Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Republic of Ireland
Participating broadcasterRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Participation summary
Appearances57 (46 finals)
First appearance1965
Highest placement1st: 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Host1971, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Participation history
External links
RTÉ page
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002. The contest's final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times, while Sweden has done that just once.

Ireland's seven wins were achieved by the following artists: Dana with "All Kinds of Everything" (1970), Johnny Logan with "What's Another Year?" (1980) and "Hold Me Now" (1987), Linda Martin with "Why Me?" (1992), Niamh Kavanagh with "In Your Eyes" (1993), Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (1994) and Eimear Quinn with "The Voice" (1996). Johnny Logan also wrote the 1992 winning entry. Ireland, who also finished second with Sean Dunphy (1967), Linda Martin (1984), Liam Reilly (1990) and Marc Roberts (1997), has a total of 18 top five results.

Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1994, Ireland has won the contest twice. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Ireland has failed to reach the final 11 times, and has twice finished last in the final, in 2007 and 2013. Ireland's only top 10 result between 2007 and 2023 was Jedward's eighth-place in 2011. Bambie Thug scored another top ten result for Ireland by finishing sixth in 2024 with their song "Doomsday Blue", marking Ireland's best result in 24 years.

History[edit]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) is Ireland's representative broadcaster at the contest. The semi-finals are broadcast on RTÉ2, with the final on RTÉ One.[1]

Ireland has sent 50 entries to the Eurovision Song Contest; of these, seven have won and eighteen have finished in the top five, making Ireland the most successful country in the contest overall as of 2021. Since its debut in 1965, the country has missed only two contests: the 1983 contest in Munich and the 2002 contest in Tallinn. A strike at RTÉ in 1983 meant that the station lacked the resources to send a participant, so RTÉ broadcast the contest with the BBC commentary feed. Ireland was relegated in 2002, but in keeping with EBU rules since they intended to return in 2003, RTÉ broadcast that year's event and a TV commentator was sent to the contest in Tallinn. Ireland have hosted the contest on seven occasions; all were held in the Irish capital Dublin except for the 1993 contest, which was staged in Millstreet, a town in north-west County Cork with a population of 1,500 people.[2] All of Ireland's entries have been performed in English with the exception of the 1972 entry, "Ceol an Ghrá", which was sung in Irish.

Seán Dunphy finished second at the 1967 contest, behind Sandie Shaw, followed by Pat McGeegan finishing fourth in 1968, before Dana gave Ireland its first victory in 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything". The country's next best result of the 1970s was in 1977, when The Swarbriggs Plus Two finished third. This was followed by fifth-place finishes for both Colm C.T. Wilkinson (1978) and Cathal Dunne (1979).

Johnny Logan won Eurovision for Ireland as a solo singer on two occasions – in 1980, as singer and songwriter in 1987 – and he composed the winning entry for Linda Martin in 1992.

Johnny Logan brought Ireland its second victory in 1980 with "What's Another Year?". Girl group Sheeba then finished fifth in 1981. Logan went on to write the 1984 entry "Terminal 3", performed by Linda Martin, which finished second. In 1987, Logan returned to the contest as a performer, and became the first entrant to win the contest twice, achieving his second victory with the self-penned "Hold Me Now".

Ireland's most successful decade to date is the 1990s, beginning with Liam Reilly finishing joint second in 1990. Ireland subsequently achieved an unequalled three consecutive victories in the contest: in 1992, the 1984 runner-up Linda Martin returned to win with "Why Me?" – penned once again by Johnny Logan, giving him a total of three victories as either a performer or writer; in 1993, Niamh Kavanagh was victorious over the United Kingdom's Sonia with "In Your Eyes"; and in 1994, Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan won with Brendan Graham's "Rock 'n' Roll Kids". The winning streak was broken in 1995 when Hiberno-Nordic group Secret Garden, representing Norway, won with the almost entirely instrumental "Nocturne". The group does contain an Irish member, Naas-born Fionnuala Sherry. The decade would see yet another victory for Ireland in 1996 when Eimear Quinn won with another successful Brendan Graham composition, "The Voice"; Marc Roberts would also finish second for Ireland in 1997, which marked the end of Irish domination of the contest.

In the 21st century, Ireland has fared less well, achieving considerably poorer results in comparison to the 1990s. The country's only top 10 placement of the 2000s came when Brian Kennedy finished tenth in 2006. At the 2007 contest, Ireland's representatives were Irish folk group Dervish performing "They Can't Stop The Spring"; having automatically qualified for the final, the group finished last with five points (all from Albania, whose jury votes prevented Ireland from achieving its first no-point score), becoming the first Irish entrants to come last in a final. In 2008, Dustin the Turkey failed to qualify for the final with his song "Irelande Douze Pointe"; the same fate befell Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy in 2009.[3]

In 2011, Ireland's luck changed when X Factor finalists Jedward finished in eighth place with 119 points, thus making them Ireland's most successful entry in 11 years. Their song "Lipstick" topped the iTunes charts in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Sweden. Jedward represented Ireland again in 2012 with "Waterline", but after making it through to the final, they were awarded only 46 points, finishing in 19th place. In 2013, Ireland came last in the final for the second time.

