RTÉ today announced the five Irish acts and songs which will be competing to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision. Patricia Roe, Eoghan Quigg, Can-linn, Andrew Mann and Laura O’Neill will battle it out to perform in Copenhagen.
Last November RTÉ nominated five mentors asked each of them to select an act and a song which they believe has the potential to be a Eurovision winner. As we already know, we haven't had much success in recent years...
Valerie Roe chose her sister, Eurosong veteran Patricia Roe and her self-penned song
Don’t Hold On; Mark Murphy selected Eoghan Quigg and
The Movie Song, which was written by Karl Broderick; Hazel Kaneswaran chose Can-linn, featuring Kasey Smith, to perform a song called
Heartbeat which Hazel composed along with Jonas Gladnikoff, Rasmus Palmgren and Patrizia Helander; mentor Cormac Battle wrote
Be Mine for Andrew Mann to perform; and Aslan’s Billy McGuinness chose Laura O’Neill as his act and the song
You Don’t Remember Me, which was composed by Don Mescall and Lucie Silvas.
A former X Factor star, baby-faced Eoghan Quigg is one of the five acts
The public will get the chance to hear the five songs for the first time tomorrow, Thursday 6 February, on RTÉ 2FM from 2pm with Rick O’Shea.
The winning act will be selected on
Eurosong 2014 on
The Late Late Show on Friday 28 February. As was the case in previous years, Ireland’s Eurovision entry will be selected by a combination of public and regional jury vote.
This year’s Eurovision will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Ireland competing in the second semi-final on Thursday 8 May. The Eurovision final takes place on Saturday 10 May.
