Bambie Thug will represent Ireland in Sweden.
Ireland's Eurovision hopes may already be in jeopardy, with a former midlands contestant saying this year's entry will have difficulty securing the votes.
On Friday, Bambie Thug was selected to represent Ireland at this year's competition in Sweden with their song 'Doomsday Blue'.
Mullingar's Tommy Swarbrigg, of 'The Swarbriggs', who represented Ireland in toe 1970s says nowadays, the Eurovision is almost impossible to predict: