Who is Bambie Thug, Ireland’s representative at Eurovision with the song ‘Doomsday Blue’?

Saturday night sees the staging of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmo following Loreen’s win in the 2023 competition. One of the artists highly tipped to secure the 2024 victory is the Irish entry with Bambie Thug representing the Emerald Isle with the song ‘Doomsday Blue’.

Traditionally one of the Eurovision powerhouses, the past few years have seen slim pickings for Ireland, only managing to qualify for the final once since 2014. Hopes are high across the island that Bambie Thug can address the trend and the 31-year-old has his hopes firmly fixed on the Eurovision crown.

Who is Bambie Thug, Ireland's representative at Eurovision 2024?

Bambie Ray Robinson, known artistically as Bambie Thug, is the Irish representative with the singer and songwriter born in Macroom (County Cork), Ireland, in 1993 , where the musical journey started music in his local school’s choir. However, it was not until 2021 when Bambie began to release music with the track ‘Birthday’ the first commercial release.

Bambie Thug is non-binary person who has suffered from drug addiction, a topic highlighted in many of the songs with some of the repertoire coming under criticism for using pornographic images in the video clips. The artist also claims to practice neopagan witchcraft, and spells and curses are also frequent in the songs.

Bambie Thug has coined the term “ouija pop” to refer to the style of music employed with many of the tracks dealing personal topics such as mental health, dysmorphia or drug addiction.

‘Doomsday Blue’, gunning for Eurovision glory

Bambie Thug’s ‘Doomsday Blue’ is one of the pre-Eurovision favourites and features an impressive choreography which accompanies the catchy track with the lyrics of ‘Doomsday Blue’ mixing heartbreak with witchcraft.

‘Doomsday Blue’ lyrics

Original lyrics

Avada kedavra, I speak to destroy

The feelings I have, I cannot avoid

Through twisted tongues, a hex deployed on you

That all the pretties in your bed

Escape your hands and make you sad

And all the things you wish you had, you lose

I, I I know you’re living a lie

I, I I see the scars in your eyes

I, I I know you’re living a lie

I, I I guess you’d rather have a star than the Moon

I guess I always overestimate you

Hoodoo all the things that you do

I'm down, down in my doomsday blues

I, I I know you’re living a lie

I, I I know you’re living a lie

Avada kedavra, the thoughts in my head

The places I touch when lying in bed

The visions of you, the words that you said, undo

My heartbeat buried in the ground

And to the strings I bind, you're bound

So when you sleep you'll hear the sound (cuckoo)

I, I, I know you’re living a lie

I, I, I see the scars in your eyes

I, I, I know you’re living a lie

I, I, I guess you’d rather have a star than the Moon

I guess I always overestimate you

Hoodoo all the things that you do

I'm down, down in my doomsday blues

I guess you'd rather have a star than the Moon

I guess I always overestimate you

Hoodoo all the things that you do

I'm down, down in my doomsday blues

For your romance I’d beg, steal and borrow

It's draining me hollow, you (I guess you'd rather have a star than the Moon)

You could slow dance me out of my sorrow (I guess you'd rather have a star than the Moon)

But your favorite color compared to the others is doom

Doomsday blue

Blue (blue, blue, blue, blue, blue)

Blue (blue, blue, blue, blue, blue)

Blue, blue, blue, blue

Blue, blue, blue, blue

Blue, blue, blue, blue

Blue, blue, blue, blue

Avada kedavra, I speak to destroy

How many times has Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest?

Ireland have an impressive history at the Eurovision Song Contest winning the competition seven times, with the last win coming back in 1996 with Eimear Quinn winning out with the track: ‘The Voice’.

Other Irish winners include Dana, Johnny Logan and Linda Martin with hopes now deposited in the County Cork native to bring the event back to Dublin in 2025.