ESC PREVIEW Today: #31- IRELAND.  A preview of the 43 songs in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which begins this May in Lisbon, Portugal. The preview begins with the weakest songs and works its way to the best in this year's line-up.The songs are ranked in order of quality as heard in the studio versions.

EUROVISION 2018 PREVIEW

31.

IRELAND

TOGETHER

Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Ireland still holds the record for the most wins at Eurovision: 7. Its most recent victory was in 1996. Sweden is now within striking distance of equalling the record. To extend its lead, Ireland will want to secure another victory. 

This year's entry is "Together", performed by singer / songwriter Ryan O'Shaughnessy. Although the song is inoffensive and pleasant enough, it lacks anything memorable. Therefore, it is unlikely to qualify in Semi Final 1.

32 BULGARIA

33 GERMANY

34 GEORGIA

35 LITHUANIA

36 MALTA

37 RUSSIA

38 SLOVENIA

39 NETHERLANDS

40 ALBANIA

41 SERBIA

42 HUNGARY

43 SAN MARINO

Hear a special playlist with all the songs from this year’s contest as they are released on spotify.

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte:playlist:3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte/playlist/3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2?si=XiLET1zpTlabrf3yAVNfiw