[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

Patrick or Rachel for me personally, i mean Ireland hasn't had a good recent track record, last place twice in a row in the semi finals in last two years


so better can send something uplifting, fun, cheesy




Rachel's composer team is the same one who composed for Poland last year for Rafal's The Ride, you can clearly hear that same 80s synthpop signature of theirs

The problem imo is we've been trying to copy the cheesy Pop or dance songs that have been successful in the last few years with other countries. What we need to do imo is stop looking at other countries and what has worked for them and send something original, something Irish/traditional maybe. This is why I like Patrick's song though, it's not exactly a traditional song but it's not trying to be anything else or sound like anyone previously successful in the Eurovision either. And this is exactly why I wouldn't want Rachel representing us as well because they are clearly trying to follow some euro pop strategy and that isn't us