24/02/12 IRELAND

The Irish Final was held on February 24th at the RTE TV Studios in Dublin, hosted by Ryan Tubridy. The winner was based on a split 50-50 percentage of a jury and televoting. The unanimous winner was the act who represented Ireland last year, Jedward with their new song “Waterline”.

It was a very typical Jedward performance with lots of armography and points as well as a lot of jumping about and cart wheeling. The stage was not that big yet they were able to use all of it well. They were dressed in song very strange black and gold outfits which reminded me of a Michelin man dressed as a wasp. Being used to the huge Eurovision stage, they will be able to come up with something even bigger and bolder for May.

Unlike “Lipstick” one could say that “Waterline” is an actual song. A song with a tune, lack of tedious ‘oh-oh’earworm, no lyricy gimmicks. They *do* have to sing. Yes, they were backed by two male and two female singers but you could audibly hear the two brothers singing live. This, twinned with the fact that they were running around like made men made for quite a performance.

This is definitely one of the better songs from this year’s selections. I feel I would be safe to say that with their ‘previous Eurovision pedigree’ and huge personality Jedward are almost guaranteed a spot in the final.

Right now, I’d say this is possible the first song I could see winning.

SONG  -  Waterline

ARTIST – Jedward

COMPOSERS – Nick Jarl, Sharon Vaughn

LANGUAGE – English