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With simply two weeks to go till Eurovision Eire’s act Wild Youth have determined to cease working with their inventive director.
The termination of the connection between Wild Youth and Ian Banham got here after display grabs, stated to have been taken from his account, started circulating on Twitter with what may very well be thought of offensive messaging.
The tweets allegedly referred to transgender girls as males.
In a press release posted on Twitter the band wrote: ‘Wild Youth is a band that stands for unity and kindness. Our music represents our beliefs as a band.
‘Now we have lower all ties with Ian Banham and won't have him on or close to our workforce or Eurovision journey. We're so sorry for anybody offended by his feedback.’
Lead singer Conor O’Donohoe, 25, additionally put out his personal assertion to let followers know that he doesn't agree with the tweets.
‘First off I need to apologise with my complete coronary heart to anybody who has been harm and even needed to learn such horrible tweets.
‘Penning this music and writing these lyrics was writing about what I imagine in. Acceptance Unity and kindness. Ian can have nothing to do with Wild Youth on our Eurovision journey. Once more from the underside of my coronary heart. I’m sorry to anyone who needed to learn these tweets and was effected by them.’
This comes after Eurovision Discord, who often stay nameless and share information from the music competitors, publicly condemned the appointment.
‘Eurovision celebrates range by means of music. We due to this fact strongly condemn @rte for utilizing Mr. Banham because the staging director for this 12 months’s Irish entry.’
The music that Wild Youth shall be singing at Eurovision in Liverpool has inclusive messaging.
The lyrics to We Are One embody: ‘We is likely to be completely different, we is likely to be distinctive. You is likely to be a pacesetter, I is likely to be a freak. And we is likely to be completely different however beneath the falling solar tonight we're one.’
They are going to carry out on the first semi-final on Could 9.
In response to Ian’s web site he has labored with Lily Allen, Kylie Minogue, Katya Jones, Cheryl and Westlife. He additionally works as a choreographer and inventive on Dancing With The Stars in Eire.
The 2023 Eurovision Track Contest 2023 Last airs on Could 13 on BBC.
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