Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has misplaced out in his bid to signify Ireland at Eurovision this 12 months.
Lydon introduced his bid to signify Ireland within the annual singing competitors together with his band Public Image Ltd., final month. They carried out a brand new track, ‘Hawaii’, for the competitors, which was devoted to Lydon’s spouse Nora who resides with Alzheimer’s illness.
However, Lydon misplaced out to Dublin’s four-piece band Wild Youth following a vote on Friday night time. Their upbeat track ‘We Are One’ gained probably the most votes after the mixed outcomes of a public phone-in, a nationwide jury and a global jury ranked all six entrants. Each awarded Lydon six factors for a complete of 18, placing him in the midst of the desk.
Wild Youth gained 34 factors, forward of different entrants Adgy, Connolly, Leila Jane, and Ok Muni & ND.
Wild Youth’s singer, Conor O’Donohoe, mentioned the band have been overwhelmed with the consequence.
“We hope everyone can get behind the song and that we can do everyone in Ireland proud. We want to thank all of our families, they have supported us from day one.”
Ahead of the competition, Lydon revealed he was nervous about performing the track, which he hoped would increase consciousness of Alzheimer’s illness. “I don’t know what I’m going to go through doing this today. I’m even shaking now thinking about it,” he admitted.
“It means the world to me, this is our last few years of coherence together. And I miss her like mad. I miss my missus, if you keep voting for me I’m going to miss her even more.”
He went on to say that he was nonetheless “terrified of mugging it up, getting it wrong, letting people down – mostly letting Nora down”.
All journeys finish
Some start once moreThank you Eurosong. Aloha…#eurosong #eurosong2023 #pil #johnlydon #hawaii pic.twitter.com/vceQxl4Sbt
— Public Image Ltd (@pilofficial) February 3, 2023
Lydon mentioned in 2020 that he had scrapped a deliberate Public Image Ltd album to take care of Nora, whom he confirmed was residing with Alzheimer’s again in 2018.
Eurovision 2023 will happen in Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Saturday, May 13.
The BBC announced earlier this week that the slogan for this 12 months’s competitors, which the UK is internet hosting on Ukraine’s behalf because of the ongoing battle, will probably be “United By Music”.