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Charlotte McLaughlin

Eurovision star Emmy was ‘scared’ of Irish judges

Emmy Kristiansen, Ireland’s Eurovision 2025 entry rehearsing her song Laika Party at St Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland (Corinne Cumming/EBU/PA) - (PA Media)

Eurovision Song Contest hopeful Emmy Kristiansen has said she was “scared” of the Irish judges who sent her through to the represent the country which jointly holds the most wins with Sweden.

The 24-year-old Norwegian singer was voted through as the 2025 Ireland Eurovision representative after performing her song Laika Party – about a dog that was sent into space by the Russians – on RTE’s The Late Late Show.

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