The bookies have slashed the odds on Glasgow now making it a firm favourite.
I have a range of weekends with free cancelleation booked
San Marino are going to have four semi finals!
True - and interesting point - we just go the Pub - get locked or even just stay at home.
Final would be delayed until following year due to a bitter 46 week appeal which ends up in the Hague with accusations of war crimes been executed on family ..
Also we don't have a nightclub culture anymore as most have closed, most of the acts in eurovision are now inspired by clubbing culture which we don't have anymore. In the 90s Dublin was full of top nightclubs, also the golden era for irish eurovision. We also had loads of live music venues McGonagles, the Baggot inn etc that are now gone. We can blame the kill joys and compo culture for alot of this
Well lets hope France wins and it's in Strasbourg so they can be near the European Court of Human Rights!
Whats Another Year!
If you can track down some of the 1980s ones... when there was no qualifiers and a country could send anything in but had to sing in own language ... you dont get that kinda randomness anymore.
They would put up a fight if they didn't qualify to be fair...
ChatGPT: (I asked it not to mention Ireland and throw in some deep emotion):
Verse 1:
My heart is beating like a drum,
With every breath I take, you're the one,
You light up my life like the sun,
My love for you will never be undone.
Chorus:
All kinds of everything,
Remind me of the love you bring,
From the stars above to the depths of the sea,
My heart is yours eternally.
Verse 2:
Your smile is like a ray of light,
That guides me through the darkest night,
I'll love you with all my might,
Forever by your side, shining bright.
Verse 3:
Together we'll conquer all,
Through the ups and downs, we'll stand tall,
Our love will never fall,
We'll cherish it forever and all.
--- You'd have to do this like a Beastie Boy's rap or My Lovely Horse.
The first Eurovision I watched fully when I was 10 mainly because of the hype of Your A Star. I really don't know where the time has gone!
Not allowed samples :)
At least they’re in tune!!!!’
Irelande nouze pownts exactly as I predicted.
Three of our recent entries were women
We have sent worse
I'm surprised Eurovision is still a thing. I gave up on it almost 30 years ago. The fact you are not allowed play an instrument live is a disgrace to music.
It's a non runner unfortunately as they are in court every day that week.
If further proof is needed that RTE are out of touch, listen back (if you dare, let your blood pressure drop first) to Ray D’Arcy’s radio show earlier today.
Tuning in, you’d think it was the year 1998!
Marty and Dustin as guests, Linda Martin co-hosting, being asked the same questions and giving the same answers as every year (“How did you feel when you won?” “I was the only one sober”), a snippet of all the winning songs from the 90’s (as if people needed reminding).
Beyond embarrassing.
Mark McCabe Maniac 2024
Sorry I forgot to mention Mary black and mit as well throw in linda martin to keep abit of control over them all then .
They've a unique sense of style, can sing and will create publicity wherever they go. Mother Burke has to be included. They could sing about looking for John Rogers! It's our only option for 2024!
Last few times I seen her - felt her vocals have faded to be honest.
^this
as well as it being absolutely woeful song and performance.
The guy, like us, can have opinions and from what I read I agree with him on most
A ‘sewer’ indeed, says more about the intolerant and #bekind crowd than anything the sacked guy tweeted
Next year same outcome because nobody in RTE has the slightest interest in selecting a competitive entry. Not the slightest hint of accountability for the licence fee spent and the poor results.
Cuckoos Nest from the toy show would be fairly epic.
Chat GPT has pened next years song..
On the Emerald Isle, where the skittles flow
Fluffy sheep roam free, in fields aglow
Rainbows brighten up the sky, a sight to see
But war is never the answer, it's not the way to be
Spread love and joy, let the turf be dug
GAA on TV, for all to snug
Winning Eurovision, would make Marty happy
Russia can't stop us, we're not that sappy
Corncrakes are rare, but we keep them near
Not getting to the a semi, would make Marty shed a tear
Ireland, oh Ireland, where the GAA is king
Let's make it free to air, for all to sing
Rainbows symbolize our pride, a message of hope
But war and violence, we cannot cope
Bridge:
Let's unite and stand together, with love in our hearts
Let's keep the beauty of our land, with all its different parts
Skittles, love, and fluffy sheep, they're all we need
Let's keep striving for peace, with every single deed
Outro:
On the Emerald Isle, where the music flows
Let's keep spreading love, as our story goes
Rainbows, sheep, and skittles, they're our treasures rare
Let's keep shining our light, with love and care.
Basically we pick a bland song, selected by an audience of Late Late Show viewers and that seems to involve a judging panel that pick stuff that is very X-Factor-ish and manufactured pop that has no audience outside of Ireland and the immediate anglophone world.
We might as well just give up, because unless we change strategy we are just wasting our time even bothering to enter.
RTE is just stuck in a rut on this. I mean, other than an audience of Eurovision diehards, I doubt most people would even be bothered watching now. You might as well put the rest of the event on the RTE News channel on Saorview.
Not a woman in sight. That's part of our problem. Sex sells and we don't send it.
This is true - if you look at some of the winners over the last ten years - they were something very new like Portugal one and dude with violin, to a dance act or crazy act - we are trying to do other people's originality - when we should do our own - like Quinn.
Very decent shout Róisín Murphy is just quirky enough!
My shout for years has been Lyra a proper Irish voice, with the right song could fly.
Oh my god, my belly is sore from laughing.
Unless we can we can buy in like the uk etc we may as well not bother
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