The Late Late Show February 24th 2012 - Eurosong Special

Skid

Ryan Tubridy hosts Eurosong 2012, a show dedicated to selecting the act who will represent Ireland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 22. The five finalists perform their entries in front of a panel of judges, before the winner is announced after a public vote. Also features special guests and Eurovision memories, including visits from 2006 Eurovision winners, Lordi and 1974 champions Brotherhood of Man.

Tune in for the Eurovision Decision, your Country needs you !!

Also featuring Non-Eurovisiony Guest - West Wing and Apocalypse Now Actor Martin Sheen !

The Finalists

Celtic Aura Ft Maria McCool...........Mistaken

Donna McCaul.............................Mercy

Andrew Mann..............................Here I am

Una Gibney & David Shannon..........Language of Love

Jedward.....................................Waterline

Celtic Aura Ft Maria McCool - Mistaken (Edele Barrett)

Donna McCaul - Mercy (Martin Ericsson, Peter Mansson, Line Ericsson, Bill Hughes)

Andrew Mann - Here I Am (Greg French)

Una Gibney and David Shannon - Language Of Love (Eanan Patterson, Julian Benson)

Jedward - Waterline (Nik Jarl, Sharon Vaughn)

hotmail.com

Are they going to sqeeze 2 hours out of this? Fantastic tv.

Lisha

Go :DJedward:D

and then Lordi on SAt night show:pac:

it tragic that these will be the high points of my weekend

JonathanAnon

Skid wrote: »

The Finalist




Jedward - Waterline (Nik Jarl)

fyp Skid..

dublinman1990

Lisha wrote: »

Go :DJedward:D

and then Lordi on SAt night show:pac:

it tragic that these will be the high points of my weekend

Lordi will be on Friday night, not Saturday.

http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/oh-lordi-look-who-tubridys-got-coming-up-next-3021895.html


Also, Graham Norton's guests on the same night

Friday's Graham Norton Show (BBC ONE) includes Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg, currently starring in new film Contraband; actress Minnie Driver; comedienne Jo Brand; and Christina Perri, singing Jar of Hearts.

hondasam

Fortunately I will not be around to watch this. I hope ye all enjoy it.

ballsymchugh

what 'experts' will there be this year?? will they be as blatant as usual?!

HeidiHeidi

hondasam wrote: »

Fortunately I will not be around to watch this. I hope ye all enjoy it.

Me neither - sadly (or not) I have to work. But I'll be checking in for all the gossip on the phone!

hondasam

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Me neither - sadly (or not) I have to work. But I'll be checking in for all the gossip on the phone!

I will probably check on the thread for sure, see if they are all behaving themselves.

Lady Chatterton

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Graham Norton's guests on the same night

Friday's Graham Norton Show (BBC ONE) includes Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg, currently starring in new film Contraband; actress Minnie Driver; comedienne Jo Brand; and Christina Perri, singing Jar of Hearts

Ah here now! What are you doing plugging Graham's show on the LLS thread? :mad::D

To be fair to Tubs and the LLS team, they did have Christina Perri on the show months ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5KqVQISaWk

JP Liz V1

Is there need for Eurosong surely Jedward have it in the bag :rolleyes:

tfitzgerald

I Think Donna McCaul is the best out of this lot . In saying that jedward in fairness to them have a good song too IMHO

Lady Chatterton

I wish that Vincent Browne would invite Jedward back on the show.

Here are the lads discussing politics and haranguing Vincent:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4j1UWqBgLo

Skid

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is there need for Eurosong surely Jedward have it in the bag :rolleyes:

I don't know, Liz.

The Voting system (50% Public Vote, 50% Jury Vote) could go against them if one of the other songs does very well on the night, and gets top marks from most or all of the jurys.

Here are the latest Paddy Power odds


Jedward 1/4
Donna McCaul 3/1
Andrew Mann 7/1
David Shannon and Una Gibney 25/1
Maria McCool 25/1

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/novelty-betting/music/eurovision-song-contest?ev_oc_grp_ids=601482


I think Jedward need a decent performance on the night, I don't think their song is as catchy as last year's effort.

It's all to play for - tune in and make your Eurovision decision!

amacachi

Even for Jedward that's a surprisingly boring song, not really Eurovision-ish IMO.

