2024 Interview With Niamh Kavanagh! ('93 Eurovision Winner)
2Niamh Kavanagh is a singer who appeared on the soundtrack to the 1991 film "The Commitments" and won the Eurovision Song Contest with "In Your Eyes" in 1993!
In this interview, I ask her about everything you'd want to know about her two Eurovision appearances. I also ask her about performing in the GRAMMY Awards, her podcast "Agony Rants" and what it was like working at Tesco!
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[CHAPTERS]
0:00 Intro
0:44 How did Niamh end up working in a bank?
2:58 How did Niamh get onto "The Commitments" Soundtrack?
4:31 What was it like performing in the GRAMMY's?
6:21 The multiple gigs Niamh got to do for "The Commitments"
8:31 How did Niamh get to sing on "In Your Eyes"?
10:43 Why was Niamh not sure about entering the Eurovision?
12:10 Preparing for and competing fin the National Song Contest
14:21 Winning the National Song Contest
14:40 When Niamh started to get recognised on the street
15:24 What was it like winning the Eurovision in 1993?
18:01 Recording and pressing "In Your Eyes"
20:18 The two albums Niamh worked on (Flying Blind & Together Alone)
25:16 Working with Secret Garden on the song "Simply You"
27:48 Why did Niamh enter the Eurovision again?
30:50 The differences between performing in 1993 Eurovision and 2010 Eurovision
36:26 "I think we need to stop thinking about winning (Eurovision)"
38:03 Would Niamh Kavanagh enter the Eurovision again?
42:30 When Niamh was in the Cheerios Panto
46:24 What was it like to sing on a posthumous Joe Dolan album?
49:19 What is it like being an Agony Aunt on "Agony Rants"?
54:01 Would Niamh and Gearoid bring "Agony Rants" on a live tour?
55:46 When Niamh decided to work at Tesco
1:02:38 Will Niamh record a new album?
1:06:57 Outro