A Little Bit Eurovision

Episode Synopsis

Before Linda Martin won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, she was already a big hit in Ireland, working in show-business for over 20 years. Born and raised in Belfast, she joined her first band, Chips, in the early 1970s. But from the very early days of her career, Linda harbored Eurovision ambitions. Linda entered the National Song Contest on four occasions with Chips in the 1980s. Her first big break came as a solo singer in 1984, through the help of her manager Louis Walsh and his client, Johnny Logan. Linda came second in Luxembourg but still received a hero’s welcome back home. In 1992, Johnny Logan contacted Linda with a new song he had written called Why Me? And this time Linda got to sing the winning encore in Malmö.