Ireland’s Wild Youth have announced that they will no longer be working with creative director and choreographer Ian Banham for Eurovision 2023. The decision comes following the discovery of a number of offensive tweets made by Mr. Banham: the content of which included frequent transphobic remarks, as well as disparaging comments made toward Ukraine. The comments were discovered by the …
Out of seemingly nowhere this evening, Wild Youth has dropped a new music video for Ireland’s 2023 Eurovision entry, “We Are One.” Crucially, it features a full revamp of the song. In the video, band members Conor O’Donohoe, David Whelan, Callum McAdam and Ed Porter also sport new looks, wearing striking disco ball masks. You can check out the new …
Creative Director and choreographer Ian Banham has announced his involvement with Wild Youth’s performance for Eurovision 2023. Via his Instagram account, Banham revealed that he will be the Creative Director behind We Are One on stage in Liverpool. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝙸𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖 (@ianbanham) Banham has worked previously with acts such as Lily Allen and Kylie …
The results are in — Ireland has chosen Wild Youth’s We Are One to represent the country in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. The band emerged triumphant in The Late Late Eurosong Special, in which Ireland’s entry was selected by a televote alongside the votes of international and national juries. You can check out the song here: Per RTÉ: “Wild Youth …
With one day to go before Ireland makes its fateful decision for Eurovision 2023, we gathered some of the crew at ESCUnited to discuss the country’s options. What are our impressions of each song ahead of their live performances — and ultimately, who do we as a team want to see waving the Irish flag in May? For these reviews, …
We continue our Eurosong 2023 interview series with massive Eurovision fan and Wild Youth keyboardist and vocalist Conor O’Donohoe. Eurovision fans may remember Conor from his infamous tweet to RTE Head of Delegation Michael Kealy, asking if he could write Ireland’s 2023 Eurovision entry, and have Wild Youth perform it. That dream became a reality when the Eurosong finalists were …
Leila Jane is the next potential Eurovision artist we were able to grab for a chat over email, and learn more about the fateful message on Instagram that sent her on the path to Eurosong 2023. For those who don’t know, Leila Jane is a Dublin based singer with roots in both London and Donegal. She was selected by Imelda …
A new year has arrived, and with it, renewed hopes for Ireland at Eurovision. For the past decade, the country has struggled immensely to compete on the Eurovision stage — indeed, only one Irish entry has qualified to the Grand Final in the last nine years (Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Together in 2018). Despite its status as the country with the most Eurovision …
2023 is set to be a momentous year for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Following a truly Herculean turn-around thanks to tour de force Sam Ryder, British interest in the Contest seems to be rekindled. The BBC is looking to shepherd that interest into the new year. To do so, it seems that the BBC will be …
In a new interview, Michael Kealy (RTÉ Executive Producer and Irish Head of Delegation) has shared new details about Ireland’s selection process for Eurovision 2023 — and drops some hints about the future. Speaking to the Éirevision Podcast, Kealy outlined a few key pieces of information about the upcoming 2023 edition of The Late Late Eurosong Special. Chief among them …
