Ireland's bandwildyouth will take to the Eurovision stage later to compete for a place in Saturday's grand final
1 hour agoThe Dublin band will perform their song We Are One during the first semi-final at Liverpool's M&S Arena.
Of the 15 acts taking part in Tuesday's semi-final, only 10 will progress to the grand final on Saturday.competition from bookies' favourites Sweden and Finland who are in the same round. The other countries completing the billing are Norway, Malta, Serbia, Latvia, Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland, Israel, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Czechia and the Netherlands.
Despite a record seven wins in the competition's near 70 year history, Ireland last qualified for the Eurovision live final in 2018 with Ryan O'Shaughnessy and his song Together. Wild Youth frontman Conor O'Donohoe said the band will bring a "big and bold" performance to break the unlucky streak.
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