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Irish Mirror
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Mikie O'Loughlin & Sandra Mallon

Wild Youth admits they felt 'sick' over X Factor style elimination at the Eurovision Song Contest

Wild Youth have compared the scrapped the X Factor style elimination ahead of tonight’s Eurovision semi-final as “the Hunger Games”.

The band were among the acts used during rehearsals on Monday in Liverpool to see if the idea of a new type of elimination would work instead of the results being given while artists are in the green room surrounded by their delegation.

The move was scrapped last minute and they would revert to the previous format – and Wild Youth spoke of their relief.

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