The 2025 Irish Eurovision hopeful, Emmy, has covered Johnny Logan’s epic Eurovision 1987 entry ‘Hold Me N0w’.

Emmy was crowned the winner of the 2025 Irish national final – Eurosong 2025 and will have the grand honour of representing the Emerald Isle at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel with her entry ‘Laika Party’.

She has released a cover version of the 1987 Irish Eurovision winning entry ‘Hold Me Now’. Check it out here:

Ireland in Eurovision

Ireland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965 and has won the competition a record 7 times  (1970, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996).

The Emerald Isle holds many a record when it comes to our beloved contest: Ireland is the only country to have won the event 3 times in a row (1992, 1993, 1994), whilst Dublin retains the record of being the only city to have hosted the event twice in a row (1994, 1995).

In fact the 90’s were Ireland’s golden years in Eurovision, the country welcomed the Eurovision bandwagon 4 times in a span of 5 years (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997) with Dublin hosting the event thrice.

The Irish have competed 57 times in the competition. The Irish hold the record of 7 Eurovision victories with Sweden.

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