In 2018, Ireland qualified for the final for the first time since 2013 with Ryan O'Shaughnessy and "Together", but four more non-qualifications followed in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The country returned to the final in 2024 with Bambie Thug and "Doomsday Blue", and finished in sixth place with 278 points, achieving Ireland's best result since 2000 and breaking Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan's record for the most points achieved by an Irish entry in the final.

Seven singers have represented Ireland more than once at the contest: Johnny Logan (1980, 1987), Linda Martin (1984, 1992), Niamh Kavanagh (1993, 2010), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (as "The Swarbriggs" in 1975 and part of "The Swarbriggs Plus Two" in 1977), Maxi (as a soloist in 1973 and as part of Sheeba in 1981) and Jedward in 2011 and 2012.

Eight people have written and composed more than one Irish entry: Brendan Graham (1976, 1985, 1994, 1996), Johnny Logan (1984, 1987, 1992), Jonas Gladnikoff (2009, 2010, 2014), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (1975, 1977), Liam Reilly (1990, 1991), Joe Burkett (composer 1972, lyricist 1981), Niall Mooney (2009, 2010) and Jörgen Elofsson (2017, 2023).[4]

In the years when the live orchestra was present in the contest, almost all of Ireland's Eurovision entries were conducted by Noel Kelehan. The exceptions were 1965 (Italian host conductor Gianni Ferrio), 1970 (Dutch host conductor Dolf van der Linden), from 1972 to 1975 (Colman Pearce), 1979 (Proinnsias Ó Duinn), 1994 (no conductor, although Kelehan conducted three other entries from Romania, Greece and Poland) and in 1997 (Frank McNamara was the musical director for the contest staged in Dublin, but the Irish entry was played with a backing track with no orchestra).

Ronan Keating (who presented the 1997 contest) collaborated on the 2009 entry for Denmark.[5]

RTÉ presenter Marty Whelan has been the national commentator since 2000.[6]

Records[edit]

Ireland holds the record for the most victories (joint with Sweden): seven wins including three consecutive wins. The country has also achieved second place four times and third once.

Ireland is one of the few countries to have achieved consecutive wins (along with Spain, Luxembourg and Israel) and the only country to win consecutively three times, and the nation won again in 1996, thereby accumulating four victories in five years.

Ireland is the only country to host the contest consecutively and is one of eight countries never to turn down the chance to host the event.

Out of 55 appearances and 45 finals, Ireland has reached the top ten 31 times and the top five 18 times. As of 2023, Ireland has not reached the top five since 1997.

Ireland holds the record for most points from one country in a year (alongside France) in the 'one point per juror' voting system, achieving nine votes out of a possible ten from Belgium (in 1970). France had achieved this same feat in 1958.

Ireland has an average of 74 points per contest, the highest average, two points above the United Kingdom.

During the first semi-final of the 2014 contest, it was revealed that the duo Jedward hold two Eurovision records: the highest hair (18.9 cm) and the biggest shoulder pads.

Participation overview[edit]

