Artists from across Europe are currently gearing up for some of the biggest performances of their lives as they represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Co Derry girl Brooke Scullion will be showing the world what she is made of on Thursday at the second semi-final as she represents Ireland with her song 'That's Rich'.
With the unique position to represent either the UK or Ireland, Northern Irish talents have been gracing the Eurovision stage for several decades, with some even taking the top spot.
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Here are the singers from NI who have performed on the Eurovision Song Contest:
Ronnie Carroll
Born in Belfast, Ronnie Carroll is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession.
Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song 'Girl with a Curl', he returned to win the selection and be Britain's entry in the 1962 contest, and with the song 'Ring-a-Ding Girl'.
He returned again in 1963 with 'Say Wonderful Things' - he placed forth at both competitions.
Muriel Day
Newtownards woman Muriel Day became the first person from Northern Ireland to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest.
She was chosen as Ireland's Eurovision contestant with the song 'The Wages of Love' in 1969. Though the song was a great hit in Ireland, it only finished seventh internationally, in a year with four winners.
She was also the first woman to perform for Ireland, which had been competing since 1965.
Dana
Representing Ireland in 1970, Dana became the country's first winner with her song 'All Kinds of Everything'.
From Derry, this year's entrant Brooke Scullion is hoping to follow closely in her footsteps.
The 18-year-old schoolgirl performed the song at the Eurovision finals in Amsterdam before an estimated viewing audience of two hundred million.
After the voting had finished she was declared the winner with 32 points, beating the favourite, UK's Mary Hopkin.
Clodagh Rodgers
Born in Warrenpoint Co Down, Clodagh Rodgers began her professional singing career at 13 when she opened for Michael Holliday.
She represented the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin.
According to Eurovision historian John Kennedy, part of the reasoning behind the BBC's invitation was their concern over the reaction the UK entrant would get on the stage in Dublin.
She came in 4th with the song 'Jack in the Box'.
Linda Martin
The second Northern Irish winner and two-time contestant, Linda Martin from Belfast represented Ireland on the Eurovision stage.
She participated in the National Song Contest four times as a member of Chips however, they did not score successfully.
She first represented Ireland in 1984 with the song 'Terminal 3', written by Johnny Logan - which came second in the final.
Her second victory was in 1992 when her song 'Why Me' (also written by Logan) went on to win the final in Sweden.
This became Ireland's fourth victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the song reached No. 1 in the Irish charts.
Luv Bug
Newry group Luv Bug became the first band to represent Ireland at the song contest in Norway in 1986.
The band consisted of sister and brothers June, Hugh and Max Cunningham along with Ricky Meyler and Majella Grant.
They ended the night fourth out of twenty entrants and the song 'You Can Count on Me' reached the Irish top five.
Eddie Friel
Belfast born Eddie Friel has gone on to tour with the likes of Van Morrison since his time on the Eurovision stage.
In 1995 he represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dreamin'".
The song finished in 14th place and broke the three-year streak of Ireland having staged the contest.
The Mullans
Sister duo Bronagh and Karen Mullan were just 21 and 18 when they represented Ireland in 1999.
From Belfast, the sisters are both incredibly talented musicians and they performed in Jerusalem with the song 'When You Need Me'.
Despite taking an early lead with twelve points from the first voting country Lithuania, they picked up only six additional points, finishing in 17th place.
Brian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy from Belfast was chosen as the Irish competitor for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, where he sang 'Every Song is a Cry for Love'.
His performance in the contest's semi-finals marked the 1000th song to feature in the history of the Eurovision competition.
Following qualification, Kennedy finished tenth in the finals with 93 points.
Ryan Dolan
Co-Tyrone man Ryan Dolan from Strabane travelled to Sweden to represent Ireland in 2013.
His song 'Only Love Survives' placed 26th in that year's competition.
During an interview on RTÉ Radio 1 in 2014, he came out as gay saying it was hard to deal with because he knew that he was gay, but I couldn't get the courage to talk to someone about it.
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