Ireland lost 'because we sent amateurs'

Ireland crashed out of the Eurovision Song Contest because we sent an amateur act to a professional event, pop guru Louis Walsh claimed today.

Ireland lost 'because we sent amateurs'
Fri, 20 May, 2005 - 11:56

Ireland crashed out of the Eurovision Song Contest because we sent an amateur act to a professional event, pop guru Louis Walsh claimed today.

Walsh warned that Ireland must use better songs and singers after siblings Donna and Joseph McCaul failed to make it past the semi-final of the event in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

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