Next week, the songs for Eurosong 2025 – Ireland’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) – will begin to be released. The release of the six songs will take place during The RayD’Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, broadcast between 15h00 and 16h30 (local time; 16h00-17h30 CET), starting on January 20. No further details […]
Read More
Ireland made its debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC) nine years ago and will participate in 2024 for the fourth consecutive time. Since its debut, the country has only missed the 2020 edition during the pandemic year. After finishing last for the first time last year, Ireland has chosen Enya Cox Dempsey and […]
Read More
Carola was a special guest at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 and was not pleased with what she saw from the audience. The boos directed at Eden Golan for representing Israel were clearly audible in the Malmö Arena, due to the general disagreement regarding the country’s participation because of the conflict in Gaza. In addition […]
Read More
Ireland achieved its best result in a while in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024, with Bambie Thug securing sixth place. However, there were tense and delicate moments, particularly due to negative comments and attacks from Israel. Minutes after securing sixth place in the final, the artist spoke to several media outlets. In a video […]
Read More
More controversy arises just hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024, in one of the editions that is generating more discussion beyond the music. Bambie Thug, the representative of Ireland, was absent from the last rehearsal (the Afternoon Preview) due to an urgent situation that arose minutes before. In an interview […]
Read More
Bambie Thug managed to bring Ireland back to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 with the irreverent song Doomsday Blue. To achieve this, they placed in the top ten of the first semifinal, held last Tuesday in Malmö, Sweden. In a press conference, they reacted to their qualification, not hiding their emotions, […]
Read More
Representing Ireland with the song Doomsday Blue, Bambie Thug is among the contestants of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 who have shown the most support for Palestine – which has been facing an invasion and war from Israel since last October. So much so that, in their outfit, they applied makeup with hidden messages […]
Read More![Bambie Thug: “I had to change those [Pro-Palestine] messages in order from EBU”](https://www.e-festivalcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/070524_Sarah-Louise-Bennett_EBU_27904_Bambie-Thug.jpg)
Ireland, represented by Bambie Thug with the song Doomsday Blue, has one of the most disruptive performances at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 – with a stage heavily marked by witchcraft motifs. Part of the staging plans involved hidden messages «ceasefire» and «freedom for Palestine» in the ancient alphabet Ogham on the face and […]
Read More
On Monday, the first dress rehearsal for the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 took place at the Malmö Arena, and the press voted in the usual press poll. Ireland was the most voted, while Portugal placed fourth. The initiative is promoted by the website escxtra.com. With a total of 53 points, […]
Read More
Bambie Thug will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 with the song Doomsday Blue, after winning the Eurosong this Friday. The country’s selection was held in a special episode of The Late Late Show. There were six competing songs. Isabella Kearney was the first to perform, while Next in Line were the last […]
Read More