Lady Chatterton

I've just listened to all the songs, I'm not terribly keen on any of them to be honest I think I might start a "Send Johnny Logan to the Eurovision" campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXx7-EceBA

Aoife9

hondasam wrote: »

Fortunately I will not be around to watch this. I hope ye all enjoy it.

Me neither going to a surprise birthday party but I might check in to this thread and see what the craic is!!

Skid

hondasam wrote: »

I will not be around to watch this. I hope ye all enjoy it.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Me neither - sadly (or not) I have to work.

Aoife9 wrote: »

Me neither going to a surprise birthday party

Jaysus, it's getting like the IFTA's with so many 'Sorry I can't be here' speeches. :pac:

Ah well, have fun, see you all back on The Threads soon

hondasam

Skid wrote: »

Jaysus, it's getting like the IFTA's with so many 'Sorry I can't be here' speeches. :pac:

Ah well, have fun, see you all back on The Threads soon

I know ye will all miss our input. Go gedward.

Lady Chatterton

Jedward were on Ireland AM this morning. Here's the link:


http://www.tv3.ie/ireland_am.php?video=45686&locID=1.65.74

Skid

Here is a Publicity Shot for the Late Late Show.

There's Tubby, and Jedward and Donna and eh, the others.

DLB would want to up his enthusiasm a bit ...

Speaking to RTÉ TEN about whether he has always been a Eurovision groupie Tubridy confessed: "No, I haven't. I have come to the Eurovision quite late in life, obviously I grew up with it.

If Ireland were to win the Eurovision, would he present? "Of course, I'd set up an exploratory committee into the sparkle factor required for the presenter of the Eurovision. No, of course I would, I'd be honoured to do such a thing.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0223/eurovision.html

He has no interest in this at all :mad:

Lisha

THose 2 DLB quotes amke him sound like a spoilt, petulant child. :mad:What a plank he is

Badgermonkey

Skid wrote: »

He has no interest in this at all :mad:

Kudos to DLB on that one.

It's little more than a circus of high camp, a musical black hole of unfathomable depth and a waste of time, money and effort in a celebration of utterly meaningless mediocrity. ABBA was the exception, a looooooong time ago.

dublinman1990

I didn't know Tubridy can wear that type of jacket, I see it as a little camp IMO.

Skid

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I didn't know Tubridy can wear that type of jacket, I see it as a little camp IMO.

He just swapped his Jacket with Edward Grimes, mad fecker that he is.

SEPT 23 1989

I dont give a crap about Eurovision but i am deeply concerned over who will do the official Irish song for Euro 2012

Skid

Actor Martin Sheen is going to be on tonight's Show too.

He is in Dublin for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.

Martin Sheen, Lordi and Jedward on the one show

JonathanAnon

Skid wrote: »

Actor Martin Sheen is going to be on tonight's Show too.

Expect a half hour of clips from The West Wing so..

Diddler1977

Skid wrote: »

There's Tubby, and Jedward and Donna and eh, the others.


l :mad:

Who's the hot guy in the hat?

Skid

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Who's the hot guy in the hat?

The man in the hat is Andrew Mann, Diddler.

Here is his video ...

Duckworth_Luas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhaTQseKTQ

walshb

Jedward shoudn't have to perform to get this. The others are crap.

telekon

If Ireland were to win the Eurovision, would he present? "Of course, I'd set up an exploratory committee into the sparkle factor required for the presenter of the Eurovision. No, of course I would, I'd be honoured to do such a thing.

Whoa, is he not afraid of Derek Mooney going insane with jealousy?!

Tubridy would want to be careful, Derek might set the Brek on him...

Deeper Blue

All Jedward have to do is turn up and they'll win easily.

Skid

The word on the street is that we will have a performance tonight from 1974 Eurovision winners Brotherhood of Man. Oh Yeah.

Lord TSC

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Expect a half hour of clips from The West Wing so..

YEAY! Love West Wing :P

Anyway, in a way I'm glad Donna is on the list; it means people can't throw the "Sure Jedward didn't win last year" line at the boys when she is second favorite at the moment.

I think Jedward are our best bet anyway; hopefully the publicity work they've done since last year will mean they do better with the European countries

dyer

that donna mcaull track sounds like a bastardised celtic spin off of the cranberries. i couldnt listen to any of them for more than 10 seconds

ah well.. tis the eurovision after all.

