Ireland: Wild Youth to fly the flag in Liverpool with the song "We Are One"

• Ireland has selected Wild Youth to represent the nation at Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool with their song "We Are One".

  Wild Youth won the Irish national final held during a special edition of the 'Late Late Show' which was  hosted by  Ryan Tubridy, while Marty Whelan was at the backstages giving feedback from the competing acts. 

   

   

   

  The national final held through the special edtion of the 'Late Late Show Eurovision Special' which saw six acts competed for the right to represent the country at Eurovision 2023.

  • ADGY – “Too Good for Your Love”
  • Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night”
  • K Muni & ND – “Down in the Rain”
  • Leila Jane – “Wild”
  • Wild Youth – “We Are One”
  • Public Image Limited – “Hawaii”

   

  The Result

  The results of the national final will be determined by public voting, a national jury and an international jury with 33% each.

   

  The International jury's result

  • ADGY - 8 points
  • Connolly - 12 points
  • K Muni & ND - 4 points
    
  • Leila Jane - 2 points
    
  • Wild Youth - 10 points
    
  • Public Image Limited - 6 points
    

   

  National jury's result

  • ADGY - 4 points
  • Connolly - 10 points
  • K Muni & ND - 8 points
    
  • Leila Jane - 2 points
    
  • Wild Youth - 12 points
    
  • Public Image Limited - 6 points

   

  Televoting result

  • ADGY - 4 points
  • Connolly - 10 points
  • K Muni & ND - 8 points
    
  • Leila Jane - 2 points
    
  • Wild Youth - 12 points
    
  • Public Image Limited - 6 points

   

  Once all three sets of votings were added up Wild Youth topped the overall scoreboard.

   

  A few words for Wild Youth

  Wild Youth are a four-piece band from Dublin, who have a string of top hits in Ireland and have toured with names including Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, and Westlife. On top of their own sold-out tours of Ireland and the UK, Conor O'Donohoe from the band has also written a string of top hits for other artists and co-written with Moncrief and The Script.

   

  Ireland in Eurovision

  Ireland is a country of records when it comes to the Eurovison Song Contest. It has participated 54 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples and has won the competition 7 times, more than any other country. (1970, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996). It is the only country that has won the contest three successive years (1992, 1993, 1994) while Dublin is the only city to have hosted the event two consecutive years. (1994,1995).

  During the decade of 90’s the country had a row of 4 vicotries in a 5 year time  (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997) and Dublin became host city three times.Irish act Johnny Logan is the only one to have won the contest twice (1980, 1987).

  In 2018 the country selected internally  Ryan O’Shaughnessy to represent the country with his song Together, which finished 16th in the grand final, marking the country's first qualification to the final since 2013. 

  Lesley Roy was selected to represent the nation in Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story of my life" but never reached the stage as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Lesley was reinvited for the 2021 edition in Rotterdam where she performed "Maps" which sadly finished in the last place of the 1st Semi Final. 

  Last year, Brooke won the national final 'Eurosong 2022' with her song 'That's Rich' which competed in the second semi-final in Turin without achieving to reach the Grand final. 

  News Source/ Image: RTE

   

   

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Melina F.
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