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:
Good times!!
— Ryan Dolan (@ryandolanmusic) May 13, 2013
@LeanneacMoore @colfarrell @AliVardMiller @nickbaileydrums @Almacker1234 😊pic.twitter.com/wzan0vPTLx#RedCarpet #Eurovision2013
Hob-nobbing with our friends and neighours:
Me with the lovely Bonnie Tyler last night 😊#neighbours#Eurovision2013 pic.twitter.com/l4INNM0WdU”
— Ryan Dolan (@ryandolanmusic) May 13, 2013
And getting cosy with the competition (who'd blame him?)
Krista from Finland - who's song is "Marry Me" 😃 pic.twitter.com/qIROrRn28l”
— Ryan Dolan (@ryandolanmusic) May 13, 2013
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.
Ireland in #Eurovision semi-final tonight. Here's Linda Martin with Johnny Logan after winning in Malmo in May 1992 pic.twitter.com/rxaviwRsgl
— RTÉ Archives (@RTEArchives) May 14, 2013
Remember this?
And this?
Tonight though, it's all about Ryan. Will he make it through?

