RTÉ the Irish national broadcaster has announced it will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and that it will use the Eurosong national selection to choose its representative for Basel next May.
Submission window opens for Eurosong 2025
As the anticipation builds for the upcoming national final season, RTÉ becomes the latest broadcaster to confirm its plans. Once again, Ireland will use the live national selection, Eurosong 2025 to choose the act that will take to the Eurovision stage in Basel, Switzerland next May. The song submission window remains open until November 18.
Interested songwriters may submit one entry for consideration; this includes features on co-written compositions. All songs must be no longer than three minutes and have not been released either partially or fully before September 1. Any submitted entry must only be intended for Eurosong 2025 and cannot have been submitted to other national finals.
Furthermore, RTÉ reserves the rights to replace artists in the selection and pair them with a submitted entry. As well as inviting artists and songwriters of their own choosing and advance them to the live broadcast.
Following the closure of the submission window, the entries will be reviewed by a panel of industry experts. Auditions may take place in Dublin, with the shortlisted artists taking part in Eurosong 2025 next February live on RTÉ, More details of the format will be revealed in the coming months. Since 2009, The Late Late Show Eurosong Special has been a mainstay of Irish programming. The late night chat show is currently the longest running live talk show. It first aired in 1962.
Michael Kealy, (Head of Delegation)
“Our 2024 entry Bambie Thug bewitched audiences and came sixth at the Eurovision in May in Malmö – 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!”
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