Lisa McHugh continues her journey to Country music stardom.

Last Wednesday night all the family gathered around at my house again to watch

that final pre-recorded programme of Glór Tíre.

It was very nerve-wrecking as my performance, singing the Dolly Parton classic

Coat Of Many Colours, was on last.

It was nice to see all the competitors on television together and I'm really

looking forward to seeing them at the first live show this week.

After the show was over the messages kept flooding in and friends and family

were saying they were really pleased with my performance.

The standard is so high in the competition this year and I am really hoping that

I will get enough votes to take me through into the next live round.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) my parents and I are flying to Derry and then making our way

down to Galway for the live show of Glór Tíre on Wednesday night.

This will be the first time for all competitors to sing live on television, and

with all votes from the first show in September, our solo shows, to last week's

and Wednesday show being counted to get it will be one more chance for people to

vote.

I'm really excited about getting back on the plane and coming over to Ireland

for the first live show. It will be the first time we're all together since

filming in April. I'll be singing my new single, Old Fashioned Girl, which is

really doing well and hopefully viewers will like it.

I'd like to say a special thanks to John Shusie Gallagher of Fanaboy for

contacting Raidio na Gaeltachta and speaking on my behalf as Gaeilge on the

popular programme Rónán Beo @ 3 .

I've been getting unbelievable feedback on my new single, Old Fashioned Girl,

which hit the stations the other week and is receiving great reviews around

Ireland and the UK.

Having a single out there at the moment is a great way to promote myself and

Glór Tíre and people back in Donegal, Derry and Tyrone are telling me they

requesting it non-stop.

I've been doing all the promotional work and sending out CDs myself which is

very hard work, but then when you hear back from the radio stations a few weeks

later, you know it was worth it.

Robert Mizzell has proven to be not only a fantastic mentor for the show, but

also professionally he and Martin Cleary and the rest of Robert's band have

given me so much advice on how to run the business end of things and I'm so

grateful to them.

Now I just can't wait to get back on stage in Galway on Wednesday, and let hope

the Glór Tíre journey continues for me next week.

Please continue to show your support for Lisa McHugh an tune in on Wednesday

night for the first live show of Glór Tíre. To vote for this exciting young

up-and-coming Country star text LISA to ROI: 53500 or NI: 83222.