RTÉ has announced that Alex Saint and the MJs, Kat Mahon, Erika Selin, Nikki Kavanagh and Molly Sterling will compete to represent Ireland at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this year.
The acts will perform their songs live at Eurosong on The Late Late Show on Friday, February 27.
Click here to listen to each entry in full
Zambian-born Alex Saint's track She's So Fine was written by Tony Adams-Rosa who has been a Eurosong finalist many times before.
28-year-old Kat Mahon was Longford's representative at the 2014 Rose of Tralee and her Eurosong entry comes from Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan with a track entitled Anybody Got A Shoulder.
Swedish singer Erika Selin will perform an up-tempo pop song Break Me Up penned by Gustav Euren, Niclas Arn and Danne Attlerud.
Nikki Kavanagh was part of the Irish Eurovision team in 2010 lead by Niamh Kavanagh and she'll compete to bring Memories, a song written by Lee Anna James, Elena Morosanu, Simon Gribbe, Johnny Sanchez and Dimitri Stassos, to the Eurovision stage in Vienna.
16-year-old Molly Sterling from Co. Tipperary co-wrote her entry with Greg French. The song, entitled Playing With Numbers, is about taking the road less travelled.
The winning act will be selected on Eurosong 2015 on The Late Late Show on Friday February 27.
As was the case in previous years, Ireland’s Eurovision entry will be selected by a combination of public and regional jury vote.
The Eurovision Song Contest, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, will be held in Vienna, Austria. Ireland will compete in the second semi-final on May 21. The final takes places on Saturday May 23.
Alex Saint and the MJs
Kat Mahon
Erika Selin
Nikki Kavanagh
Molly Sterling
