Following tonight’s Eurosong performances on RTE’s The Late Late Show, Bambie Thug with the song Doomsday Blues has been chosen as the winner of Eurosong 2024 and will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.
Doomsday Blues is co- written by Bambie Thug, Olivia Cassy Brooking, Sam Matlock and produced by Tylr Rydr.
Selection Process
The running order of the acts competing for Ireland’s Eurosong tonight were:
- Isabella Kearney – “Let Me Be the Fire”
- Bambie Thug – “Doomsday Blue”
- JyellowL ft. Toshín – “Judas”
- Ailsha – “Go Tobann”
- Next in Line – “Love Like Us”
- Erica-Cody – “Love Me Like I Do”
The six acts were revealed between 8th and 12th of January 2024 on The Ray D’Arcy Show, broadcasted on RTÉ Radio 1
Like last year the acts performed tonight in front of a live audience on RTE’s The Late Late Show hosted by Patrick Kielty.
Eurosong 2024 consisted of a three-way voting process. The decision making was split between a national jury, an international jury and a public vote.
Bambie Thug won the most votes with 32 points. The runners-up were a tie with 24 points between Ailsha with song Go Tobann and the boyband Next In Line with Love Like Us.
Bambie Thug
Bambie Thug is a non-binary artist from a predominantly musical theatre background. Originally from Cork, they are based in London where they garnered great attention for their live shows. They describe their sound as Ouija pop and their style is heavily tinged by the occult.
In their own words they describe the perpetually genre-shifting track as “it transports you from alt witchy verses to killer screams, pop choruses, a jazzy middle-eight, before ending in a metallic roar of electro and heavy guitars. It perfectly showcases the different facets of me as an artist. I can be explosive and hard-hitting, but I can also be sweet and soulful”.
Ireland at Eurovision
Ireland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden. It is the only country to have won three times consecutively, 1992 to 1994, with 92 winning in Malmo, Sweden with Linda Martin’s ‘Why Me’. Ireland has struggled at Eurovision of late, qualifying just twice in the last 10 years. Last year’s entry by Wild Youth failed to qualify, their song ‘We Are One’ finished 12th our 15th in their semi-final with a total of 10 points.
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