In Profile: Eurosong: The Vard Sisters

Hoping to represent Ireland this year in the Eurovision, Eurosong hopefuls The Vard Sisters are a trio of Dublin sisters, Wendy, Cathy and Lisa. They formed together in 1996 after being discovered by a Sony music rep while they were singing at a friends wedding.

The burst onto the Irish music scene in 1997 with their debut album ”Heavenly”, The album went triple platinum, selling in excess of 100,000 copies – unprecedented in Ireland for a new act.

Following the success of their first album Heavenly, the Vard Sisters appeared as guests on what seemed like every TV programme in the UK and Ireland, including The Late Late Show, Open House, Ireland AM, Richard and Judy, GMTV, The John Daly Show, Kelly, MTV Europe Irish Special and Light Lunch (to name but a few) confirming their widespread appeal.  They have performed at such prestigious venues as Dublin Castle for Bill Clinton and the American Ambassador’s Residence. They also performed with Westlife for the Westlife Christmas Special Concert in Temple Theatre and with top Irish tenor Finbarr Wright in the Cork Opera House and University Concert Hall / Limerick.  To top it all off, they recorded a P.B.S.T.V Special in Germany in February 2002 which goes out coast to coast in America.

They have performed extensively both at home and abroad over the last few years, including Germany, where following a successful concert in the National Concert Hall with the Bayer Choir (the largest male choir in the world), they were invited to Germany to perform with the choir in three of their concerts.  They played to packed houses in the Gaiety Theatre, National Concert Hall and the Cork Opera house and almost every Cathedral in Ireland . They are well known as well for performing at weddings and funerals around the country.

In 1998 they entered the Irish Eurovision finals but failed to qualify ahead of that years entrant Dawn Martin by 3 points, but many of us still remember their beautiful song “Seol”.

We believe that this year their mentor will be Liam Lawton as the musical styles are very similar to each other. Whatever way it turns out on the night we wish these very talented artists all the best.

The Vard Sisters will be performing in Eurosong on the Late Late show on the 11th of February at 9.30 GMT on RTE.

For more information about the Vard Sisters please visit their website:  http://www.vardsisters.com/

We will include some more songs by The Vard Sisters below.