Borderline
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The Irish preview clip was filmed in the Olympia last week. It should be online soon.
ÉIRE - Ireland 2010 - Niamh Kavanagh - It's for You
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Sim
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I love the song, certainly qualifier and top 5 I think 
Joe13
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I think it's a good song.
Hopefully it will not be lost in a sea of ballads this year.
Nice to hear that flute-part in it , for me it stands for something, that makes Ireland and it's music so charming.
Good luck from Germany and stay tuned ...
Hopefully it will not be lost in a sea of ballads this year.
Nice to hear that flute-part in it , for me it stands for something, that makes Ireland and it's music so charming.
Good luck from Germany and stay tuned ...
Borderline
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I love the lyrics of this song!
Look into these eyes,
hold onto these hands,
believe in this heartbeat
Though you’re afraid
that I might break,
just hold on
Shadows only haunt you
when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say, it’s for you
Look straight ahead, hold onto you dreams,
believe in this magic
Open your eyes,
open your mind and it’s there
Shadows only haunt you
when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say
When shadows haunt you
and darkness crowds your heart
Let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say, it’s for you
It’s for you
It’s for you
Look into these eyes,
hold onto these hands,
believe in this heartbeat
Though you’re afraid
that I might break,
just hold on
Shadows only haunt you
when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say, it’s for you
Look straight ahead, hold onto you dreams,
believe in this magic
Open your eyes,
open your mind and it’s there
Shadows only haunt you
when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say
When shadows haunt you
and darkness crowds your heart
Let the light of my love shine bright
When I cry, it’s for the lonely
When I pray, it’s for the lost and stray
When I love like there’s no tomorrow
No more words to say, it’s for you
It’s for you
It’s for you
Borderline
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The Irish preview clip will be presented today!
dtd2
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wittgenstein
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the video lifts the song and niamh lifts the video. but it still needs something more for me to fall.
Borderline
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wittgenstein said:
The live performance?
KateB
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Love this song, it's my fav this year. Hopefully Ireland will win.
Borderline
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vaxjoe said:
Yes, but Niamh's fantastic talent lifts it up and the live performance will be amazing.
Borderline
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KateB said:
Welcome to the club!
Sabrewulf238
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Wow there's a shocking amount of backlash on this song in the polls......totally undeserved
I don't think it's an offensive song at all.....well I really like it but still I can't see where it might annoy anybody :?
I don't think it's an offensive song at all.....well I really like it but still I can't see where it might annoy anybody :?
esctoday interview
Congratulations on winning the national final, thus having the honour of representing Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. How are you feeling now that you have the certainty of being back in the competition?
I am totally delighted at being back in the competition. What an honour to be back representing Ireland for the second time, with a song that I love.
How and with whom did you celebrate your victory?
I spent the evening with everyone who was at the competition and then went to Magowans pub in Dublin to celebrate with some of the fans who watched the show from there. Then I went home with my husband and we had a celebratory cup of tea and some toast and talked about what would happen next!
What was going through your mind before the announcement of the results? The reactions for you where euphoric and the audience made it more than clear that they wanted you to win. Did all those positive signs convince you to believe in victory? How much does this support mean to you?
I was quite relaxed before the votes were announced, I was confident I had sung well and so I could be proud whatever the outcome. When the results started to come in I was a little shocked at how resounding the response was. Delighted, but a little shocked. It has meant the world to me that people supported me and the song so well.
Ireland had its' golden period at the Eurovison Song Contest in the 1990s, having won no less than four times back then, including your own victory in 1993. After that, things changed drastically. After finishing last in 2007, Ireland sent what probably was the most exorbitant gimmick entry to ever compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, Dustin the Turkey, a puppet. The act failed miserably in the semi final and it became evident that such an act was not the way to go. What is your honest opinion about Dustin's bid for Eurovision? Do you think it damaged Ireland's reputation to a certain extent? Should a puppet even be allowed to enter in the first place?
Looking at Dustin’s entry in 2008, it had to be said that it would probably not work outside the Dublin area. Dustin is a fantastically funny puppet, but he is typically Dublin, Irish. People probably didn’t realise just how that might transfer abroad. There have always been novelty acts in the Eurovision, it’s perhaps shocking for people in Europe because Ireland has always steered away from that side of the contest. I don’t think it hurt Ireland's reputation. Every year you have to start anew anyway. No country can claim to be flawless in its entries! But I will say this, it made people in Ireland discover that they really did care about what they sent to Eurovision and that is a good thing.
In your view, after having tried various concepts that didn't pan out, is it best to reclaim Ireland's past method of success: a decent ballad and a superb vocalist with a performance focussing solely on the music, or as Niall Mooney, one of your songwriters, accurately put it: "If it's not broken, don't fix it."
