Irish Eurovision broadcaster RTÉ has just unveiled the sixth and final artist competing in Ireland’s Eurosong 2025.

Following a last place in 2013 and then just one Grand Final qualification since 2014, Ireland roared back to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 with Bambie Thug’s incredible 6^th place finish with Doomsday Blue. That equaled Ireland’s best result since Eamonn Toal’s Millennium of Love also placed 6^th back in 2000!

As a result, interest in the Irish Eurovision selection is up this year, and expectations are higher than they have been in quite some time.

The national final will once again be broadcast live on RTÉ’s Late Late Show, on Friday, 7^th February, starting at 22:35 CET. The artists will be judged by a combination of national jury, international jury, and public vote.

Here are the six acts hoping to do Ireland proud, and follow in Bambie Thug’s ‘doomsday shoes‘:

Adgy is back for his second Eurosong, having last competed in 2023 with Too Good For Your Love. He wrote his new song, Run Into The Night, with his sister and describes it as a ‘Celtic pop anthem.’ The song already has a Eurovision link, as it was produced by 2022’s winner Ivan Klymenko, member of Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine.

Bobbi Arlo is competing in her first Eurosong. She’s been described as a rising star in the Irish music scene, and was recently nominated for Song of the Year at the RTÉ Choice Music Awards. Her entry Powerplay could become an instant Eurovision banger, if she makes it to Basel.

While Emmy is partaking in her first Eurosong, it’s not her first attempt to get to the Eurovision stage. Emmy is a Norwegian singer/songwriter, and has been on the Junior MGP and adult MGP stages. Eurofans may remember her MGP 2021 hit, Witch Woods. Now she’s written Laika Party at a songwriting camp where she met an Irish writer, so Emmy applied to RTÉ, and now she’s made the Final!

NIYL was the final artist to be announced for Eurosong 2025. He is set to release his début album later this year. His entry Growth seems to match RTÉ’s description of NIYL’s style as “a unique blend of emotionally fuelled vocals with an electronic sound to deliver powerful, cinematic, original works”.

Fresh off the release of her first solo album in October, Reylta has made her first Eurosong final with Fire. The Irish Independent has nicknamed her “Galway’s Alt Folk Queen”, and Fire certainly fits that category. Of the six Eurosong entries, it’s the one that sounds the most traditionally Irish.

Samantha Mumba became a global phenomenon in 2000 with her hit single Gotta Tell You, when she was just 17. She’s been considering Eurovision for quite some time now, and finally threw her hat in the ring this year with My Way.

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