Samantha Mumba hits out at “unnecessarily rude” judges after coming runner-up to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025

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Samantha Mumba has hit out at judges after coming as runner-up to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025, calling them “unnecessarily rude”.The singer came second with her track My Way, and she criticised some members of the panel for lacking “credentials” and said some were “unnecessarily rude”.EMMY has been selected to represent Ireland in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, and she will perform her track Laika Party.

It is a tribute to the dog Laika who became the first animal in space when launched there by the Soviet Union in 1957.The competition to become Ireland’s representative took place on Friday (February 7), and each of the judges gave their comments on each performance during the competition on The Late Late Show on Irish broadcaster RTÉ on Friday night.One of the judges, choreographer and Irish Dancing with the Stars judge Arthur Gourounlian, said about Mumba’s performance:”It was very long to start.

It felt like 10 different demos put together in one song. The vocals were there but I couldn’t relate at all.”2FM broadcaster Laura Fox added: “[Mumba] is an icon in her own right, I would play her music anytime.

As we know Eurovision is its own beast in itself. I just think that My Way might be a little too slow to get into it.”Other judges included chef and TV presenter Donal Skehan and Bambie Thug, who represented Ireland last year.