It's Eurovision time again

Will you be tuning in to cheer on Ryan Dolan tonight?

It's Eurovision time again

Strabane's Ryan Dolan talks to the stage tonight in the Malmö Arena in Sweden for the first semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision song contest.

Here he is rehearsing 'Only Love Survives' during the week:

Here's Ryan attending the opening ceremony on Sunday night:

Hob-nobbing with our friends and neighours:

And getting cosy with the competition (who'd blame him?)

Tonight's broadcast, hosted by Pedra Mede, will see 16 countries competing for 10 places in the Grand Final on Saturday night.

Here's a flavour of the competition facing Ryan tonight:

Malmö holds some good memories for Ireland as it'swhere Linda Martin won the Eurovision 21 years ago.

Remember this?

And this?

Tonight though, it's all about Ryan. Will he make it through?

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