PK@rte.ie (again). The All New (Patrick Kielty) Late Late Show Thread

Well one thing stayed consistent and true.. Mumba was an awful singer/performer 25 years ago and is still awful today..

the hype and bluster around her years ago (from nobody but us) was ludicrous. And then they tried to get Omero, her brother on the hype train.

In fairness, Samantha Mumba is among the very few Irish artists that ever "broke America". She reached number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 in the United States, spending 22 weeks on the chart, so she was kind of a big deal back then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotta_Tell_You_%28song%29

In the top 50 of songs in America in that year, it would have had a lot of airtime. If you look at the biggest songs by people like Westlife or Girls Aloud they don't even release them in the US, while Samantha Mumba was worldwide. She also had another few hits.

I just feel sad for her that she ended up like this, this should be beneath her. Like if Sinead O' Connor decided to come back to the Eurovision before she passed (a one hit wonder also, though obviously a more iconic one).

Anyway, I think it's weird and stupid that a Norweigan should be representing Ireland. Just get a normal, ordinary ethnic Irish person. And forget about what might succeed in the competition, just what sounds good.

Sinead O'Connor received a Grammy nomination for The Lion and the Cobra, before her one hit wonder!

I just had to read up on the real story of Laika 😁

Looks like merch was a thing back then too "Stamps and envelopes picturing Laika were produced, as well as branded cigarettes and matches."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

Did you actually watch the show?

The best song and performance won....she is as far as I can see a straight women...so the winner of the Eurosong sexuality contest...is...

There tends to be some non straight people in the performing arts?!? Madness I know! Someone fetch me my pearls to clutch and my smelling salts!

The quality of the songs and the performance are most relevant, watch a Eurovision final the cream rises to the top.

He was also beaten by Leona Daly, Marc Roberts and Liam Geddes, he came fifth out of 6, beating only Maja.

Also that was the last time that RTÉ ran a national Eurosong separate to TLLS.

In fairness to Dustin it is was pretty much the same beat as a winning Israeli song, that won a few years later, not that that is much of a complement.

Flap your wings.

Caller (sobbing): Joe, my beloved dog passed away last week…I just don’t feel it’s right to send a song about a dog who died.

Joe (sighing): My god…Mary, quickly before the break.

Mary: Joe, we have so much musical talent here in Ireland, and I have nothing against Norwegians…

Joe (interrupting): Back after dese!

No doubt a few callers will link the winning song to the Russians and Orwell Road influencing the vote with a few thousand burner phones 🤣.

Samantha Mumba shouldn't be in the same sentence as Sinead O'Connor. Sinead was a very talented artist. I don't believe she'd ever have associated herself with the trash the Eurovision has become. It stopped being a song contest a long time ago.

I don’t disagree - but the panel weren’t “vile” - in fact they were quite restrained - had you something like a Britain’s got talent panel you would have heard real honesty - no one forced her to compete in the competition - if the panel weren’t to her liking then fine - but I don’t think she’d have given a fig if she won - it just feels like sour grapes to me