Emmy will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025 later this month in Basel, Switzerland with her song Laika Party, which is about a dog sent to space by the USSR.
It was after attending a song writing camp in Emmy’s native Norway last summer where she met Irish songwriter Larissa Tormey and the pair collaborated to write their Eurovision 2025 entry song for Ireland.
She and her brother, Erland, visited former Eurovision winner Linda Martin’s dog shelter, Dublin Dog Hub, when they were in the capital recently.
Ms Martin, who won the contest in 1992 for Why Me? told Emmy: “Enjoy it because it’s going to go past in a flash.”
She and her team gave Emmy and Erland a warm welcome and a bouquet of green, white and orange flowers to wish Emmy luck.
Ms Martin also advised 24-year-old Emmy to “speak to everybody”, including newspapers, magazines and the radio.
“Speak to them just so they know who you are and what your song is about and get your song out there because it’s vitally important, but do enjoy yourself.
“I know on the stage you’re going to be nervous. Because you’ll be aware that there’s 400m people watching, you know, but this is the most wonderful platform you could ever imagine,” she said.
Ms Martin added: “I mean, where would you ever be seen again by so many people? So there’s going to be managers looking in, there’s going to be promoters, there’s gonna be record labels looking at everything and just use it and go forward.
“Embrace it. Because I love Eurovision. I got stuck into it straight away and Emmy, I’m still working because of that Eurovision contest, you know. You’re so beautiful and friendly. Both of you. We’ll be cheering for you on the night.”
Ms Martin said it was a pleasure to have Emmy at her dog shelter and wished her the very best of luck.
“And like I said to you earlier, if you win, you’re right. You have to come back and live in Dublin. And then I’ll have a job here for you !It’s been lovely. Thank you for coming to this afternoon. It’s been an absolute pleasure and go and win for Ireland.”
The OGAE Irish fan club, which is the Eurovision fan club in Ireland, established in the 1990s, has created t-shirts with Laika the dog on them to support Emmy, with proceeds from the sales going to the dog shelter.
Emmy previously tried to enter Eurovision twice through Norway’s pre-selection contest Melodi Grand Prix.
She initially entered at age 14 for the youth version of the competition before entering again in 2021, where she placed third and narrowly missed out on representing Norway at Eurovision that year.
She follows in the footsteps of Bambie Thug, who came in sixth place last year with their song Doomsday Blue, scoring a total of 278 points, marking the country’s highest placing since 2000.
The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest is set to take place on Saturday, May 17 from 8pm.
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