Kirsty Blake Knox: Five Irish acts RTÉ should poach for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest
Limerick rapper Denise Chaila. Photo: Don Moloney
Kirsty Blake Knox
After Wild Youth crashed out of the Eurovision semi-finals, RTÉ’s head of delegation Michael Kealy spoke of the difficulty performers face when their act is not selected for the grand final.
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