Michael James Down is a songwriter and singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known as a composer and lyricist of several pop songs performed by other artists, most of them in national pre-selections of the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as having released a few songs of his own. As Michael James he released his first digital single "Take My Body Close" in 2014, later followed by a videoclip. He was also featured on the 2014 summer single "Summer Sun" by Royo & B.O.X
2013: "It's Not Impossible"
2014: "Take My Body Close"
2014: "Summer Sun" (Royo and B.O.X feat. Michael James)
2014: "Boom!"
2015: "Wrong Answers"
2012
"This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare (Romania 2012), 13th place
2013
"Meðal Andanna" by Birgitta Haukdal (Iceland 2013), 3rd place
"Hullócsillag" by Mónika Hoffmann (Hungary 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
"I Need a Hero" by Samanta Tina (Latvia 2013), 2nd place
"One" by Niko (Latvia 2013), winner of semi-final and competition finalist
"Paralyzed" by Andrei Leonte (Romania 2013), 12th place in final
"I Believe In Love" by Diana Hetea (Romania 2013), 12th place (semifinal)
"Runaways" by Boris Covali (Moldova 2013), 2nd place
"Freaky Thong" by Nicoleta Gavriliţă (Moldova 2013), 6th place
"A Brighter Day" by Tatiana Heghea (Moldova 2013), 8th place
"Celebrate" by Cristina V. & Glam Girls (Moldova 2013), 12th place
"Coma" by Margarita Ciorici (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
"In My Head" by Alexandru Şendrea (Moldova 2013), eliminated (semifinal)
2014
'It's Not Impossible" by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
"Somebody Like You" by Daria Kinzer (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2014)
"My Little Honey Bee" by Dennis Fagerström (Finland 2014), eliminated (semifinal)
"Love Will Take Me Home" by Franklin Calleja (Malta 2014), 7th place
"Waterfall" by Joni (Hungary 2014), eliminated (semifinal)
2015
"Boom!" by Michael James (Switzerland RTS qualifiers 2015)
2016
"Wrong Answers" by Michael James (Switzerland SRF internet candidates 2016)
"Alive" by Jasmine Abela (Malta 2016), 6th place
"All Around the World" by Deborah C (Malta 2016), 11th place
"United" by Rūta Ščiogolevaitė (Lithuania 2016), 3rd place
"Good Enough" by Annica Milán & Kimmo Blom (Finland 2016), 5th place
"Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen (Finland 2016), 9th place
2017
"Let's Come Together" by NAPOLI (Belarus 2017), Joint 4th place
"Tonight" by Deborah C & Josef Tabone (Malta 2017), 7th place
"Sacrifice" by Mia (Lithuania 2017), 5th place (quarterfinal)
"Þú hefur dáleitt mig"/"Hypnotised" by Aron Brink (Iceland 2017), 4th place
"I Won't Surrender" by MIHAI (Romania 2017), 2nd place
"Heartbreaker" by MAX
"Me Anticipo" by La Pelopony
"OMG" by La Pelopony
"Latino Love" by TWiiNS
