRELAND!