Emmy has won Eurosong 2025 and will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel with the song “Laika Party”.
Eurosong 2025 took place tonight as part of the Late Late Show in the RTÉ Studios in Dublin. The show was hosted by Patrick Kielty.
A total of six artists competed for the Irish ticket to Basel. During the show, there was also a guest performance from Linda Martin (Eurovision 1992 winner), Niamh Kavanagh (Eurovision 1993 winner) and Eimear Quinn (Eurovision 1996 winner).
The results were decided by an international jury (33%), an Irish jury (33%) and public voting (33%). There was also an in-studio panel who commented on the songs but had no voting power.
The members of the in-studio panel are:
Bambie Thug – represented Ireland at Eurovision 2024
Donal Skehan – former singer, food writer, cook, participated in Eurosong 2008
Laura Fox – RTÉ 2fm presenter
Arthur Gourounlian – dancer, choreographer, backing dancer for Turkey 2006
The results were as follows (international jury + Irish jury + public vote):
Adgy – “Run into the Night” 10 points (2+2+6) 6th
Bobbi Arlo – “Powerplay” 20 points (6+6+8) 3rd
Reylta – “Fire” 18 points (8+8+2) =4th
Samantha Mumba – “My Way” 26 points (12+10+4) 2nd
Emmy – “Laika Party” 34 points (10+12+12) 1st
NIYL – “Growth” 18 points (4+4+10) =4th
Emmy will perform in the first half of the second semi-final on May 15.
Image Source: Andres Poveda
Ireland debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and is the joint most successful country to have participated in the contest, winning a total of seven times. During the 1990’s Ireland was a powerhouse in the contest becoming the first country to win three years in a row from 1992 to 1994. In the 2000s Ireland has struggled in the contest having qualified from the semi-final into the final just seven out of a possible seventeen times. In 2024, Bambie Thug gave Ireland their best result since 2000, finishing in 6th place.
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