Wild Youth are representing Ireland at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.
The band will compete in the first semi-final which takes place tonight, May 9.
The foursome, who will perform their song We Are One, said: “We can’t wait to get on the stage, and we just want to do everyone in Ireland proud.”
There are 15 countries competing in tonight’s semi-final – including Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland.
The best ten countries will qualify for the grand final, which will take place on Saturday night.
These ten countries will be joined by an additional 15 countries (the ten qualifying countries from semi-final two, ‘The Big Five’ and last year’s winner – Ukraine.)
Wild Youth will perform sixth tonight.
According to Betfair, the odds currently stand at:
Finland:Â 1/200
Sweden:Â 1/200
Israel:Â 1/100
Norway:Â 1/80
Czech Republic: 1/25
Moldova:Â 1/12
Serbia:Â 1/5
Switzerland:Â 2/7
Portugal:Â 1/3
Croatia: 1/2
Netherlands:Â 4/5
Malta:Â 21/10
Latvia:Â 7/2
Azerbaijan: 7/2
Ireland:Â 200/1
