Nicky Byrne to sing at Eurovision

beertons · 13-01-2016 11:51am #1

Did I miss something. He can't present a tv show, couldn't sing when he was a boy and now he's representing the country at a song contest. Dustin must be scratching his beak wondering what he did wrong.

mickdw · 13-01-2016 11:52am

Is it confirmed?

Toto Wolfcastle · 13-01-2016 11:53am

I like the song. He seems nice. Good luck to him.

mad muffin · 13-01-2016 11:55am

"nul points"

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 13-01-2016 11:56am

"Sing"

Haha

Hande hoche! · 13-01-2016 11:56am

Can't perform any worse than Dustin.

murpho999 · 13-01-2016 11:57am

I like the idea of direct selection compared to Late Late Show audience or a reality show block voted by teenagers but could RTE have not found someone else. Always pick their own.

Hande hoche! · 13-01-2016 11:58am

murpho999 wrote: »

I like the idea of direct selection compared to Late Late Show audience or a reality show block voted by teenagers but could RTE have not found someone else. Always pick their own.

It could have been Tubridy.

Dunny · 13-01-2016 11:58am

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Can't perform any better than Dustin.

Fixed.

c_man · 13-01-2016 11:59am

Why did they do away with the national competition? Or has this been the way for a while?

Hande hoche! · 13-01-2016 12:03pm

Dunny wrote: »

Fixed.

Ouch.

beertons · 13-01-2016 12:03pm

murpho999 wrote: »

I like the idea of direct selection compared to Late Late Show audience or a reality show block voted by teenagers but could RTE have not found someone else. Always pick their own.

Who else was in the running?

biko · 13-01-2016 12:14pm

This is the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Pbnb7Y6AU

Hande hoche! · 13-01-2016 12:16pm

beertons wrote: »

Who else was in the running?

Read Barry Egan on Sunday.

Menas · 13-01-2016 12:16pm

We should change our country's name to Irelastan and have a real loud and bright Europop entry. Confuse the eastern europeans in to voting for us.

Red Kev · 13-01-2016 12:19pm

Here he is. Schmalzy Europop number. Should qualify for the final and then a mid to lower table finish.

Very forgettable. RTE will go nowhere so long as the song is picked internally or by the close RTE golden circle (Louis Walsh, Linda whatshername erc. Etc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Pbnb7Y6AU&feature=youtu.be

King George VI · 13-01-2016 12:21pm

Good man, hope he does well

valoren · 13-01-2016 12:21pm

What is the Late Late Show going to do now that one Friday of the season has been rendered obselete?

I think Twink, Louis Walsh, and the RTE canteen regulars can expect a call soon for a booking

razorblunt · 13-01-2016 2:18pm

We're all waiting for Richie Kavanagh to get the nod next year aren't we?

R.D. aka MR.D · 13-01-2016 2:21pm

Too many close ups of his teeth in that video. Weird.

Dyr · 13-01-2016 2:23pm

Nicky Byrne
Eurovision
RTE

It's like a list of things I think should nuked from orbit

mansize · 13-01-2016 2:23pm

It will get out of the semis and finish nowhere

MonkeyTennis · 13-01-2016 3:02pm

Be honest, you couldn't care less.

Shurimgreat · 13-01-2016 3:04pm

The song like the singer is bland, inoffensive and will go nowhere. Thats possibly what rte are hoping for. Anyone would think they are deliberately trying to lose it every year.

gazzer · 13-01-2016 3:25pm

I wonder will Bertie go over to support his son in law

mzungu · 13-01-2016 3:27pm

Eurovision is a joke and the song is crap...but he seems like a real decent sort of guy. So the very best of luck to him.

bazza1 · 13-01-2016 3:31pm

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............

Bistoman · 13-01-2016 4:47pm

Nepotism is alive and well in RTE. The only person who can sing in Ireland is that gob****e who works for them?
He was just on the radio telling Ray Darc'y about how great he is. Did ya ever hear a Bo880x more up himself?