Well to begin with, the contest has changed hugely over the last 10 years, in particular the removal of the orchestra has changed the style of songs that compete. It has to be said that it is still essential to match the song with the performer. I don’t think to remain in the past is the answer for anything, but I do believe that if you have the combination right of singer and song then you are in a good place to start. We have a strong tradition in Ireland of quality vocals and songs that speak to the heart. I think it’s wise to display this in the Eurovision, but I think we could just as easily win with an uptempo song IF it was a good song with a good performer.
With two semi finals being held these days, it already is quite an achievement to advance to the final. Taking into account the fact that juries, who usually tend to be in favour of conventional ballads, will have a stake of 50% in the outcome of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, how far do you think you can go with your song? What will we be your main priority, as far as the result is concerned? Getting Ireland into the final again, or aiming for a top five placing?
My first priority is always to the performance, so my focus is to present the song as best I can. That I hope will lead us to the final, I can’t control everyone out there and what they will like or not like but I feel we have a strong song that has instant appeal, and although there are many other ballads in the semi-final we are in, I feel reasonably confident that we will have as good a chance as any. Ideally the aim is to make the final and do well in it, no country going will be wanting less. If you are asking me do I want to win, well the answer will be YES, but I won’t die if we don’t, all I can say is if I sing well on the night, semi-final or final, then that is all that I can do, after that is up to the voters, there is no loss of face if I sing well.
Undoubtedly, the competition has become a brand-new one with whole other dimensions since your victory in 1993, with nearly twice as many countries competing and a lot more factors to be considered. However, in most cases, the performance on stage still is the crucial factor deciding over success or failure. Do you already have a concrete vision in mind on how you want your performance to look at the big Eurovision stage, or is it still too early to think about that?
The team and I have been working very hard to make sure that the staging is as beautiful as we can make it for the song. This song has strength and won’t need fireworks or anything else to make it stand out, but beautiful lighting and an intense joyful performance with careful attention to detail will make it stand out. We all have a very definite feeling of how it should look, and it is well on it’s way. The look must take in everything from costume to lighting to the small movement and placement of people on stage. I am confident it will be as it should be.
You revealed to us that you are planning on releasing other versions of It's for you in case you should win the national final. Now that you have won, can you already tell us more about that? Some people suggest increasing the influence of the flute in your song to give it an even bigger Irish identity. Is the current version of your song already the one you will sing in Oslo?
Sometimes songs are organic and with each performance something new unfolds. I understand that people are rooting for this song and have many suggestions as to how it would sound better. There are also those who can’t stop playing it because they love it so much. I also understand that there are people who it will not appeal to no matter what we do. So here is my stand on this, we will always do what is best for the song, so far we have tried many different formats of the song and this one works the best so far. Something may suggest itself during a performance, but realistically if the song makes you feel half of what it makes me feel then the job is done I say.
In which ways will you be promoting your entry It's for you? Will there be a promo tour? Do you perhaps plan on releasing a new album too?
'It’s for you' is selling well on i-tunes and the CD single itself will be available from May 14th in Ireland on Universal records. I will be visiting different countries to promote the single and then as much radio and press as you can. It is unusual for an artist to promote to the entirety of Europe at the same time, you usually do it a territory at a time so we will do our best until Eurovision and after please God. There is a plan to do more tracks for a forthcoming album and that will hopefully be well on it’s way by the end of May.
To conclude this interview, would you like to send a message to the readers of esctoday.com?
I would like to say thank you to all who support us and the wonderful messages people send on facebook. I am thoroughly enjoying my journey with 'It’s for you' and I hope that I will get to see as many of you as possible in Oslo, don’t forget to say hi when you see me! I will be the one with the red hair………….
Congratulations on winning the national final, thus having the honour of representing Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. How are you feeling now that you have the certainty of being back in the competition?
I am totally delighted at being back in the competition. What an honour to be back representing Ireland for the second time, with a song that I love.
How and with whom did you celebrate your victory?
I spent the evening with everyone who was at the competition and then went to Magowans pub in Dublin to celebrate with some of the fans who watched the show from there. Then I went home with my husband and we had a celebratory cup of tea and some toast and talked about what would happen next!
What was going through your mind before the announcement of the results? The reactions for you where euphoric and the audience made it more than clear that they wanted you to win. Did all those positive signs convince you to believe in victory? How much does this support mean to you?
I was quite relaxed before the votes were announced, I was confident I had sung well and so I could be proud whatever the outcome. When the results started to come in I was a little shocked at how resounding the response was. Delighted, but a little shocked. It has meant the world to me that people supported me and the song so well.
Ireland had its' golden period at the Eurovison Song Contest in the 1990s, having won no less than four times back then, including your own victory in 1993. After that, things changed drastically. After finishing last in 2007, Ireland sent what probably was the most exorbitant gimmick entry to ever compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, Dustin the Turkey, a puppet. The act failed miserably in the semi final and it became evident that such an act was not the way to go. What is your honest opinion about Dustin's bid for Eurovision? Do you think it damaged Ireland's reputation to a certain extent? Should a puppet even be allowed to enter in the first place?
