Eurovision is moving away from the gimmicky so I think their time has passed.
I think we need to get back to what worked for us in the past and that was great song writing, I’ve nothing against the two lads but sending them again would be just a gimmick rather than making a serious attempt at cracking it again.
If Ireland is ever to win the Eurovision again we’re gonna have to get a bit weird with it. Eurotrash weird. Something like Jedward but not as annoying would work.
Does anybody else think that if we tried doing Celtic rock with a load of bodhráns and a rock violin etc. we might have a better chance? Stand out a bit?
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We need a Jedward and Dustin combination to really show off our creative genius in Ireland
Lead singer : Johnny Logan
Guitar : Charlie McGettigen
Piano : Paul Harrington
Backing singers : Niamh Kavanagh, Eimear Quinn, Dana
Dancers : Jedward featuring Donna & Joe
If you’re gonna hit them. Hit them hard.
We should send Kneecap
Honestly why not? They did well in the past, and certainly better then any of the trash we’ve sent of late.
As much as people dislike them they did give us our best result in recent years🙈😅
I vote we go the direct opposite and add some gloomy feels to the whole thing. Send Lankum, with a full orchestra – and give them a real taste of what Ireland is like. Beautiful, but incredibly sad and heart-breaking.
Do it
Resident Eurovision nerd here.
I think fundamentally Ireland doesn’t really *get* the competition anymore. The Late Late is an awful way to decide who to represent us as the demographic who watches and votes on that vs the demographic that votes in the Eurovision itself are quite different.
Finland’s selection contest this year was quite low budget and actually allowed viewers from *some* other countries to vote in their selection. For anyone watching on Saturday, Finland was by far the most popular act with televoters.
Techno/electro has done consistently well in the last few editions and viewers tend to reward countries that bring some ethnic vibes to their entries. They mightn’t always win, but they’re often seen as safe qualifiers.
I say Ireland don’t get the competition anymore because when I heard Ireland’s entry this year (and most years over the last 2 decades) it’s woefully obvious that they weren’t going to do well. Always uninspired generic shite that wouldn’t be out of place in banking ads. Ireland got knocked out this year and the lead singer of Wild Youth came across as a bit of a sore loser with Marty Whelan insisting it wasn’t Ireland’s fault, it must be Europe that doesn’t get us. Heavy *Am I out of touch? No it’s the Europeans who must be wrong* vibes.
One good year is all that’s needed to revive interest in the competition but we’ve been stuck in the doldrums for some time. If I had any influence over who to send next year, I’d just ask that they’re fun and not a mopey ballad or generic soft rock. If you can get the Eurovision fans on board, the atmosphere would be electric. The 10 minutes where you had Finland, Czechia, then Australia on last week was incredible and they were 3 different genres completely.
Did we not offload these twats to the US already?
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them….maybe you can hire The J-Team.
You’re alright lads. If you have nothing better to do get a job.
Send Johnny Logan again! He’s now tied with 2 wins with Loreen and Ireland are tied with Sweden on overall wins. It could be a big attention grabber
I mean.
They are literally the most successful act we’ve sent in the past twenty years.
At some point over the last few decades, Ireland has stopped respecting the Eurovision.
It is kinda shocking for a country with as much musical talent as ours sends such tripe to the Eurovision. That’s coming from someone who doesn’t give a toss about it either but it’d still be good to see our country represented well on the world stage.
Well until someone has a better idea …
It doesn’t matter much who we send, unless the voting system changes back to what it was prior to the public vote dominance, we dont stand a chance
Only 25% of voters actually vote for their favourite song. 36% of voters vote “for another song, one that is neither their preferred song, the likely winner, nor a rational choice”
Just send in The Corrs ffs
Nice guys, but it would be nice if RTE could stop helping out their friends get opportunities over some deserving acts
Should have seen it coming when Dustin was nominated. Was a big laugh back then, now looking back it seems more like an inside joke from RTE executives
No
Two fuckin trolls .. no thanks
Bad too worse….there is no hope.
Maybe if we sacrificed them in a huge Wicker Man we could get the harvest to flourish again. It’s worth a try.
Boo-urns
Shouldn’t they ‘200 percent love’ to represent Ireland?
How about if something other than the late late decided it?
Jedward can 100% fuck right off
I think we really shot ourselves in the foot by sending Dustin. It just showed we couldn’t care less & it certainly didn’t do us any favours.
I’d rather see them represent us in Eastern Ukraine
We need some kick ass trad.
The only act that would surpass “Dustin the turkey” in cringe. These yobbos are an embarassment to the entire Irish entertainment industry.
Just do Maniac 2000
I would 100 per cent love for them to fuck off.
r/nobodyasked
Hell no!
The eurovision rewards stunning interactive performances with dancing now, not so much the music. Singing ,.at least don’t get the tones wrong.
cha cha cha…is not good music. Performance was fun though even though it’s ridiculous jumping around like a gorilla in parts.
Loreen’s wasn’t bad though, thought it was quite creative myself.
Nah let’s reuse dustin the sock puppet I mean turkey that’s a better idea
Surely these lads have a self-life? I mean you can’t be middle aged teenagers?
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say what you want, they qualified…..
Is anyone surprised?
Let them at it.
