Bambie Thug, Ireland’s entrant in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has said that they have “no regrets” about participating in the competition, claiming that it has changed the trajectory of their career and presented them with a host of new opportunities.
This year’s competition was notably tainted by a politically fraught backdrop that included protests against Israel’s inclusion in the song contest, backstage tensions between delegations and the disqualification of Joost Klein, the Dutch contestant.
In an interview with The Sunday Times on the eve of the announcement of their first headline European tour, the non-binary singer-songwriter described the experience of being directly involved in the contest as “intense” and responsible for a “rollercoaster of emotions”.
After a post-Eurovision rest, when Bambie has spent time