Ireland's six acts for Eurosong 2023 revealed

The Irish talk show "The Late Late Show" will again be used to select Ireland's representative for Eurovision in a special show.

Irish broadcaster RTÉ has just announced the six participants that will compete in the national selection The Late Late Eurosong 2023 Special. The selection show will be used to choose the artist and song that will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Late Late Eurosong 2023 Special is provisionally planned to be held on 3 February.

Michael Kealy, Head of Delegation for Ireland, says:

– I am really impressed by the quality and standard of the six acts we have in our Eurosong final this year.

– The Eurovision Song Contest is a global phenomenon, and the competition is getting harder every year, but whichever of our six finalists gets to represent Ireland in Liverpool in May I've no doubt they will represent us brilliantly, winning new fans all over the world.

The Late Late Show

The Irish talk show "The Late Late Show" is the world's second longest-running late-night talk show, after the American "The Tonight Show." It's currently hosted by Ryan Tubridy.

The Late Late Show was also used last year in a special edition where six artists competed for the ticket to Turin, won by Brooke Scullion with "That's Rich."

Eurosong 2022 was also a part of the "Late Late show" with six acts performing, with the result decided by 33% studio jury, 33% international jury and 33% televoting. The show was hosted by Ryan Tubridy and Marty Whelan.

In 2015, Eurosong 2015 was part of the "Late Late show" as well, and was also hosted by Ryan Tubridy. Back then, five acts performed live during the talk show filled with Eurovision related quizzes and performances of some of the former Irish entrants. After the performances from the five acts, a 50/50 combination of regional jury voting and public televoting determined the winner.

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland holds the record for the most victories in the Eurovision Song Contest: Seven victories! Six of these victories were in the '80s and '90s:

• 1970: Dana – All Kinds Of Everything
• 1980: Johnny Logan – What's Another Year
• 1987: Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
• 1992: Linda Martin – Why Me
• 1993: Niamh Kavanagh – In Your Eyes
• 1994: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – Rock 'n' Roll Kids
• 1996: Eimear Quinn – The Voice

Ireland has been part of Eurovision since 1965, with 55 appearances since then. They have qualified for the Grand Final 8 out of 18 times since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004. They finished last in their Semi-finals in 2019 and 2021.