Galwayguy35

walshb wrote: »

Jedward shoudn't have to perform to get this. The others are crap.

So are Jedward. Eurovision voting isnt about the song anymore but at least the Eastern Europeans send out their best singers, people with actual talent.

KeithAFC

Jedward have the best song.

Liam Byrne

Skid wrote: »

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I didn't know Tubridy can wear that type of jacket, I see it as a little camp IMO.

He just swapped his Jacket with Edward Grimes, mad fecker that he is.

RTE already showing a bias ?

I'd nearly use my years credit voting against the irritating tossers.

Will probably tune in at some stage to see just how much Ireland has lost all sense and taste.

Liam Byrne

walshb wrote: »

Jedward shoudn't have to perform to get this. The others are crap.

Now THERE'S an idea! If we just give them the feckin' yoke will it mean that we don't have to put up with the tossers ?

BTW - what happened to the rule about songs not having been heard before, because I definitely remember having had to change station a few times this week.

Liam Byrne

Just had a listen there - they're all dire!

telekon

Liam Byrne wrote: »

RTE already showing a bias ?

I'd nearly use my years credit voting against the irritating tossers.

Will probably tune in at some stage to see just how much Ireland has lost all sense and taste.

...then RTE will have already won.

Lord TSC

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I'd nearly use my years credit voting against the irritating tossers.

See, I don't get this. Like it or lump it, Jedward are one of the biggest acts to come out of Ireland in recent times. Even if you don't like them, you have to accept they get a boat load of publicity and media attention. And to be frank, that's who we need to be sending; not the best song or the best singers, but the acts who are going to get the most publicity on a mass scale.

We go on about Eastern block voting and the likes, but the truth is we haven't won it for years because a lot of people are stuck in the 80s where they think it should be about the best song. There's going to be arguments here later that we should send a single girl singing a nice little ballad, but that will never win it for us because there's going to be 20 identical acts going into the competition.

Meanwhile, Jedward have built on their last performance and been doing torus of Europe. Like them or not, the duo have spent a lot of time campaigning and pushing themselves on the mainlands, and that will only help when it comes time for other countries to vote. We don't have any popular, good singers left to send in this country, and if we've got to choose, I'd rather drop "good" than "popular", given it's a popularity contest...

Galwayguy35

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

See, I don't get this. Like it or lump it, Jedward are one of the biggest acts to come out of Ireland in recent times. Even if you don't like them, you have to accept they get a boat load of publicity and media attention. And to be frank, that's who we need to be sending; not the best song or the best singers, but the acts who are going to get the most publicity on a mass scale.

We go on about Eastern block voting and the likes, but the truth is we haven't won it for years because a lot of people are stuck in the 80s where they think it should be about the best song. There's going to be arguments here later that we should send a single girl singing a nice little ballad, but that will never win it for us because there's going to be 20 identical acts going into the competition.

Meanwhile, Jedward have built on their last performance and been doing torus of Europe. Like them or not, the duo have spent a lot of time campaigning and pushing themselves on the mainlands, and that will only help when it comes time for other countries to vote. We don't have any popular, good singers left to send in this country, and if we've got to choose, I'd rather drop "good" than "popular", given it's a popularity contest...

You seem to have left out the fact that the europeans take Eurovision very seriously and Jedward didnt do well last year and ill bet it will be the same this year as they are regarded as a joke by the other countries. And as for doing tours sure their fans are kids.

artful_codger

for anyone not particularly enamoured with crap entertainment shows climbing up on the back of crap entertainment contests, why not watch some Saturday Night Armistice instead. U.N Irish Dancers @ 32 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYjTqOYbfig

Singer73

So, Martin Sheen, do you think of yourself as Irish and have you a fatal disease for me?

deelite

Donna's song is great.

Skid

Singer73 wrote: »

So, Martin Sheen, do you think of yourself as Irish and have you a fatal disease for me?

You forgot The West Wing, Tubby knows it off by heart.

RossieGooner

Ah ****e, its not this crap tonight is it ? Fecks sake LLS is usually bad enough in its own right without giving it more reason to be ****tier.

telekon

I know its a eurovision special tonight but if it was a regular episode you just know that even though Mark Wahlberg is in Dublin tonight, he wouldn't have been on the LLS. (I know he's on Graham Norton but that's recorded)

It just can't get the guests anymore.