Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Ireland will never do well until we have the balls to put forward a song that isn’t a desperate attempt to be “eurovisiony”. Just a normal song, or alternate one, or even an Irish ballad or something. I promise you something less try hardy would do better.

Pi$$ing off half of the potential voters. Alienating potential voters is never a good thing. But it was never that.

Continental countries always get huge ethnic votes from neighbours. The voting system is disadvantageous to Ireland.

That fella Sean Nos that do be on TG4 is very good. We could get him

She clearly wants someone to hold her closer

There's no conspiracy, our song was grand but it was more like the Eurovision 10 years ago. When we were sending a Turkey.

The Europeans take it seriously, they enter modern songs with aspiring or established artists.

We don't value the Eurovision. Hozier wouldn't have been thinking the Eurovision could be his big break back in the day but Europeans do view it like that and that's the type of talent they enter.

You clearly don't and it wont. Other countries have gone from regularly doing poorly to winning...like the Netherlands...I don't think they made a final 8 years in a row.

I also think people can tell the difference between Ireland and the UK, that ain't the issue. Send a better song and act and we will do better.

Don't underestimate Jedward lads. At the time they were professional performers with a track record. They might have been annoying as hell but they knew exactly what they were at and how to win over fans. Ever since we have sent a parade of clueless amateurs who no one ever heard of before or since. This year is no difference. We need to stop sending acts who are the answer to a tough table quiz question. "Who was this year's entry in Eurovision?" Most of the country couldn't answer it if they were in a quiz this Saturday night. In three months she'll be serving the drinks behind the bar at a quiz where she is the answer and she'll be the only one there who knows the answer. It costs hundreds of thousands of euro to send the Irish delegation on the piss for a week to the Eurovision and we seem to be committed to having to send them on their junket so we might as well send professionals.

Phil Coulter needs a dig in the hole more like

Yeah RTÉ are not actually listening to what is being put forward by other countries.

IMO Good songs will rise to the top in Eurovision, Mediocre songs get block voting, so if you get a mediocre year your get a block winner, and in fairness that hasn't happened in a while and IMO it has little to do with the re-introduction of the jury vote and more to do with how other countries are treating the competition.

Ireland's entry was mediocre at best this year, so its not going enter the final.

Those results were nonsense of the highest order.

Malta was brilliant and that didn't get through. I wasn't a fan of the Irish entry at the start but it grew on me. Brooke was definitely Eurovision material. She's cute.

Those results were bullsh!t.

Ya, I forgot about that. I wouldn't mind a commentary but just not him.

He's like the old fella in the officee who thinks he's loads of experience and wisdom and simply won't retire.

However they'd probably replace him with Nicky Byren.