Ireland

Ireland

Brian Kennedy will sing for Ireland at Eurovision.

Brian Kennedy will sing the Irish entry in Athens. Irish television viewers selected his entry during a special edition of The Late Late Show on 17 February. Kennedy's own composition, Every Song Is A Cry For Love was tipped as the winner by the jury members and the audience on the show and, in the end, was triumphant in the public vote. The song is a ballad in the traditional Irish style.

39-year-old Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy is an Irish singer-songwriter and author. He was born and grew up on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He performed on the original Secret Garden version of the song You Raise Me Up and was performer in Riverdance on Broadway in New York. He also wrote two novels titled, The Arrival of Feargal Flynn and Roman Song.