Ireland’s 2022 act , who made a during the second semi-final, believes the UK’s is guaranteed to make the top 5.
The singer also expressed how ‘beautiful’ it would be if ’s were to , emphasising how much they would deserve to be victorious despite some believing that result would be based on a ‘political’ vote.
On Thursday evening, Brooke – who previously finished in third place in the 2020 series of UK – sadly didn’t make it through to the final stage of Eurovision, as she shared a heartfelt video on social media thanking everyone who had supported her up to this point.
Ahead of the semi-final, the 23-year-old caught up with Metro.co.uk, where she opened up about what the vibe was like among the acts in Turin, Italy, explaining that the collective support for Kalush Orchestra was ‘massive’.
When asked how she believes the UK’s Sam will fare in the competition, having soared to stardom on TikTok during the first lockdown during the pandemic, Brooke remarked that she thinks it’s ‘a given’ that he will finish in an impressive position on the leaderboard.
After the UK was awarded zero points in 2021 with singer John Newman, Brooke said: ‘You will get more points with Sam. Everyone is in love with him and rightly so. Phenomenal voice.’
She continued: ‘You should be so proud that he’s representing you, because Sam is a phenomenal person and you’re definitely going to be top five in my opinion.’
Brooke went on to shower hip-hop collective Kalush Orchestra with praise, whose song Stefania pays tribute to a mother in the lyrics.
‘Kalush Orchestra, their song’s actually a fabulous song. I know that people are saying that it’s a political competition, but their song is famous,’ she stated.
‘Their song is doing tremendously well, they deserve everything, and it will be a lovely light to shine on their country.
‘If they could win it, that would be such a beautiful thing to happen, because Eurovision transcends all. Music brings everybody together and it will be a lovely night for everyone in the world.’
As for Brooke, while her time on Eurovision may have been cut brutally short, she has felt bolstered throughout her run in the contest by the young children who now look up to her as a role model.
She shared that on the morning of her conversation with Metro.co.uk she received a video from a mother of her daughter, who had the same hair as her and was performing the choreography to her song That’s Rich while singing along.
‘It’s really powerful and massive for me to see that I have that effect on children. It’s really really emotional. It’s lovely. And I hope that I can continue that in my career,’ she said.
When it was announced that Ireland wouldn’t be proceeding to the final, Brooke shared a video on social media, filming herself crying as she said: ‘Ok so it didn’t go our way tonight, but we are so happy with what we did.
‘It just maybe isn’t for me right now but maybe in the future bigger things will come, I have an EP coming out.
‘Thank you everybody who voted, I couldn’t have done anymore so I’m so happy.’
The Eurovision grand final airs tonight at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
