Ireland: Meet the Eurosong 2010 finalists

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Irish broadcaster, RT&Eacute, has published the finalists for Eurosong 2010. View their profiles below…

BABY, NOTHING’S WRONG – PERFORMED BY MICHAEL GRAHAM
Music & Lyrics by Michael Graham, Scott Newman & Yann O’Brien

Michael Graham was always set to pave a career in the entertainment industry. The foundations of his career were set at an early age where he discovered his love for singing, dancing and acting at the Billie Barry Stage School before refining his skills at The Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin.

In 1993 at the age of 21, Michael attended an audition for a boy band that became one of Ireland’s biggest international acts. Michael along with Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch were chosen from hundreds of hopefuls and Boyzone was formed under the watchful eye of manager Louis Walsh. They had a meteoric rise to fame and have sold more than 10 millions albums since 1993. Boyzone also completed sell out tours all over the world and scored five number one records. Mikey has also been responsible for writing/co-writing many of Boyzone’s chart topping songs. He has always had a passion for music producing and songwriting and feels most at ease in his own home studio, Avalon.

Mikey’s other passions include acting and to date he has appeared on RTÉ’s Hollywood Trials, and has acted in two feature films, “Hey Mr. DJ”, with Mike Reid and “Man On the Run” with Ben Kingsley.

28 year old singer-songwriter Yann O’Brien who hails from Dublin and is a classically trained guitarist. 30 year-old Scott Newman is also from Dublin and is a classically trained , pianist, singer and songwriter. Both musicians are very highly regarded in the music industry and very accomplished in their own right.
Mikey, Yann and Scott met in 2004 through mutual friends and based on their shared musical passion, started a Dublin based music production company where they continue to work on numerous projects together.