Michael

@mykldoherty.bsky.social

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Irish, Eurovision fan, aspiring muscle gay, and all-around geek! 🇼đŸ‡ȘđŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆđŸ‡ȘđŸ‡șđŸ’ȘđŸ»đŸ––đŸ»đŸŽź Pronouns: he/him đŸ“· IG: @mykldoherty

Selfie of me in a white T-shirt with a coloured illustration of France Gall's ESC performance
In the background a still from the MESC 2026 stream on my wall-mounted TV; in the foreground my hand holding my Switch 2, with Animal Crossing New Horizons booted up, my character standing on a snowy stone bridge
Foreground: laptop showing the start of the MESC stream on TVM, the MESC logo Background: TV on wall showing the hosts of Finala Nationala from the M1 Moldova stream
Mirror selfie at the gym; wearing a black Aeracha Uladh GAA top and black and red GAA shorts
Screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. My avatar is standing in the plaza, a large countdown clock is in front of the town services building, Isabelle is stood to the left and Tom Nook to the right, both wearing black suits with red bow ties. My avatar is wearing a blue 2026 hoodie, an aqua Happy New Year silk hat and waving a 2026 flag (same design as the hoodie). Balloons can be seen dotted around the plaza, and beside Tom Nook is a cart with several silk hats.
ESC250 top 5 countries 1 - Sweden (27) 2 - Italy (13) 3 - Spain (11) 4 - Norway (9) 4 - Ukraine (9)
Screenshot from Tears of the Kingdom; Link in the Depths wearing the Depths Armor set and surrounded by several poes
The back of a box of Lindor assorted chocolate truffle. On the lid there's some weird text, something about it being a "resealable pack", whatever that is
Screengrab from the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom; Prince Sidon in Zora's Domain doing his signature arm curl and smile
Televote numbers for Montesong 2025
A Domino's YouTube ad interrupting Tamara's Montesong winner's reprise
Gym mirror selfie; wearing a grey oversized gym top and blue short shorts
A gym-floor mirror selfie, showing my bald head and ginger beard, with black over-ear headphones, and wearing a tight white gym top and grey short shorts
A Grindr conversation: "Will Tesco and Asda also pull out of ESC now that Iceland have?" / "Lol asking the important questions đŸ€Ł"
Gym mirror selfie, wearing a baggy black gym top with red accents down my side, a part of black short shorts with white accents, black gym socks and white trainers, and black over-ear headphones. My right arm is behind my back, flexing my bicep.
Photo of me lying in bed from the midframe up unclothed and wearing glasses
A photo of a metal trophy: a five-point star with a microphone and a twisted ribbon with notes and a music staff in front of it; a laurel in the top-right corner with a metallic print-out of a music staff, a treble clef, F major key signature and 2/4 time signature. At the base is a metal plaque: The Euro Trip Podcast One Second Song Champion. The trophy is on my kitchen table, in the background is the view from my kitchen showing clear blue skies, shrubbery and a recently-mowed grass field
Selfie of me on a Dublin Express bus; wearing a dark blue Liverpool 2023 zip hoodie
Screenshot of the Spotify app; menu options on the Mariam Shengelia artist page, with "Don't play this artist" as the second option
A screenshot from My Eurovision Scoreboard showing the top of the community rankings for Eurovision 2025 all songs. Last update shows "1 tops"
Two nickels meme from Phineas and Ferb: "If I had a nickel for every time Estonia sent a song in Italian to Eurovision, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!"
Two nickels meme from Phineas and Ferb: "If I had a nickel for every time Estonia sent a song in Italian to Eurovision, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!"
A screenshot from the former bird site of a tweet by TG4: "Ubhthoradh" (Irish for eggplant/aubergine) and the aubergine emoji (🍆)
Mirror selfie in the gym changing room. I'm wearing a white Aeracha Uladh x The Rainbow Project GAA jersey, with trans flags on the arm holes, and white JJ Malibu short shorts with blue lettering.
