Ireland's 1992 Eurovision winner, Linda Martin, is set to take part in a first-of-its-kind Eurovision tour, with more than 15 acts performing at the event.
Eurovision On Tour will see Denmark's Emmelie de Forest who won in 2013, and UK’s 2000 entrant Nicki French who finished 16th with Don’t Play That Song Again, performing alongside the Why Me? singer.
The iconic track made the Belfast performer the third Irish winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, earning her a total of 155 points with the United Kingdom in second place and Malta in third in 1992.
No Irish tour dates have been released yet, but more shows are set to be announced soon.
The tour will begin in Madrid on Friday. It moves on to Stockholm and Paris before arriving in London’s Here at Outernet in Charing Cross Road on 7 November.
From there it will move on to Australia with dates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, before returning to Europe in Amsterdam.
Over 15 acts will perform during the evening, including Moldova’s 2010 entrant SunStroke Project, Malta’s 2011 competitor Destiny and Dami Im, who became Australia’s highest-scoring entrant in 2016 coming second with Sound Of Silence.
The event will be hosted by 2011 San Marino entrant Senhit, who placed 22nd in 2021 with the song Adrenalina, performed at the Rotterdam final with Flo Rida.
It comes after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs the competition, commissioned an independent review after the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, focusing on its governance, safety, audience engagement and media.
The review came after the Netherlands’ 2024 entrant Joost Klein was kicked out of the competition after being accused of threatening behaviour towards a female member of the production crew on the night of the semi-final in May, and was disqualified by organisers on the day of the final.
A criminal case against him was dropped by the Swedish Prosecution Authority in August, but the EBU said the decision to disqualify Klein was "made in strict accordance with Eurovision Song Contest rules and governance procedures, after an internal investigation".
The EBU also faced criticism from participants over a slew of issues, including Israel’s participation amid the war with Hamas in Gaza.
Source: Press Association
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