The final six acts competing in Ireland’s internal selection Eurosong 2024 will be revealed the week commencing January 8th on the Ray D’Arcy Show between 16:00 and 17:30 CET on RTÉ Radio 1. Michael Kealy the head of Ireland’s delegation in an interview with TikTok-er Adam Mc Callig revealed that a record 378 songs were submitted after this year’s call-out, where a jury …
One month on from Wild Youth taking to the Eurovision stage in Liverpool, RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will again take part in 2024. Song submissions have been opened already — if you would like the opportunity to represent Ireland next year, you can fill out a form on the RTÉ website. Submissions are now open, and will close at …
What a show, what a spectacular, some performances, it’s all happening again! We wish the best of luck to the eliminated acts, and can now just only look forward to see, where tonight’s 10 qualified acts will perform in the final! First or second half? Once again, a huge congrats to the 10 countries of 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇭🇷 …
Next up in our Liverpool interview series, we get wild, we feel young and we catch up with Wild Youth who’s ready to bring Ireland back into the finals! We find the boys chilling at their hotel lounge, where they were more than happy to speak to us. As per usual with bands, we have a chance to get to …
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 …
The Irish band Wild Youth has filmed its postcard for Eurovision 2023. It features a beautiful vintage red car and the highest pub of Ireland. It’s postcard season! Before doing the intense rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest, each acts film their postcard, a brief video introducing every representing act before their performance on the stage. Last week, Wild Youth, …
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 …
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 …
