Dervish to represent Ireland at next Eurovision

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Dervish are Ireland's Eurovision entry
It has been announced that Irish traditional group Dervish are to represent Ireland at the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki next year.

The Co Sligo-based band will play a song which will be chosen following a public competition.

Songwriters have until 8 January to submit songs for consideration with more information available here.

The final four shortlisted songs will be performed by Dervish on a 'Late Late Show' Eurosong Special in February when the public will vote for the song to represent Ireland in Eurovision 2007.

Commenting on Dervish's selection, Kevin Linehan, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment Programmes, RTÉ Television, said: "With the Eurovision now an increasingly complex and competitive competition, RTÉ feels that Dervish's proven experience of delivering exciting performances to mass live audiences around the world makes them an exciting proposition for the Eurovision stage. We look forward to finding the best song for Dervish to take to Finland in 2007."

Shane Mitchell of Dervish said: "We are honoured to accept RTÉ's invitation to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2007 and look forward to raising the roof of the Areena (sic) in Helsinki."

Wertz

I don't know who this group is, but thanks be to f*ck that we don't have to sit through countless weeks of YAS to choose an entry that fails miserably.

I hope we at least hold up some sort of "Irishness" with this year's entry.
Best of luck to them.

gucci

that should be our best entery for years, regardless of if they win or loose at least they wont be an embarrassment, very talented bunch hope the songs they get sumbitted arent septic

SMJ

best of luck to them

at least its something irishy.

i cant wait to see all the costumes from all the entries after last years saga!

mike_kati

lets hope we can win in finland this year

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Mossy Monk

traditional music must be better than Brian Kennedy or that brother and sister combo :mad:

aidan_walsh

Wertz wrote:

I don't know who this group is, but thanks be to f*ck that we don't have to sit through countless weeks of YAS to choose an entry that fails miserably.

No, instead we've already been told about one that will.

Mossy Monk wrote:

traditional music must be better than Brian Kennedy or that brother and sister combo

In modern Eurovision? IMO this is just another showing of how stuck in the 1970s regarding the competition this country is. Lets have a group with a bit more theatre, since thats all the Eurovision is now anyway...