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SAMANTHA MUMBA HAS been announced as one of the acts bidding to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
The Irish singer-songwriter is one of six hopefuls that will compete in the Eurosong contest to be held on 7 February during a special edition of The Late Late Show.
The Eurovision Song Contest, a staple of the Irish and European music calendar, is set to take place in Basel, Switzerland this May, after last year’s show saw Swiss singer Nemo win the contest.
Mumba, who was revealed as the fourth artist in the running to represent Ireland, will be hoping to fly the flag in Switzerland with her song My Way.
She shot to fame at the age of 17 with her debut single Gotta Tell You, which achieved top five positions in the charts in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Her eponymous debut album also sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
Mumba has also earned accolades for her role in a number of films, while she’s currently appearing in the BBC series Harry Wild alongside Jane Seymour.
Norwegian singer EMMY was announced as the fifth act hoping to represent Ireland at this year’s song contest.
The 24-year-old singer-songwriter has been performing since she was a child. Today, she is best known for singing on TikTok, with a profile of 1.2 million followers.
In 2021, she participated in Melodi Grand Prix, Norway’s national selection of a song for Eurovision Song Contest, performing the song Witch Woods.
She is hoping to represent Ireland at the contest this year with her song, Laika Party.
Both Mumba and Emmy will be interviewed on The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 this afternoon, where both their songs will also be heard.
Two of the other acts bidding to represent Ireland were announced earlier this week.
Reylta entered the running with her new song Fire. Speaking on The Ray D’Arcy Show, the singer, whose real name is Caoimhe Glynn, she said she believed her track “is a magic song”.
Bobbi Arlo, a popular live act who was named Gay Times Artist of the Year in 2024, was the first act to enter the Eurosong race this week with her new song Powerplay.
The song has already been described by fans as an “edgy, well-produced pop song”, as has been compared to other successful dance/electronic pop hits such as Charli XCX’s latest album BRAT.
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They loved that cat .
@larry smith: their.
@larry smith: take the year off please
@larry smith: Hahaha, good man Larry.
@Fran Ken: their, their
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Thought she had the world at her feet back in the late 90s. Talented singer, good looks (at a time when that was often all that mattered) and exactly the kind of artist that could crack the US market. And then fell away completely and now looking at doing euro vision. It’s like ABBA but in reverse.
@James Groden: she still got to be a pop star for a while. Not too shabby.
@James Groden: she had bad management (Louis Walsh – Walsh has no idea how to manage females), also she made fun of Twink on the Late Late. Two Twinks sank her career.
@James Groden: She never really made it, another attempt, so what?.
If Israel are in it, it should be boycotted.
@Dave Grant: 100% they should be just permanently banned. Globally ostracised. If Russia is, Israel should be.
Adga and Reylta. Do they all just thrown Scrabble tiles into a bag and pick a few out at random, to come up with a “cool” name?
I liked her in the Time machine, hope she does well.
We seem to have gotten very good at making an absolute bags of it every year. Still can’t get that fellas golden onesie outta my poor head!
@Hotirish: move it to June, it belongs there at this point.
Should pack the whole Turd Fest in, it has a small viewer percentage of an even smaller RTE viewership!
I used to be friends with her on bebo
I like Samantha , don’t think Twink does though .
Send the Norwegian with 1.2 million Tik-Toc followers. Shoe-in to qualify.
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