Bumby Thug represent Ireland at Eurovision with song ‘Doomsday Blue’ – Irish Times

Non-binary electro-goth band Bambi Thug will represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision in Sweden.

Their song “Doomsday Blue” and its gothic staging, evoking fairy tale castles and goblins, were chosen by two of the three jurors (the domestic jurors and the audience), although it was not the choice of the international jury. ) was the overwhelming choice.

Six artists competed in the Eurosong final on RTÉ One’s Late Late Show on Friday night.

The left-field song represents a gamble on the part of Irish Eurovision organizers, whose past attempts to play it safe have resulted in an abysmal record of only reaching the final once in 10 attempts. .

Bambi Thug, from Macroom, trained in ballet and then moved to London for a dance scholarship, but a broken arm forced her to resort to studying musical theater.

“They blew our socks off. I was shocked by Bumby, I really was,” said Louise Duffy on behalf of all the judges who also upheld the win.

“I’m so happy. They’ll be so proud of us. They can win.”

Louis Walsh’s latest boy band, Next in Line, received the maximum of 12 votes from the international jury for their song ‘Love Like Us’, but only received the lowest score of 2 from the domestic jury. The voting process was chaotic. In the end they finished in second place.

The public vote was announced by Ireland’s Eurovision 2022 contestant Brooke Scullion and was decisive, giving Bumby Thug a total of 12 points.

They were clearly a popular audience choice, with the crowd chanting “Bumbee, Bumbee, Bumbee” throughout.

Other performers in attendance were Isabella Kearney from Let Me Be The Fire, J yellowL from Judas, Ailsha from Go Tobann and Erica-Cody from Love Me Like I Do.