Ireland's Eurovision 2023 entry confirmed

Ireland will be represented at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest by the band Wild Youth and their entry 'We Are One'.

Tonight's Late Late Late Eurosong saw six acts - Leila Jane, ADGY, Public Image Limited, CONNOLLY, and K Muni and ND - battle it out on live television for their place at Eurovision 2023. The winning act was chosen via International Jury, National Jury, and the public - who were able to vote after all singers this evening had performed their songs and the voting lines opened.

Following their victorious performance tonight, Wild Youth singer Conor O'Donohoe said it was a huge honour to be selected to represent Ireland on the world stage later this year.

"Thank you to everyone who voted for us, we are overwhelmed, we hope everyone can get behind the song and that we can do everyone in Ireland proud. We want to thank all of our families, they have supported us from day one."

The band (Donohoe, Ed Porter, Callum McAdam, and David Whelan) are well established in Ireland, with a string of hits, and have previously toured with Westlife, Niall Horan, Kodaline, and Lewis Capaldi. Their debut album All or Nothing was released in 2017. The winning entry 'We Are One' was penned by Donohoe in Sweden with Grammy-nominated songwriter Jörgen Elofsson.

Ireland will perform in the first half of the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool on Tuesday May 9th, with the final taking place in the Liverpool Arena next to the River Mersey on Saturday May 13th. 

Ireland still holds the record for most Eurovision wins, with a tally of seven victories at the contest. Ireland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965.