Red Hurley He is still having chart hits in the 21st century giving him one of the longest chart careers in Irish show-business history. In 1976 Hurley represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest. Though one of the early favourites to win the contest, his song was beaten on the night by the strong UK entry "Brotherhood of Man" with their song, "Save Your Kisses for Me". Red's song "When" became a major chart hit in Ireland and is still popular today with Eurovision fans and regularly included in Red's live shows. 'When' was written by Brendan Graham, who subsequently composed two
UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in London, Los Angeles and Nashville. At 76 years of age, Humperdinck was the oldest artist ever to appear for the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest and the first UK artist since 1976 to sing first. He placed second-to-last, only beating Norway. Another internal selection took place for 2013, with Bonnie Tyler being chosen by the BBC to represent the UK in Malmö, Sweden. She came a lowly 19th in the Eurovision contest. A fourth internal selection followed in 2014, with Molly Smitten-Downes, under her artist name of Molly, being chosen to represent the UK with the song "Children