Johnny Logan has told The Marty Morrissey Show on RTÉ Radio 1 that he "wouldn't rule out" becoming a mentor for "a young artist" in the Eurovision Song Contest.
The three-time Eurovision winner - as the singer of What's Another Year in 1980, the singer-songwriter of Hold Me Now in 1987, and the writer of Why Me? in 1992 - was responding to a question from a listener about whether he would represent Ireland at the Eurovision again.
Listen: Johnny Logan on The Marty Morrissey Show
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"Is that RTÉ?!" laughed the singer.
"Would you do Eurovision again?" asked the host.
"I don't think so," Logan replied.
"It's a different contest, and, you know, I'm much older now, and I've moved on, and I have a very successful career.
"To be honest, to do the Eurovision, I'd need to take six months off. I'd need to take the time to write a song that I really believed... that would work."
"But, you know, we've so many great young artists in this country," Logan continued.
"I wouldn't rule out being involved with working with someone, working with a young artist to put them through to do it. But you need to be with them at the beginning, with them during the contest, and then also after the contest to make sure they get the most out of the contest.
"A lot of people go into it looking for fame, and they don't realise that the Eurovision now is like everything else: your 15 minutes of fame is now 15 seconds - and counting."
Logan plays Dublin's Vicar Street on Friday, 29 August.