A screenshot from Google Maps taken from Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK) showing North America and Central America centred on the Gulf of Mexico. The gulf is labelled "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
Selfie of me; standing to my back to a mirror, wearing a Eurovision 2023 zip hoodie, with a big Eurovision generic logo on the back with Ukrainian flag heart and "United Kingdom" and "Liverpool 2023" underneath, black booty shorts, and a pair of black over-ear headphones around my neck
My current ranking of ESC 2025 songs from My Eurovision Scoreboard (midoherty) 12 points: Luxembourg 10 points: Spain 8 points: Albania 7 points: Belgium 6 points: Slovenia 5 points: Greece 4 points: Montenegro
My rankings of EMA 2025 12 points: July Jones 10 points: Klemen 8 points: Anna 7 points: Kiki 6 points: Trine 5 points: Eva Pavli 4 points: Astrid & The Scandals 3 points: Jon Vitezič 2 points: Zven 1 point: Rai 0 points: PolarAce 0 points: Ćœan Videc
My rankings of the first heat of Melfest 2025: 12 points: Maja Ivarsson – "Kamikaze Life" 10 points: John Lundvik – "Voice of the Silent" 8 points: Meira Omar – "Hush Hush" 7 points: Albin JohnsĂ©n & Pa – "Upp i luften" 6 points: Linnea Henriksson – "En kĂ€nslan" 5 points: Adrian MacĂ©us – "VĂ„r första gĂ„ng"
My scores on My Eurovision Scoreboard (midoherty) 12: Evangelia 10: Klavdia 8: Xannova Xan 7: Dinamiss 6: Kostas Ageris 5: Barbz 4: Nafsika 3: Christoforou & Karafotis 2: Rikki 1: Thanos Lambrou 0: Andy Nicolas 0: Kalais & Vlaseros
Still image from Final Fantasy X; Tidus is at the beginning of the Mi'ihen Highroad after just leaving Luca
A selfie of me in the gym beside some weight racks, wearing a Malmö 2024 "United by Music" hoodie and black over-ear headphones
My Eurovision 2025 top 3 from My Eurovision Scoreboard 12 points: Luxembourg; Laura Thorn; "La poupĂ©e monte le son" 10 points: Albania; Shkodra Elektronike; "Zjerm" 8 points: Montenegro; Nina ĆœiĆŸić; "DobrodoĆĄli"
My scores from My Eurovision Scoreboard: 12 points: Laura Thorn – "La poupĂ©e monte le son" 10 points: Luzac – "Je danse" 8 points: Rafa Ela – "No Thank You" 7 points: Rhythmic Soulwave – "Stronger" 6 points: MĂ€na – "Human Eyes" 5 points: One Last Time – "Gambler's Song" 4 points: Zero Point Five – "Ride"
Gym mirror selfie; I'm wearing a grey sweatshirt and grey shorts, with black over-ear headphones around my neck
Poster from Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb featuring Eurocat, the actual first Eurovision mascot...
Mirror selfie on the gym floor; wearing a black Aeracha Uladh hoodie and black AU joggers with white trainers
Me at the Malmö Opera standing in front of a "Joyride the Musical" standing board. I'm in jeans and a white T-shirt with "La." written on it (from It's a Sin). On the board are heart-shaped foil balloons in various colours, with the logo to the left, "Joyride the Musical" in a red-to-green gradient balloon. Above the logo is the text "Baserad pÄ lÄtarna av Roxette" (Based on the songs of Roxette).
Mirror selfie in the hotel gym; wearing a tight black AU GAA top and tight black short shorts.
Mirror selfie in the gym changing room. I'm in a white gym top and blue shorts, holding my new Pixel 9 XL Pro (Obsidian) in my right hand (strapped up) with black over-ear headphones around my neck
My stats.fm stats from December 2024. 1,367 minutes and 451 streams Top tracks: 1. Amane 2. Zjerm 3. Love Me Low 4. FrymĂ« 5. Antihero Top artists: 1. CĂ©line Dion 2. Ardit Çuni 3. Shkodra Elektronike 4. Anna Sahlene 5. Carola I'm 74% energetic Find me at stats.fm/midoherty
An email confirmation from Rockhal.lu to me at 2:01am confirming my ticket for the Luxembourg Song Contest
My ESC250 top 10 12: Finland CatCat - Bye Bye Baby (#564) 10: Finland Sonja Lumme - ElÀköön elÀmÀ #393) 8: Poland Edyta Górniak - To nie ja! (#296) 7: Ireland Eimear Quinn - The Voice (#194) 6: Finland Vicky Rosti & Boulevard - Sata salamaa (#535) 5: Ireland Linda Martin - Terminal 3 (#666) 4: Belgium Mustii - Before the Party's Over (#94) 3: Croatia Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim (#6) 2: Norway GÄte - Ulveham (#36) 1: Ireland Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue (#11)
A still image of the 1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The High Ground"; Data is shown talking to Picard on the Enterprise bridge (Picard seen from behind) with "the Irish Unification of 2024," shown as a subtitle
Selfie of me on my grey sofa, wearing a blue and green Eurovision Christmas jumper, with the Eurovision logo on the centre blue band, repeating snowflakes on green bands and the Eurovision heart and musical notes repeating on blue bands, with a big glass of Aperol Spritz in my left hand.
