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Brendan Murray is an Irish singer who began his career as a member of boyband Hometown, whose first two singles both reached #1 in the Irish charts. They also scored a Top 5 album with their only studio release and went on hiatus in 2016.

Brendan decided to go solo with the band's manager Louis Walsh overseeing his career. In December 2016, he was announced as the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev. He is the third act managed by Louis Walsh to represent his home country at the Contest, following Johnny Logan and Jedward.

He participated in the second semi-final but failed to advance to the final, continuing the country's run of non-qualifications for the fourth consecutive year.

In 2018, he auditioned for the fifteenth series of the UK version of The X Factor, making it all the way to the live shows and finishing in 5th place.

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Songs
Final
"Amar pelos dois" • "Beautiful Mess" • "Hey, Mamma!" • "City Lights" • "I Can't Go On" • "Occidentali's Karma" • "Yodel It!" • "Origo" • "Don't Come Easy" • "Grab the Moment" • "Lights and Shadows" • "Requiem" • "My Friend" • "Skeletons" • "Never Give Up on You" • "Running on Air" • "Historyja majho žyccia" • "Fly with Me" • "This Is Love" • "Where I Am" • "Gravity • "Flashlight" • "I Feel Alive" • "Time" • "Perfect Life" • "Do It for Your Lover"
Semi Final 1
"Keep the Faith" • "Blackbird" • "My Turn" • "World" • "Paper" • "Space" • "On My Way" • "Line"
Semi Final 2
"In Too Deep" • "Apollo" • "Dying to Try" • "Verona" • "Dance Alone" • "Breathlessly" • "Rain of Revolution" • "Spirit of the Night"
Participants
Final
Salvador SobralKristian KostovSunStroke ProjectBlancheRobin BengtssonFrancesco GabbaniIllinca feat. Alex FloreaJoci PápaiIsaiahJOWST feat. Aleksander WalmannO'G3NEAlmaJacques HoudekDihajLucie JonesNathan TrentNavibandArtsvikDemyAnjaHovigKasia MośIMRIO.TorvaldLevinaManel Navarro
Semi Final 1
Tamara GachechiladzeNorma JohnMartina BártaLinditaSvalaSlavko KalezićOmar NaberTriana Park
Semi Final 2
Tijana BogićevićTimebelleBrendan MurrayKoit Toome & LauraJana BurčeskaClaudia FanielloFusedmarcValentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson
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