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Charlotte McLaughlin

UNBELIEVABLE: Irish fans heartbroken as emmy kristiansen fails to make final - The Untold Story

Emmy, who was representing Ireland, did not make the final. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) - (AP)

Irish Eurovision Song Contest fans are “heartbroken” by the country’s act, Norwegian singer Emmy Kristiansen, failing to make the final – which will see the UK, Israel and Sweden compete among others.

Ireland, with ties with Sweden for the most Eurovision wins, sent the 24-year-old to perform her entry Laika Party, about a Soviet dog sent to space, during the second semi-final in Basel, Switzerland, on Thursday.

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