With the hit song “Doomsday Blue”, Bumbie Thug beat out five other acts to win tonight’s Late Late Show.
They will now advance to the Eurovision semi-finals, which begin in Malmö, Sweden, on May 7th. If Bumby Thug makes it to the grand final, they will perform again on Saturday, May 11th.
Cork-born Bambie Thug is a ‘force to be reckoned with’, a fully independent artist who reaches over 45,000 monthly listeners through his uniquely self-styled ‘Ouija pop’. Known for his amazing live performances, Bumby was recently spotted performing at the packed Download Festival his debut.
With their eccentric but energetic performance, Bumbee Thug quickly became the crowd’s favorite act of the night, regularly prompting performers to chant “Bumbee, Bumbee” during live shows. Alongside this, the hashtag #sendthewitch, referring to the artist, trended in Ireland’s She X.
Bumby is also a prolific songwriter, with music written for other artists in a variety of genres (Cachette, Kid Brunswick, Fabitch, Fika, etc.) as well as some of the UK’s biggest new generation hits (Dear Goth, (Petrichor, etc.) has accumulated 60 million streams. , 4 a.m.), included in HBO’s Sex and the City reboot Just Like That.
Bumby Thug received very high praise from the studio judges, who praised his “different” act.
Former Eurovision runner-up Sonia said Bambi Thug will “shock” in Malmö in May.
Judges Arthur Goolanlian, Louise Duffy, Gearoid Farrelly and Liverpool’s Sonia praised all the artists who performed in front of a live studio audience.
The other five artists were Ailsha Go Toban. J yellowL and Judas. Isabella Carney and Let Me Be The Fire. Erica Cody of the boy band Next in Line sang Love Me Like I Do and Love Like Us.