Is Ireland’s Eurovision entry really “the sort of music they put in banking commercials” with lyrics “Coldplay would have rejected for being too twee”? Here’s everything you need to know about Wild Youth and this year’s song contest (via IrishTimesCultr)
“We’ve always been big dreamers,” O’Donohoe said in 2019. “We’d play local bars, parties, even have gigs in my back shed. We always believed we could make something of it – even though everyone else probably thought we were a bit mad.”
“Throughout its 67-year history the Eurovision Song Contest has constantly evolved to remain relevant and exciting,” Martin Österdahl, the contest’s executive supervisor, says. “These changes acknowledge the immense popularity of the show by giving more power to the audience of the world’s largest live music event.”
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