What's Another Year?: The Late Late Show-Friday 4th February 2022

Pelvis Parsley

Hard to believe it's that time again, yet here we are!

"Ireland's six Eurovision hopefuls will take to the stage live on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2022 Special this Friday night, vying for the chance to represent the nation at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Italy next May.

For the first time in several years, viewers at home will have the opportunity to cast their vote for their favourite song and help to decide who will fly the Irish flag at Eurovision.

The winner of Friday night's Eurosong will then perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, in front of an audience of 180 million people around the world."

They've pooled these six songs from over three hundred entries, so they have to be good. Right? Right?

I have taken one for the team here and dug them out on YouTube (although RTE helpfully linked SoundCloud audio on their own article). Enjoy!

• One Night, One Kiss, One Promise. Performed by Patrick O'Sullivan, and apparently one Nicky Byrne had a hand in it. This lad has, on the face of it, had an interesting career.

https://youtu.be/68_LOJzqvjs

• Ashes of Yesterday-Janet Grogan. A nice ditty around the trials and tribulations of cleaning out the fire of a morning. This performer made it on to the X Factor before, they say.

https://youtu.be/c-Ictxoepqk

• Real Love-Brendan Murray. Ex boy band type.

https://youtu.be/jdH_g2tPGdU

• Yeah We're Gonna Get Out of It-Miles Graham. Not an encouragement to those who would resort to mind altering substances to escape THE PAAIINNN, although it may well have that effect, this song is a call to arms written in the middle of lockdown. Maybe Miles had heard Subsidy predicting the end of Covis yet again, that morning.

https://youtu.be/ldWBvRxS2HY

• I'm Loving Me-Rachel Goode. You go guuurrll.

https://youtu.be/v8OtoSbUgP4

• That's Rich-Brooke Scullion (yes, really). Made the final of The Voice (UK) in 2020. I resemble the title of this one every time I see himself grinning back at me.

https://youtu.be/siFbrrSdflo

Not sure about how this will go at all, at all-I think the first one will swing it due to the Byrne association, all the luvvies will be plugging it like mad. The rest to me seem to be trying too hard to be "contemporary".

Tubridy is probably being briefed on any misfortunes the performers may have experienced as we speak-gotta get that misery in!

To cheer the soul after all that, I'll leave you with a good news story arising out of last weeks nonsense.

https://extra.ie/2022/02/01/entertainment/movies-tv/rte-receives-formal-complaint-after-late-late-show-flag-segment

gmisk

Love Eurovision I think Brooke Scullion song on paper miles above the rest it sounds pretty current....if Dua Lipa released it I think it would do well. But who knows if the late late audience will vote for her they might go for the old ballad like Janet Grogan

Disclaimer - I also might have a bet on her winning :)

Welsh Megaman

StevenToast

Weekly Negative comment.

This show has some purpose do it might be tolerable.

Welsh Megaman

Not going to listen to the songs until they are performed tonight. Only then will I pass judgement, Statler and Waldorf-style.

:)

tintin67

I suppose that we should be grateful that at least we have some manner of a National Song Contest back. I miss the days of Noel Kelehan stepping up to conduct for Ireland in the Eurovision back in the day when they still had the orchestra.

Dempo1

If there's anything I can't abide more than Panto , well it's the Eurovison which I suppose is glorified panto , I'll give it a miss and check in on the reviews later 😏

sully123

Six nations - Euro vision - Valentines show...

LLS is produced by the calendar. If they accidentally put on a tape of a show from this time 2019, would anyone notice?

Wishox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583387#Comment_118583387

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Wishox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583456#Comment_118583456

Dont look at the U21 Rugby match mate

Busi_Girl08

I feel like I'm either appropriately locked for tonight's show or not enough, pretty much like watching Eurovision.

Pussyhands

Horrible start already

Busi_Girl08

In fairness, respect for including My Lovely Horse in the montage. The real winner of Eurovision.

Welsh Megaman

HERE WE GO! 😊

Gant21

Are they all after coming from a funeral with the black masks.

I think this year we might actually stand a chance. It’s a long time since I said that, when I last said it we won.

tintin67

There are international people around the world looking on our manner of National Song Contest. Not sure how they will string it out for 2 hours. Probably a bit of cancer in the middle and Joe Duffy live from Glasnevin Cemetery.

StevenToast

Some relief for the producers...they dont have to scrape the sludge from the toilets of the rte canteen to fill the segments tonight....

Atlantic Dawn

The Russians have nearly taken the entire place over in a week, lol.

alchemist33

Are foreigners judging it because we can't be trusted?

Pussyhands

Hey look, a man dressed as a woman. OMG LOLLLLLLLLL

🙄

Achilles Knee

Panti looks like My Lovely Horse

Deeper Blue

Can't beat the awkward "Who wants to be a millionaire" style waving

Welsh Megaman

Didn't know Twink was going to be on, etc.

CH3OH

Sorry .. but WTF is panty here for ?

AMKC

Oh I can't stand Pantoli or whatever her name is. Just so horribly cheesy.

Shakyfan

It's not a song contest any more, it's a sexuality contest!

Pussyhands

That's terrible facial hair.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583678#Comment_118583678

shur the Eurovision is a total (non-derogatory) queerfest these days...

Welsh Megaman

Just make sure they don't have choreography like Lesley's last year, focusing too much on the stage moves than the actual singing.

obi604

Who is the first girl. On the very right

The first time I ever felt national pride when I was a kid was when Dana won, I think it was the first time I ever paid attention to the contest or was really aware of it.

CH3OH

So Pay to vote and it counts for one third?

You would want to be stone mad to spend money on this scam

Wishox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583687#Comment_118583687

Inclusion ! Diversity ! bollocks

Man Vs ManUre

Bring back Dustin.

Deeper Blue

"Most weeks I'm at home watching this show"

Really Paul? Really?

PsychoPete

I didn't know the 4th Corr was called Caroline

Welsh Megaman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583707#Comment_118583707

Caroline Corr

Ol' Donie

Ah, sure lookit.

If Marty's involved, I ain't got nothin' but nice things to say.

Wishox

Great job wardrobe, Black jacket with a black set ! go RTE, ill pay the licience one day lol not

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583707#Comment_118583707

i think he said Caroline Corr, from the Corrs

CH3OH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583707#Comment_118583707

Caroline Corr

siblers

None of these songs are going to win Jack ****. Absolutely mind boggling how they keep submitting the same shite every year.

Busi_Girl08

Loads of feathers flying from the Derry Girl.

Gant21

Is Stevie wonder doing make up?

Welsh Megaman

Picture of Marty sitting on the moped in 3...2...1...

orecir

Marty Whelan the most obnoxious prick in the history of RTE

Achilles Knee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118583716#Comment_118583716

Dustin is funny in general.

But Ireland Douze Points in 2008 was stupid BS.

tintin67

I once met Marty Whelan in a hotel and asked him for directions to the lavatory. He was an absolute gentleman.

Deeper Blue

Nul points for wearing a baseball hat indoors