Ireland’s Eurovision entry Bambie Thug, singing Doomsday Blue, has qualified for Saturday’s final in Malmö, Sweden.
As widely expected, the Cork singer was among the ten acts to qualify from the first semi-final on Tuesday night at the Malmö Arena.
With Ireland’s Eurovision commentator Marty Whelan promising something extraordinary, Bambie Thug delivered a superbly staged performance that mixed menace, melody, and the dark arts, ending with the exhortation to “Crown the Witch”.
Eurovision voters took heed. Ireland last qualified for the final in 2018.