The_Valeyard · 13-01-2016 4:55pm

Well nothing else has worked in the past few years, lets give this a go so.

tupenny · 13-01-2016 5:01pm

Don't see how anyone could say he's up himself? Seems very decent / down to earth to me..
Doesn't matter what or who we send it's not like we will win anyway.
Good luck to him all the same!

smash · 13-01-2016 5:09pm

Is singing in the Eurovision the musicians equivalent to an actor moving to commercials?

Anyway, at least it's not Brian McFadden.

Shurimgreat · 13-01-2016 5:12pm

What happened to picking the best song and best singer in an open competition where the winner wins based on you know, merit

smash · 13-01-2016 5:14pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

What happened to picking the best song and best singer in an open competition where the winner wins based on you know, merit

Money happened.

DavidLyons_ · 13-01-2016 5:46pm

tupenny wrote: »

Don't see how anyone could say he's up himself? Seems very decent / down to earth to me..
Doesn't matter what or who we send it's not like we will win anyway.
Good luck to him all the same!

Howya Georgina

tupenny · 13-01-2016 6:12pm

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

Howya Georgina

I wish!!!

Bistoman · 13-01-2016 6:25pm

tupenny wrote: »

Don't see how anyone could say he's up himself? Seems very decent / down to earth to me..
Doesn't matter what or who we send it's not like we will win anyway.
Good luck to him all the same!

Going out on a limb here, Westlife fan?

Ally Dick · 13-01-2016 6:28pm

His voice is rather weedy. Listening to the recorded version of the entry, there is plenty of multi tracking of his voice, or another voice, on it. He'll need plenty of backing singers to pull it off live. I'm sure RTE will supply him with three. As for the song, it's nothing special...a bit like the man himself. I'm sure his father in law put in a word, or his millionaire sister in law. Don't think their success is down to talent....more to do with Fianna Fail shysterism and string pulling

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-01-2016 6:29pm

Oh come on, Eurosong night is one of the best LLS of the year. This is a bloody disgrace.

mikeym · 13-01-2016 6:30pm

Nil Point.

Crimsonforce · 13-01-2016 6:30pm

His vocal in the song is weak, even after the production. I'm not sure how he would be able to perform live AND without a stool.

Ally Dick · 13-01-2016 7:00pm

Markus and the bloke with the Roger Moore eyebrow were the singers in Westlife. The others were passengers, including Nicky

RayCon · 13-01-2016 7:09pm

smash wrote: »

Is singing in the Eurovision the musicians equivalent to an actor moving to commercials?

Ah now ... no need to insult musicians.

Hunchback · 13-01-2016 7:09pm

Fair bit of ad homenem so far in this thread.

Agree with predictions of qualifying for final and placing quite lowly

fiachr_a · 13-01-2016 7:12pm

He's the only Westlifer not to release a solo album.

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-01-2016 7:19pm

My father in law beggared the country

what a disgusting corrupt kip we live in

Itssoeasy · 13-01-2016 7:24pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

The song like the singer is bland, inoffensive and will go nowhere. Thats possibly what rte are hoping for. Anyone would think they are deliberately trying to lose it every year.

The father dick Byrne theory ?

ToddyDoody · 13-01-2016 7:24pm

I would have advocated sending John without Edward this year (to mix things up)

Itssoeasy · 13-01-2016 7:25pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

What happened to picking the best song and best singer in an open competition where the winner wins based on you know, merit

We didn't get out of the semi final in years.

fiachr_a · 13-01-2016 8:03pm

Standing out in the sunlight gives you cancer.

Shurimgreat · 13-01-2016 8:43pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

We didn't get out of the semi final in years.

I'm someone who believes the voting blocs largely decided that, although having said that many of the songs were like this years entry, bland.

To win Eurovision your entry has to stand out, not blend in.

We probably would have more hope if we sent a transgender person of east European extraction with a half decent song. That would tick at least a couple boxes.

maryishere · 13-01-2016 8:44pm

Bistoman wrote: »

Nepotism is alive and well in RTE. The only person who can sing in Ireland is that gob****e who works for them?
He was just on the radio telling Ray Darc'y about how great he is. Did ya ever hear a Bo880x more up himself?

Well said. A great reason not to watch the eurovision , if ever there was one.

Nicky Byrne to sing at Eurovision

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