Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest hopeful Ryan O'Shaugnessy will be backed by five singers and dancers when he performs his song Together at the semi-finals of the competition in Lisbon this May.
Two dancers and three backing singers are set to join O’Shaugnessy and among the names revealed by the singer are Kevin O’Dwyer who performed in the official music video for Together alongside Ryan and former X Factor hopeful Janet Grogan.
Joining Ryan in Lisbon are singers Claire-Ann Varley, Janet Grogan and Remy Anna and dancers O’Dwyer and Alan McGrath.
O’Shaughnessy has previous experience in competing on TV talent shows. Back in 2012 he competed in The Voice of Ireland where he was chosen to be on Brian Kennedy’s team at the blind auditions.
We crossed the 1 million mark with the video! Thank you so much to for continually supporting this project! Love always wins 🇮🇪 https://t.co/hetJvjrwGy
— Ryan O'Shaughnessy (@Ryan_Acoustic) April 25, 2018
RTÉ and Ryan have not revealed any more details of how they will be staging their performance.
Ryan also auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent with his own song No Name.
The Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals take place in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday May 8 and Thursday May 10t with the grand final taking place on Saturday May 12.