My ESC250 top 10 12: Finland CatCat - Bye Bye Baby 10: Finland Sonja Lumme - ElÀköön elÀmÀ 8: Poland Edyta Górniak - To nie ja! 7: Ireland Eimear Quinn - The Voice (highlighted in green) 6: Finland Vicky Rosti & Boulevard - Sata salamaa 5: Ireland Linda Martin - Terminal 3 4: Belgium Mustii - Before the Party's Over (highlighted in green) 3: Croatia Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 2: Norway GÄte - Ulveham (highlighted in green) 1: Ireland Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
My ESC250 top 10 12: Finland CatCat - Bye Bye Baby 10: Finland Sonja Lumme - ElÀköön elÀmÀ 8: Poland Edyta Górniak - To nie ja! 7: Ireland Eimear Quinn - The Voice (highlighted in green) 6: Finland Vicky Rosti & Boulevard - Sata salamaa 5: Ireland Linda Martin - Terminal 3 4: Belgium Mustii - Before the Party's Over 3: Croatia Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 2: Norway GÄte - Ulveham 1: Ireland Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
Screenshot of the EFR12 player, showing Gustaph's "Because of You" playing as #197 in the ESC250. Previously played were Carola's "FrÀmling" (#198), Marie Myriam's "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" (#199) and Michal Szpak's "Color of Your Life" (#201), with no song at #200
A folded white baby onesie in plastic packaging with black text: "If Mummy says no, I'll ask my Uncle Michael"
12 points: Montenegro (Nina ĆœiĆŸic – DobrodoĆĄli) 10 points: Albania (Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm)
1: Shkodra Elektronike (12) 2: Mal (10) 3: Ardit Çuni (8) 4: Elvana Gjata (7) 5: Orgesa Zaimi (6) 6: Lorenc Hasrama (5) 7: Jet (4) 8: Algert Sala (3) 9: Vesa Smolica (2) 10: Nita Latifi (1)
Screenshot of the FiK 63 online voting page for Albanian diaspora, showing that I voted for Shkodra Elektronike and the song "Zjerm"; the artist's FiK promotional photo is shown, with the artist name and song title below in a gold box with white text, and a gold tick is placed in the top right corner
My hand holding a blue enamel mug, blue exterior with the Eurovision logo in white surrounded by various snowflake shapes, white interior and yellow Lemsip inside. I'm lying on my L-shaped sofa in a grey fluffy dressing gown with a scene from Frasier on Channel 4 on in the background.
1st: Sonia & Selena – "Reinas" (12) 2nd: Melody – "Esa diva" (10) 3rd: Kuve – "Loca XTi" (8) 4th: Henry Semler – "No lo ves" (7) 5th: Lucas Bun – "Te escribo en el cielo" (6) 6th: K!ngdom – "Me gustas tĂș" (5) 7th: Carla Frigo – "BĂ©same" (4) 8th: J Kbello – "V.I.P." (3)
Michael at the gym; mirror selfie, Michael in a black Aeracha Uladh and the Rainbow Project GAA top, with rainbow flag features on the cuff and chest, and black tight shorts, with black over-ear headphones around his shoulders.
Michael at the gym; mirror selfie, with Michael in a white Aeracha Uladh GAA top, with The Rainbow Project branding and trans flags on the arm cuffs, a pair of grey fabric short shorts, and Edifier over-ear headphones on his head.