Looking at Dustin’s entry in 2008, it had to be said that it would probably not work outside the Dublin area. Dustin is a fantastically funny puppet, but he is typically Dublin, Irish. People probably didn’t realise just how that might transfer abroad. There have always been novelty acts in the Eurovision, it’s perhaps shocking for people in Europe because Ireland has always steered away from that side of the contest. I don’t think it hurt Ireland's reputation. Every year you have to start anew anyway. No country can claim to be flawless in its entries! But I will say this, it made people in Ireland discover that they really did care about what they sent to Eurovision and that is a good thing.
In your view, after having tried various concepts that didn't pan out, is it best to reclaim Ireland's past method of success: a decent ballad and a superb vocalist with a performance focussing solely on the music, or as Niall Mooney, one of your songwriters, accurately put it: "If it's not broken, don't fix it."
Well to begin with, the contest has changed hugely over the last 10 years, in particular the removal of the orchestra has changed the style of songs that compete. It has to be said that it is still essential to match the song with the performer. I don’t think to remain in the past is the answer for anything, but I do believe that if you have the combination right of singer and song then you are in a good place to start. We have a strong tradition in Ireland of quality vocals and songs that speak to the heart. I think it’s wise to display this in the Eurovision, but I think we could just as easily win with an uptempo song IF it was a good song with a good performer.
With two semi finals being held these days, it already is quite an achievement to advance to the final. Taking into account the fact that juries, who usually tend to be in favour of conventional ballads, will have a stake of 50% in the outcome of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, how far do you think you can go with your song? What will we be your main priority, as far as the result is concerned? Getting Ireland into the final again, or aiming for a top five placing?
My first priority is always to the performance, so my focus is to present the song as best I can. That I hope will lead us to the final, I can’t control everyone out there and what they will like or not like but I feel we have a strong song that has instant appeal, and although there are many other ballads in the semi-final we are in, I feel reasonably confident that we will have as good a chance as any. Ideally the aim is to make the final and do well in it, no country going will be wanting less. If you are asking me do I want to win, well the answer will be YES, but I won’t die if we don’t, all I can say is if I sing well on the night, semi-final or final, then that is all that I can do, after that is up to the voters, there is no loss of face if I sing well.
Undoubtedly, the competition has become a brand-new one with whole other dimensions since your victory in 1993, with nearly twice as many countries competing and a lot more factors to be considered. However, in most cases, the performance on stage still is the crucial factor deciding over success or failure. Do you already have a concrete vision in mind on how you want your performance to look at the big Eurovision stage, or is it still too early to think about that?
The team and I have been working very hard to make sure that the staging is as beautiful as we can make it for the song. This song has strength and won’t need fireworks or anything else to make it stand out, but beautiful lighting and an intense joyful performance with careful attention to detail will make it stand out. We all have a very definite feeling of how it should look, and it is well on it’s way. The look must take in everything from costume to lighting to the small movement and placement of people on stage. I am confident it will be as it should be.
You revealed to us that you are planning on releasing other versions of It's for you in case you should win the national final. Now that you have won, can you already tell us more about that? Some people suggest increasing the influence of the flute in your song to give it an even bigger Irish identity. Is the current version of your song already the one you will sing in Oslo?
Sometimes songs are organic and with each performance something new unfolds. I understand that people are rooting for this song and have many suggestions as to how it would sound better. There are also those who can’t stop playing it because they love it so much. I also understand that there are people who it will not appeal to no matter what we do. So here is my stand on this, we will always do what is best for the song, so far we have tried many different formats of the song and this one works the best so far. Something may suggest itself during a performance, but realistically if the song makes you feel half of what it makes me feel then the job is done I say.
In which ways will you be promoting your entry It's for you? Will there be a promo tour? Do you perhaps plan on releasing a new album too?
'It’s for you' is selling well on i-tunes and the CD single itself will be available from May 14th in Ireland on Universal records. I will be visiting different countries to promote the single and then as much radio and press as you can. It is unusual for an artist to promote to the entirety of Europe at the same time, you usually do it a territory at a time so we will do our best until Eurovision and after please God. There is a plan to do more tracks for a forthcoming album and that will hopefully be well on it’s way by the end of May.
To conclude this interview, would you like to send a message to the readers of esctoday.com?
I would like to say thank you to all who support us and the wonderful messages people send on facebook. I am thoroughly enjoying my journey with 'It’s for you' and I hope that I will get to see as many of you as possible in Oslo, don’t forget to say hi when you see me! I will be the one with the red hair………….
fokmey
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I start to like this song.
Borderline
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fokmey said:I start to like this song.
and you'll like it even more when you'll see Niamh performing it live on stage. I don't want to look too much desperate about this entry (although ppl here are starting to consider me quite fanatik about it), but it is just because I know how much talented Niamh is. She has a great and unique song and she sounds pretty confident about her second Eurovision participation. It would be great to have this contest back to Ireland...
wittgenstein
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Borderline said:wittgenstein said:
The live performance?
unfortuneately the live performance is much too weak.
nimah wasn't at all my favourite 1993, i had her in 14 place..