OlympicIRL

Oh boy….. and it begins

Yep, I know what you mean! Their appearance was definitely styled in that typical boyband look in the early years and also *some of their music in the early years was of that style. But they quickly evolved away from just that style and Flying Without Wings is even an early example of that, it’s not really sounding like The Backstreet Boys, not to me at least.

I’m sorry to all those involved in the battle for the win but I want a blood bath to the end and a final vote decider

Westlife is very different from The Backstreet Boys though. They do have a couple of songs in that style in the early days even with minimal choreo but Westlife was never really a choreo based pop band. Plus they are still going strong today and all their singers are writing and singing on the albums these days. Some people still refer to them as a “boyband” which is just weird Anyway I have always liked their music and I have never understood the hate that boy bands get anyway, seems so forced .

I apologize in advance to my team for what will probably be a disaster in the points race… Flying Without Wings is more likely to be “Flopping without a prayer” in the last session

This got my 12 points

The Greek song is so catchy so I can understand why it’s right up there. I had a sneaking suspicion they would do quite well this time!

OMG Sweeeeeeeden I love you!! Thank you thank you thank you @Belle

I don’t think @Belle has ever voted for Ireland in any edition. Yes I am trying that trick again

Westlife needs more Asian and North African juries…. I think we are running low on available opportunities for points

We know France loves to win bronze medals in these contests but still looking good for something better this time

Wow, the contest is getting tighter at the top again

Yessss!!! Thanks a million Egypt @thepharoah

China 11 points, Chile 12 points…. if only we were called Chireland

There’s a space here for you

You are here, at the bar with me and Séamus and that's all that matters

IRELAND "IRELAND/ÉIRE" "IRSKO" 1st INDONESIA 12 2nd DENMARK 11 3rd VIETNAM 10 4th NEW ZEALAND 9 5th CHINA 8 6th FRANCE 7 7th GREECE 6 8th HUNGARY 5 9th SLOVENIA 4 10th KAZAKHSTAN 3 11th CANADA 2 12th BRAZIL 1 Sin deireadh an vótáil ghiúré na hÉireann. Slán libh agus feicfidh mise agus Séamus sibh arís go luath an bhliain seo chugainn. That concludes the Irish votes. Séamus and I will see you all soon again next year! Goodbye!

And finally, our 12 points go to......

IRELAND "IRELAND/ÉIRE" "IRSKO" 2nd DENMARK 11 3rd VIETNAM 10 4th NEW ZEALAND 9 5th CHINA 8 6th FRANCE 7 7th GREECE 6 8th HUNGARY 5 9th SLOVENIA 4 10th KAZAKHSTAN 3 11th CANADA 2 12th BRAZIL 1

IRELAND "IRELAND/ÉIRE" "IRSKO" Dia daoibh go léir. OlympicIRL anseo agus is mór an onóir dom a bheith anseo libh i bPoblacht na Seice. Ar dtús ba mhaith liom an deis seo a thapú chun buíochas a thabhairt do Hipooo as an obair mhór iontach a rinne sé mar óstach! Ach anois gan a thuilleadh moille, seo a leanas na torthaí ó ghiúré na hÉireann. Hello everyone. OlympicIRL here and it's an honour to be here with you all in the Czech Republic. Firstly, I would like to take the opportunity to thank Hipooo on his great work as host. But without further ado, these are the votes of the Irish National Jury: 3rd VIETNAM 10 4th NEW ZEALAND 9 5th CHINA 8 6th FRANCE 7 7th GREECE 6 8th HUNGARY 5 9th SLOVENIA 4 10th KAZAKHSTAN 3 11th CANADA 2 12th BRAZIL 1

Séamus is not happy..... and he is also very very drunk!

If the price is right.....

The Czech budget was just a little bigger though as they got 1 point

Wow, the Slovakian bribery budget seems to be quite impressive