Ryan O'Shaughnessy's mum has spoken about her nerves ahead of his performance representing Ireland at the Eurovision final in Lisbon tomorrow night. Ryan O'Shaughnessy's mum has spoken about her nerves ahead of his performance representing Ireland at the Eurovision final in Lisbon tomorrow night. Janet admitted that she cried when she realised her son had made it through and wanted Ryan to prove the skeptics wrong. When Ryan told his mum he wanted to have two male dancers perform on stage during his rendition of Together, she told him it might be a "bit controversial". Regardless of how Ryan does in the final, she says he is "already a winner to me".

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2018 15:09 UTC