The My Way singer has explained what she meant during her recent statement about her Eurosong experience after calling out the judging panel for their comments on the acts
The singer released a statement on Sunday, in which she said that the panel were “unnecessarily rude and vile” and claimed they “didn’t have the credentials, experience or professionalism required”.
Samantha took to her Instagram stories to further speak on her comments, explaining that her previous statement wasn't about not winning Eurosong, but about the judges' comments on all the contestants.“I’ll spare you all a pages long statement but I really do want to make it clear - this was never ever about me not winning.
“As I mentioned in my initial post, I wish Emmy the absolute best and will be cheering her on to bring Eurovision back to Ireland again!!” She added: “Special mention to the ‘panel’ who not only didn’t have the credentials, experience or professionalism required," the My Way singer added. "Would have said this in person but they all left the green room before I had the opportunity to unsurprisingly.”
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