Eurovision followers dub Ireland’s ‘horror’ efficiency a ‘sung exorcism’
Eurovision fans have said Ireland’s performance should ‘come with a nightmare warning’ during Saturday night’s final.
As Bambie Thug sang Doomsday Blue for the crowd in Malmo, Sweden, the artist performed a candle-lit ritual and was joined on stage by a male dancer wearing demonic makeup and fake teeth.
But as the Irish singer, who uses they/them pronouns, embraced the stage dressed in a ‘scary’ devil-inspired costume, BBC‘s Graham had to issue a warning for any children watching the famed global competition.
He quipped: ‘Younger kids might find this performing frightening.’
And his warning was evidently needed.
Eurovision fans have said Ireland’s performance should ‘come with a nightmare warning’ during Saturday night’s final
As Bambie Thug sang Doomsday Blue for the crowd in Malmo, Sweden, they performed a candle-lit ritual and was joined on stage by a male dancer wearing demonic makeup
As Bambie screeched down the microphone and twirled around a St David’s star in the centre of the stage, viewers flocked to X to share their uneasy feelings.
Some thought their ‘satanic’ performance was so petrifying that they said it should come with a ‘nightmare warning’.
One penned: ‘This performance from #Ireland should come with a nightmare warning…’
Others wrote: ‘WTF is this Satanic ritual’… ‘Ireland’s entry is pure folk horror and I’m here for it!’
‘Well.. that was scary’… well, Ireland is a bit scary’…. ‘Ireland is scary but also kinda taking it tbh’…. ‘This is actually quite scary , tranquillo, Ireland’… ‘Ireland, what the hell am I watching? This is scary!’
‘Absolutely living for this horror imagery with Ireland’s performance. Amazing.’
Despite the ‘ouija popstar’ giving some viewers potential nightmares, they blowed fans away with their showstopping semi-final performance.
But as the Irish singer embraced the stage dressed in a ‘scary’ devil-inspired costume, BBC ‘s Graham had to issue a warning for any children watching the famed global competition
He quipped: ‘younger kids might find this performing frightening.’ And his warning was evidently needed
As Bambie screeched down the microphone and twirled around a St David’s star in the centre of the stage, viewers flocked to X to share their uneasy feelings
Bambie Thug, a non-binary artist from County Cork, got the world talking and left many viewers predicting they could win during Tuesday’s semi-final.
The 31-year-old created a buzz in recent weeks for being radically different to anything the country has sent to the song contest before.
The singer, real name Bambie Ray Robinson, is the first Irish contestant to make it to the Eurovision final since 2018.
Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday, they explained their childhood involved ‘so much time in the field’ pretending they were in Lord of the Rings and ‘talking to trees and making potions,’ which they described as being ‘really lovely’.
The Eurovision contestant describes themself as a ‘rebel witch conjuring Ouija Pop since 1993’ and a ‘goth gremlin goblin witch’, explaining the inspiration behind their spooky performance.
Before beginning a musical career, Bambie trained as a ballerina, studying at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa and Cork City Ballet.
They told the outlet that they ‘love’ Cork but moved to London because they got a partial dance and musical theatre dance scholarship at the Urdang Academy.
Despite the ‘ouija popstar’ giving some viewers potential nightmares, they blowed fans away with their showstopping semi-final performance
The 31-year-old contestant is a non-binary artist from County Cork, who got the world talking and left many viewers predicting they could win since Tuesday’s semi final
After the degree, they began their musical journey and worked hard on perfecting their craft, which included performing at open mic gigs in the English capital.
The singer has released music for around three years and built up a strong fanbase, before they were selected to compete in the international song contest.
Bambie’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest is an alternative chanting witch-like song.
The singer explained to Rolling Stone that the alternative-rock track follows ‘a young witch fed up with bad relationships writing in their ‘blaze bible’ and casting a spell to make ‘a new better boyfriend’ – but instead of a human they conjure a strange creature.’
They added that ‘the creature also relates to the world outside and for queer people how quickly a situation can turn unsafe,’ which is something a lot of fans online have related to when examining the lyrics.
It features numerous ‘spells’ within the lyrics, including the Amaraic incanctation ‘Avada Kedavra’ that was popularised by the Harry Potter franchise.
