Would you like to perform onstage in front of a global viewing audience of over 160 million people?*
Do you have the voice, the personality, musical passion and creativity to represent Ireland and win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? If so RT wants to hear from you!
RT is pleased to announce that Ireland will take part in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in Basel, Switzerland in May 2025.
RT now wants to hear from artists, performers and songwriters with the talent and ambition to compete and succeed in this highly competitive environment. This is an invaluable opportunity for performers and songwriters to gain exposure on a global scale the rewards for success can be significant and as a result the competition attracts top professional talent from all over the world.
RT Eurovision Head of Delegation Michael Kealy said, Our 2024 entry Bambie Thug bewitched audiences and came sixth at the Eurovision in May in Malmo - it was Ireland's best result since 2000. Bambie's song Doomsday Blue has had over 24 million streams to date on Spotify. Their performance at the Grand Final has had 9.4 million views on Eurovision's official You Tube channel.
Eurovision is an amazing opportunity for any Irish act to catapult themselves onto the world stage. Bambie Thug performed at Electric Picnic in August and is currently on a 30-date tour across Europe with sold out shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Cologne, Helsinki, Dublin and Galway.
Representing your country and performing at Eurovision is an experience unlike any other and can open doors beyond your imagination. If you think you have what it takes to be our Irish representative in Basel next year we'd love to hear from you!
The Eurovision Song Contest is the world's biggest live music show and one of the most popular annual television events on the planet. The contest reaches hundreds of millions of viewers in Europe and worldwide on social media platforms and is particularly popular with youth audiences and younger adult viewers.
The closing date for submissions is 8 weeks from today 6pm on Monday November 18th 2024.
Further information including terms and conditions are available on www.rte.ie/eurovision
-ENDS-
Date: Monday September 23rd 2024
Senior Press Officer: Rayna Connery
Notes to Editor:
Photos of Bambie Thug at Eurovision 2024 available to download here:
Eurosong selection of Bambie Thug photos
Copyright: RT 2024. Photography credit: Andres Poveda www.apphoto.ie
* The Eurovision Song Contest 2024, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), reached 163 million people over the 3 live shows across 37 public service media markets.
EBU press release on figures: https://www.ebu.ch/news/2024/05/eurovision-song-contest-2024-breaks-new-records-as-hundreds-of-millions-watch-and-listen-on-tv-and-digital-platforms
Bambie's song Doomsday Blue has had over 24 million streams to date on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6g3orasGcMPn0gwcE3JMAC
Performance at the Grand Final has had 9.4 million views on Eurovision's official You Tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMq8ofCstMQ
3.7 millions views of Bambie's official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRXRrlIspY
Bambie's Instagram followers now stand at 249,000: https://www.instagram.com/bambiethug/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SONG SUBMISSIONS
If you are an accomplished songwriter with a proven track record of success in the music industry, we would like you to submit an original song (with a suitable performer or performers attached) to be considered to represent Ireland.
All recordings of songs must be submitted in MP3 192kbps format and be complete, professionally recorded and in their final form no demos, unfinished work or substandard recordings will be accepted. Please include a photograph of the performer(s) and a short biography with any relevant links.
Submissions should have a performer(s) already attached, performer(s) must have the vocal ability, stagecraft, ambition and confidence to compete at the highest level before a global audience of over 160 million people. Performer(s) must have intrinsic and obvious appeal to the core youth audiences who make up a significant amount of Eurovision viewers and fans.
Entries will be considered carefully by a panel of music and entertainment industry professionals and/or Eurovision fans selected by RT . Performer(s) may be invited to audition in the RT studios in Dublin.
A shortlist of songs and artists may subsequently be invited to perform on television early in 2025 when a winner will be selected to represent Ireland in accordance with a selection process to be confirmed by RT . RT reserves the right to replace suggested performers with performers/artists nominated by RT , and to match them with songs received.
It is important to note that RT also reserves the right to select one or more songwriter(s) and/or performer(s) to submit entries (directly and without further reference to this process) and to include any such entries in RT 's 2025 television final.
Songs submitted must strictly comply with the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. RT reserves the right to arrange, produce or otherwise alter any song/performance selected for the purposes of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. See https://eurovision.tv/about/rules for details.
DO NOT SUBMIT A SONG WHICH EXCEEDS THE 3 MINUTE MAXIMUM DURATION ALLOWED
Each songwriter may only submit one song (including co-writes) for consideration. The submitted songs must not be submitted for consideration to any other country participating in Eurovision Song Contest 2025. In addition, the performer(s) attached to the submitted songs must not be submitted for consideration as performer(s) of any song submitted for consideration to any other country participating
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