Bambie Thug hits out at 'ridiculous' RTE for lack of airtime for Eurovision song

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Eurovision hopeful Bambie Thug has hit out at RTÉ, saying it is "ridiculous" the station has played their song Doomsday Blue just 14 times.But Bambie revealed their Eurovision hit has been played just 10 times across 2FM and RTÉ Radio 1 since they were chosen as Ireland's representative.Radio 1 played the track once since Bambie was selected at EuroSong in January, while 2FM played the tune nine times. RTE Pulse played it once, while RTE 2XM played it three times.

"It's already planned that we will increase our support of the track on our 2FM playlist from this Friday to coincide with the release of the music video. "Wishing Bambie Thug a very happy birthday today and congrats on hitting 1 million streams on Spotify."

 

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