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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Over the last two days, five national Eurovision selection shows, “national finals”, were held across Europe. Ireland held its show on Friday, followed by Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, and Malta on Saturday, in what Eurovision fans dub a “super Saturday”.
Ireland was the first country to select a song this week, with seven entries competing on the Late Late Show, hosted by Patrick Kielty, in its annual “Eurosong Special” on Friday. The contest was won by Emmy Kristiansen, professionally known as EMMY, a Norwegian singer who previously competed in the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix in 2021.
EMMY scored the maximum amount of twelve points from the Irish jury as well as the public with her song Laika Party, as well as ten points from the international jury, finishing eight points ahead of second-place contestant Samantha Mumba.
Eurovision fan and statistics site Eurovisionworld collected over 10,000 votes before the start of the show on which song their users preferred to win, and Bobby Arlo’s Powerplay came out on top, with 50% of user votes. EMMY came second in this poll, receiving 22% of the vote.
Ukraine selected its song on Saturday evening with its Vidbir contest.
