ICON JOHNNY GAVE US A EUROVISION...

Two-time champ Logan assures Wild Youth he was written off before win

- SANDRA MALLON

EUROVISION hopefuls Wild Youth revealed legend Johnny Logan told them "no one gave him a chance" when he first represented Ireland at the song contest.

The band are huge fans of the Hold Me Now singer - who won in 1980 and 1987 - and were stunned when he asked to meet them in his dressing room recently.

But Conor O'Donohoe - who is hoping to match Johnny's success with the tune We Are One - said Johnny revealed nobody backed him with his song What's Another Year 43 years ago.

Conor told us: "We were in Tel Aviv with Johnny. He is unbelievably nice.

"We got there and we knew he was playing so we were fanning. He's an icon.

"We were like, 'How will we try to sneak out the back' and hopefully see him.

"But when we got there the organiser said Johnny asked that you go over to his dressing room.