Eurovision is moving away from the gimmicky so I think their time has passed.
I think we need to get back to what worked for us in the past and that was great song writing, I’ve nothing against the two lads but sending them again would be just a gimmick rather than making a serious attempt at cracking it again.
If Ireland is ever to win the Eurovision again we’re gonna have to get a bit weird with it. Eurotrash weird. Something like Jedward but not as annoying would work.
Does anybody else think that if we tried doing Celtic rock with a load of bodhráns and a rock violin etc. we might have a better chance? Stand out a bit?
[deleted]
We need a Jedward and Dustin combination to really show off our creative genius in Ireland
Lead singer : Johnny Logan
Guitar : Charlie McGettigen
Piano : Paul Harrington
Backing singers : Niamh Kavanagh, Eimear Quinn, Dana
Dancers : Jedward featuring Donna & Joe
If you’re gonna hit them. Hit them hard.
We should send Kneecap
Honestly why not? They did well in the past, and certainly better then any of the trash we’ve sent of late.
As much as people dislike them they did give us our best result in recent years🙈😅
I vote we go the direct opposite and add some gloomy feels to the whole thing. Send Lankum, with a full orchestra – and give them a real taste of what Ireland is like. Beautiful, but incredibly sad and heart-breaking.
Do it
Resident Eurovision nerd here.
I think fundamentally Ireland doesn’t really *get* the competition anymore. The Late Late is an awful way to decide who to represent us as the demographic who watches and votes on that vs the demographic that votes in the Eurovision itself are quite different.
Finland’s selection contest this year was quite low budget and actually allowed viewers from *some* other countries to vote in their selection. For anyone watching on Saturday, Finland was by far the most popular act with televoters.
Techno/electro has done consistently well in the last few editions and viewers tend to reward countries that bring some ethnic vibes to their entries. They mightn’t always win, but they’re often seen as safe qualifiers.
I say Ireland don’t get the competition anymore because when I heard Ireland’s entry this year (and most years over the last 2 decades) it’s woefully obvious that they weren’t going to do well. Always uninspired generic shite that wouldn’t be out of place in banking ads. Ireland got knocked out this year and the lead singer of Wild Youth came across as a bit of a sore loser with Marty Whelan insisting it wasn’t Ireland’s fault, it must be Europe that doesn’t get us. Heavy *Am I out of touch? No it’s the Europeans who must be wrong* vibes.
One good year is all that’s needed to revive interest in the competition but we’ve been stuck in the doldrums for some time. If I had any influence over who to send next year, I’d just ask that they’re fun and not a mopey ballad or generic soft rock. If you can get the Eurovision fans on board, the atmosphere would be electric. The 10 minutes where you had Finland, Czechia, then Australia on last week was incredible and they were 3 different genres completely.
Did we not offload these twats to the US already?
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them….maybe you can hire The J-Team.
You’re alright lads. If you have nothing better to do get a job.
Send Johnny Logan again! He’s now tied with 2 wins with Loreen and Ireland are tied with Sweden on overall wins. It could be a big attention grabber
I mean.
They are literally the most successful act we’ve sent in the past twenty years.
At some point over the last few decades, Ireland has stopped respecting the Eurovision.
It is kinda shocking for a country with as much musical talent as ours sends such tripe to the Eurovision. That’s coming from someone who doesn’t give a toss about it either but it’d still be good to see our country represented well on the world stage.
Well until someone has a better idea …
It doesn’t matter much who we send, unless the voting system changes back to what it was prior to the public vote dominance, we dont stand a chance
They’ve even done research studies on it:
[Voting in the Eurovision](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0263395717737887)
Only 25% of voters actually vote for their favourite song. 36% of voters vote “for another song, one that is neither their preferred song, the likely winner, nor a rational choice”
Just send in The Corrs ffs
Nice guys, but it would be nice if RTE could stop helping out their friends get opportunities over some deserving acts
Should have seen it coming when Dustin was nominated. Was a big laugh back then, now looking back it seems more like an inside joke from RTE executives
No
Two fuckin trolls .. no thanks
Bad too worse….there is no hope.
Maybe if we sacrificed them in a huge Wicker Man we could get the harvest to flourish again. It’s worth a try.
Boo-urns
Shouldn’t they ‘200 percent love’ to represent Ireland?
How about if something other than the late late decided it?
Jedward can 100% fuck right off
I think we really shot ourselves in the foot by sending Dustin. It just showed we couldn’t care less & it certainly didn’t do us any favours.
I’d rather see them represent us in Eastern Ukraine
We need some kick ass trad.
The only act that would surpass “Dustin the turkey” in cringe. These yobbos are an embarassment to the entire Irish entertainment industry.
Just do Maniac 2000
I would 100 per cent love for them to fuck off.
r/nobodyasked
Hell no!
The eurovision rewards stunning interactive performances with dancing now, not so much the music. Singing ,.at least don’t get the tones wrong.
cha cha cha…is not good music. Performance was fun though even though it’s ridiculous jumping around like a gorilla in parts.
Loreen’s wasn’t bad though, thought it was quite creative myself.
Nah let’s reuse dustin the sock puppet I mean turkey that’s a better idea
Surely these lads have a self-life? I mean you can’t be middle aged teenagers?
Send Nadine Coyle