Live: National Final in Ireland

Tonight, one of the most anticipated national finals of 2011 will finally commence, Eurosong 2011. Five artists will perform on The Late Late Show for a chance to gain a ticket to Düsseldorf in May, representing Ireland at the 56th Eurovision Song Contest.

Lineup:

# Artist Song
01 Don Mescall Talking With Jennifer
02 Jedward Lipstick
03 Bling Shine On
04 The Vard Sisters Send Me An Angel
05 Nikki Kavanagh Falling

The winner will be decided by a combination of televoting and national juries, in which the public will have a 33.3% stake in the vote whilst the juries have a larger 66.6% say in the overall decision.  The regional juries are located in Dublin, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick and Sligo.

The show begins at 22:35 CET (21:35 local time) and is scheduled to end at 00:45 CET. The show will be broadcast live on RTÉ One and streamed live to a worldwide audience through RTÉ Live and Eurovision.tv. You can also follow the show with us through a live report right here on Escdaily.