EMMY will represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, after winning the national final, Eurosong 2025.
She will perform the song ‘Laika Party’ in the first half of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2025, on Thursday 15th May.
EMMY received top 12 points from each of the National Jury and the Public Vote, while receiving 10 points from the International Jury.
EMMY received 34 points, followed by Samantha Mumba with 26 points – after receiving 12 points from the International Jury, 10 points from the National Jury, and 4 points from the Public Vote.
Tipped-favourite Bobbi Arlo finished in third place with 20 points, followed by Reylta, NIYL and ADGY.
EMMY is a 24-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was born and raised in a family that loves music and has been singing her whole life. When she was seven, she started making her own songs, both alone and with her brother, who is also a singer-songwriter.
Her career got a kick-start in 2015 when she, as a 15-year-old, participated in Melodi Grand Prix Junior, one of the biggest music competitions in her country, for children. Six years later, in 2021, she participated in Melodi Grand Prix, Norway’s national selection of a song for Eurovision Song Contest. The song she performed was Witch Woods.
Today, she is especially known for singing on TikTok, and has a profile with 1.2 million followers, from around the world. She has also been working with big artist producers, such as K-391 and Braaheim.
In 2024, she was in Los Angeles, Latvia and France taking part in songwriting sessions. Emmy is also a freelance graphic designer.
Previously speaking on the Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, EMMY said that she attended a songwriting camp in Norway, where an Irish songwriter also took part and helped with her song – and said it “felt natural” to submit it in Ireland as a result.
When asked about the name of the song, EMMY said Laika was the name of a dog that went to space in 1957:
“One day, I was doing a weekly quiz with my family, and there was a question about Laika, so I got a little sad thinking about her story, and wanted to make her a tribute where she doesn’t die, but instead lives on and has her own party in the sky.”
