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This Friday night Eurovision royalty Linda Martin, Niamh Kavanagh and Eimear Quinn will come together for the first time to perform on The Late Late Show Eurosong Special. This Eurovision Holy Trinity will perform Loreen's Tattoo, hoping their rendition of Sweden's winning song in 2023 will channel winner's energy.
 
Joining Patrick will be the act that gave Ireland its highest-ranking position at Eurovision since 2000, Bambie Thug. Bambie will give their feedback on the six acts hoping to take Ireland to the Eurovision Song Contest Final in Basel, Switzerland this May. Joining Bambie on the panel will be Donal Skehan, a former Eurosong contestant in 2008. Donal, a self-confessed fan, will be ‘double crossing his heart' that one of our six finalists will get out of the semi-final and make it Ireland's eighth win. RTÉ 2FM's Laura Fox will be sharing her opinions on each performance as they happen on the night. Dancing with the Stars judge Arthur Gourounlian takes up the fourth spot on the feedback panel. From the glittering dancefloor to the Late Late Show Eurosong stage, will Arthur be saying ‘j'adore' to all six performances?
 

Ireland's chances of victory at Eurovision 2025 will take centre stage tonight on the Late Late Show Eurosong Special, where Ireland's six hopefuls will battle it out to represent in Basel, Switzerland in May at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. 

Viewers at home will have the opportunity to cast their vote for their favourite song and help decide who will represent Ireland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The winner of tonight's Eurosong will then perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, in front of an audience of over 160 million people worldwide.  

The winner will be chosen by a combination of a National Jury, an International Jury, and the Public Vote.  
 

The Eurosong competing acts are: 

Bobbi Arlo performing Powerplay
Reylta performing Fire
Adgy performing Run into the Night
EMMY performing (Laika Party)
Samantha Mumba performing My Way
NIYL performing Growth
 

Each artist will perform their song live on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player tonight, all selected from hundreds of entries received by RTÉ following a callout for submissions last year. Last autumn, RTÉ issued a callout for artists and songwriters with the talent and ambition to compete and succeed in this highly competitive environment.

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be held in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland after Nemo took home the trophy for Switzerland in 2024. The Eurovision Semi-Finals will take place on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May with the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final taking place on Saturday 17 May.
 

Tonight's chosen Eurosong winner will go on to represent Ireland at the second semi-final on Thursday 15 May.  

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
 
This Friday night, BAFTA award-winning Fiona Shaw will join Patrick on The Late Late Show. The Cork actor will share stories from her illustrious career which spans film, television and theatre over five decades. Fiona will be talking about her iconic roles in Bad Sisters and Killing Eve, as well as her latest film Park Avenue which premieres this week at the Dublin International Film Festival. 
 
As the "King Kong" of weight loss medications Mounjaro becomes available on private prescription in Ireland, Patrick will be chatting with Kathryn Thomas about her new documentary The Skinny Jab Revolution. In this new two-parter, Kathryn explores the rise of these revolutionary drugs and asks why we still need to address the root cause of obesity, despite these advances?
 
Satirist, actor and comedian Mario Rosenstock, the man behind the numerous impressions that make up Gift Grub joins The Late Late Show ahead of his nationwide tour. Always making people laugh with his repertoire of well-known faces and voices, Mario will be entertaining the Late Late audience with the latest goings on from some of his favourite characters.  
 
Dancing with the Stars presenter Doireann Garrihy will also join Patrick on Friday night to chat about her recent winter wedding and her return to RTÉ 2FM, as she prepares to take up her new drive time radio slot.
 
Making their Late Late debut, eleven-piece all-female supergroup BIIRD will perform tomorrow night. BIIRD, comprised of some of Ireland's best traditional Irish musicians and dancers, will bring their lilting sounds to The Late Late Show studio!