Ireland: Johnny Logan for Eurovision 2009?

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Three times winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, 1987 and writer of 1992, Johnny Logan may represent Ireland once again for the fourth time in 2009.

It has been reported exclusively on esctoday.com that in an article that appears in "The Sunday Tribune", it reads that "Logan set to relight the flame for Eurovision."

If this is true, it is just what Ireland needs and will become the biggest story of Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

After disappointing results for Ireland in recent years, bar the odd exception, the Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ, are set to "be pulling out all the stops to get three-time Eurovision winner Logan (54) to sing at the 2009 show in Moscow."

According to the Sunday Tribune, "RTÉ will offer Johnny Logan his own TV show if he represents Ireland... The deal is said to include a lump sum for Logan as well as his own prime time music show. This is similar to a package offered to Brian Kennedy after he rescued Ireland's Eurovision fortunes in 2006."

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