Michael James Down


Michael James Down is a songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known as a composer and lyricist of several pop songs performed by other artists, many of them in national pre-selections of the Eurovision Song Contest. He has worked with American popstar/rapper Sean Paul, the Japanese girlgroup MAX and in 2018 it was revealed that he'd written six of the songs for Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev's album 'The One' which charted at number 1 in Russia.

Discography

Entries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

  • "Señorita" by Carlos Higes, Spain,, 6th place

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

2012
  • "This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare, 13th place
2013
  • "Meðal Andanna" by Birgitta Haukdal, 3rd place
  • "Hullócsillag" by Mónika Hoffmann, eliminated
  • "I Need a Hero" by Samanta Tina, 2nd place
  • "One" by Niko, 6th place
  • "Paralyzed" by Andrei Leonte, 12th place in final
  • "I Believe in Love" by Diana Hetea, 12th place
  • "Runaways" by Boris Covali, 2nd place
  • "Freaky Thong" by Nicoleta Gavriliţă, 6th place
  • "A Brighter Day" by Tatiana Heghea, 8th place
  • "Celebrate" by Cristina V. & Glam Girls, 12th place
  • "Coma" by Margarita Ciorici, eliminated
  • "In My Head" by Alexandru Şendrea, eliminated
2014
2015
  • "Boom!" by Michael James, did not qualify
2016
  • "Wrong Answers" by Michael James, did not quality
  • "Alive" by Jasmine Abela, 6th place
  • "All Around the World" by Deborah C, 11th place
  • "United" by Rūta Ščiogolevaitė, 3rd place
  • "Good Enough" by Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom, 5th place
  • "Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen, 9th place
2017
  • "Let's Come Together" by NAPOLI, Joint 4th place
  • "Tonight" by Deborah C & Josef Tabone, 7th place
  • "Sacrifice" by Mia, 5th place
  • "Þú hefur dáleitt mig"/"Hypnotised" by Aron Brink, 4th place
  • "I Won't Surrender" by MIHAI, 2nd place
2018
  • "Back to Life" by Eleanor Cassar, 5th place
  • "Devoted" by Johnny Bădulescu, 4th place
  • "Try" by Xandra, 9th place
  • "Heaven" by MIHAI, 7th place
  • "Somebody to Love" by Manuel Chivari, 7th place
  • "Chasing Rushes" by NAPOLI, Joint 4th place
  • "Dišem" by Nina Petković, 5th place
  • "Powerful" by Donata Virbilaitė, 12th place
  • "Alien" by Felicia Dunaf, 8th place
  • "Aldrei gefast upp"/"Battleline" by Fókus, 5th place
2019
  • "Ja sam ti san" by Andrea Demirović, 3rd place
  • "Weight of the World" by Nicola, eliminated
  • "Underground" by Vaida, 6th place
  • "I Will Not Surrender" by Maxim Zavidia, 2nd place
2020
2022
  • "Do svidaniya" by ARIS, eliminated
  • "Washing Machine" by Queens of Roses, 8th place
2023
  • "Love You Like That" by Jake, eliminated
  • "Haunted" by Lyndsay, eliminated
  • "Love Again" by Skrellex, 7th place
2025
  • "Frelsið Mitt"/"Set Me Free" by Stebbi Jak, 2nd place
2026
  • "Into the Wild" by Skrellex