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Ireland IRELAND 2024 - Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue

How do you rate this entry?

  • 12

    51 22.3%
  • 10

    26 11.4%
  • 8

    17 7.4%
  • 7

    14 6.1%
  • 6

    10 4.4%
  • 5

    10 4.4%
  • 4

    17 7.4%
  • 3

    9 3.9%
  • 2

    10 4.4%
  • 1

    12 5.2%
  • 0

    53 23.1%

  • Total voters
    229

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lavieenrose

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I can't believe Ireland have gone for such a swing for the fences like this. It feels very out of line with the Irish Eurovision presence, and I'm really glad they're doing something to wake themselves--and Europe--up. This is a creative, interesting, risky entry.

There's just one little--or big--problem, which is that I don't really enjoy listening to it at all. I found myself kind of tired of it once it was over and had the thought that this must be what many of my favorite entries sound like to people who don't like them. I'll give it a 6 for the respect I have for it but just can't bring myself to go higher.
 

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downgrading to :2: - I watched the performance today again. I really can't listen to the song at all but I love the vibe of her performance - I wouldn't mind low-key rooting for her in May but I don't need to listen to the song again until the official CD gets released.
 

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It is clear in my opinion that Ireland have given up on melody in ESC and just try to send something which stands out in the hope that it gets attention and manages to creep into the final.

But goodness gracious me, what a load of yeah. How the mighty have fallen, the former ESC superpower which gave us such great ESC-songs like "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", "Mysterious Woman", and "The Voice". Dear me. 1 point (and that's just for daring to be different).
 

Ajeje Brazorf

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Well, this was my second favorite, so I'm actually not upset by Ireland choice for once. They should have taken a risk, they took that risk, and I totally agree with them: some of the songs in the line up were totally uncompetitive, another one was really great but the live kinda doomed (I would have opted for something more focused on the song itself) it's chances, so It was the obvious choice from them. Now, time to work, because It can be executed better. Right now It Is a :6:, mid table entry.
 
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Ailsha's staging didn't come across well. I love her attitude and recognise she did her best, but the school theme of the staging looked amateurish...it was all a bit leprechauny or 'stage Irish' (Irish folk will know what I mean)
As a Brit, the staging gave me some weird Daz Sampson "Teenage Life" PTSD xstars
 

SpiritofKeiino

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I had the same thought.

I think she went too squeaky with the voice in places too, it didn't come across all that well.
The colour scheme and graphics were all over the place too, Celtic symbols abound.... i can see why it didn't top the public vote (although 3rd out of 6 ain't bad). The casual viewer tuning in for the first time likely wouldn't have been impressed. Bambie the opposite, I thought it was an upgrade from the studio version and the staging worked.
 

SpiritofKeiino

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I'm not surprised that Erica came 4th out of 6 in the televote. She doesn't really have a strong fanbase in Ireland tbh, she's one of these people who seems to be showcased on RTE a lot with little to show for it. And the song wasn't anything special
 

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The structure of this entry reminds me of Icebreaker (:no: 2016), which had these very low-rhythm verses building into a very powerful-sounding chorus. Here, it's the other way around and it kinda works.

If Ireland manages to get its things together and make an impactful staging out of this entry, a qualification isn't quite out of sight.
 

Sabrewulf238

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I'm not surprised that Erica came 4th out of 6 in the televote. She doesn't really have a strong fanbase in Ireland tbh, she's one of these people who seems to be showcased on RTE a lot with little to show for it. And the song wasn't anything special

I think the problem with Love Me Like I Do was the direct comparisons we have to songs and performances like Slomo, Unicorn, El Diablo etc and that performance wasn't anywhere close to those entries. (even though I'd still say Erica had one of the best performances last Friday)

Going with something more expected isn't an instant no but I think the standards are just so so much higher. Erica needed to be kicking and bucking and doing everything and more. She needed to have everyone screaming at her performance, that's where the standards are for a song/performance in that realm. Otherwise a song like that gets forgotten.

In comparison I think it's a lot easier for a song like Doomsday Blue (or Go Tobann) to get people raving about it.
 

martin

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Very mixed feeling about Ireland entry. Something in me thinks this is a little bit like Dustin 2008. A entry who sceem Fuck you to Europe for not voting for them. But somepart of me actually loves it.

I think i give this a 6. I could easy see this be a surprice Q and credic to Ireland for trying something new. But i,m sure aa lot of people will have this in the botnom of them list.
 

Paco Roca

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It's been nearly three days I still can't get my head round why ailsha decided to sing go tobann so strangely maybe she isn't capable of replicating the screams on the studio track but I hated that performance
I think it's also the cause of his defeat. Singing "Go Tobann" in teen style was the wrong choice. Potentially "Go Tobann" had all the potential to do better than "Doomsday Blue".
 
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