See also: Ireland Eurovision Song Contest entries discography
Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
1965 Butch Moore "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain" English 6 11 No semi-finals
1966 Dickie Rock "Come Back to Stay" English 4 14
1967 Sean Dunphy "If I Could Choose" English 2 22
1968 Pat McGeegan "Chance of a Lifetime" English 4 18
1969 Muriel Day "The Wages of Love" English 7 10
1970 Dana "All Kinds of Everything" English 1 32
1971 Angela Farrell "One Day Love" English 11 79
1972 Sandie Jones "Ceol an Ghrá" Irish 15 72
1973 Maxi "Do I Dream?" English 10 80
1974 Tina Reynolds "Cross Your Heart" English 7 11
1975 The Swarbriggs "That's What Friends Are For" English 9 68
1976 Red Hurley "When?" English 10 54
1977 The Swarbriggs Plus Two "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" English 3 119
1978 Colm C. T. Wilkinson "Born to Sing" English 5 86
1979 Cathal Dunne "Happy Man" English 5 80
1980 Johnny Logan "What's Another Year?" English 1 143
1981 Sheeba "Horoscopes" English 5 105
1982 The Duskeys "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" English 11 49
1984 Linda Martin "Terminal 3" English 2 137
1985 Maria Christian "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" English 6 91
1986 Luv Bug "You Can Count On Me" English 4 96
1987 Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now" English 1 172
1988 Jump the Gun "Take Him Home" English 8 79
1989 Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers "The Real Me" English 18 21
1990 Liam Reilly "Somewhere in Europe" English 2 132
1991 Kim Jackson "Could It Be That I'm in Love?" English 10 47
1992 Linda Martin "Why Me?" English 1 155
1993 Niamh Kavanagh "In Your Eyes" English 1 187 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" English 1 226 No semi-finals
1995 Eddie Friel "Dreamin'" English 14 44
1996 Eimear Quinn "The Voice" English 1 162 2 198
1997 Marc Roberts "Mysterious Woman" English 2 157 No semi-finals
1998 Dawn Martin "Is Always Over Now?" English 9 64
1999 The Mullans "When You Need Me" English 17 18
2000 Eamonn Toal "Millennium of Love" English 6 92
2001 Gary O'Shaughnessy "Without Your Love" English 21 6
2003 Mickey Harte "We've Got the World" English 11 53
2004 Chris Doran "If My World Stopped Turning" English 22 7 Top 11 in 2003 contest[a]
2005 Donna and Joe "Love?" English Failed to qualify 14 53
2006 Brian Kennedy "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" English 10 93 9 79
2007 Dervish "They Can't Stop the Spring" English 24 ◁ 5 Top 10 in 2006 final[a]
2008 Dustin the Turkey "Irelande Douze Pointe" English Failed to qualify 15 22
2009 Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" English 11 52
2010 Niamh Kavanagh "It's for You" English 23 25 9 67
2011 Jedward "Lipstick" English 8 119 8 68
2012 Jedward "Waterline" English 19 46 6 92
2013 Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" English 26 ◁ 5 8 54
2014 Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" English Failed to qualify 12 35
2015 Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" English 12 35
2016 Nicky Byrne "Sunlight" English 15 46
2017 Brendan Murray "Dying to Try" English 13 86
2018 Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together" English 16 136 6 179
2019 Sarah McTernan "22" English Failed to qualify 18 ◁ 16
2020 Lesley Roy "Story of My Life" English Contest cancelled[b] X
2021 Lesley Roy "Maps" English Failed to qualify 16 ◁ 20
2022 Brooke "That's Rich" English 15 47
2023 Wild Youth "We Are One" English 12 10
2024 Bambie Thug "Doomsday Blue" English 6 278 3 124

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest[edit]

Ireland was one of two countries to have two entries entered into Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the 1980 entry "What's Another Year?" and the 1987 "Hold Me Now". Co-host of the 1997 contest Ronan Keating appeared. Johnny Logan performed his single "When a Woman Loved a Man". Irish winners Eimear Quinn, Charlie McGettigan and Linda Martin performed as backing singers to most of the songs with Jakob Sveistrup who represented Denmark in 2005. Marty Whelan provided commentary of the contest for Ireland on RTÉ.

Artist Song Language At Congratulations At Eurovision
Final Points Semi Points Year Place Points
Johnny Logan "What's Another Year?" English Failed to qualify 12 74 1980 1 143
Johnny Logan "Hold Me Now" English 3 262 3 182 1987 1 172

Hostings[edit]

Ireland is the only country to have hosted multiple contests in succession; three in a row between 1993 and 1995. Six of the seven contests held in Ireland have been held in Dublin; three at the Point Theatre, two at the RDS Simmonscourt and one at the Gaiety Theatre. In addition, the 1993 contest was held in Millstreet, County Cork. Dublin holds the record for hosting the most contests of any Eurovision host city.

Year Location Venue Executive producer Director Musical director Presenter(s) Ref.
1971 Dublin Gaiety Theatre Joe Kearns Tom McGrath Colman Pearce Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir [7]
1981 RDS Simmonscourt Noel D. Greene Ian McGarry Noel Kelehan Doireann Ní Bhriain [8]
1988 Liam Miller Declan Lowney Michelle Rocca and Pat Kenny [9]
1993 Millstreet Green Glens Arena Anita Notaro Fionnuala Sweeney [10]
1994 Dublin Point Theatre Moya Doherty Patrick Cowap Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan [11]
1995 John McHugh John Comiskey Mary Kennedy [12]
1997 Noel Curran Ian McGarry Frank McNamara Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating [13]

Awards[edit]

Marcel Bezençon Awards[edit]

Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards
Year Category Performer Song Final Points Host city Ref.
2011 Artistic Award[c] Jedward "Lipstick" 8 119 Germany Düsseldorf
[14]

Related involvement[edit]

Conductors[edit]

Year Conductor[d] Notes Ref.
1965 Italy Gianni Ferrio Host conductor[e] [15]
1966 Noel Kelehan
1967
1968
1969
1970 Netherlands Dolf van der Linden Host conductor[f] [16]
1971 Noel Kelehan
1972 Colman Pearce
1973
1974
1975
1976 Noel Kelehan
1977
1978
1979 Pronnsías Ó Duinn [g]
1980 Noel Kelehan [17]
1981 Noel Kelehan
1982 Noel Kelehan
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988 Noel Kelehan
1989 Noel Kelehan
1990
1991
1992
1993 Noel Kelehan [h]
1994 No conductor [i]
1995 Noel Kelehan [j]
1996 Noel Kelehan
1997 No conductor [k]
1998 Noel Kelehan [l]

Heads of delegation[edit]

Year Head of delegation Ref.
2008 Michael Kealy
[18][19]
2009–2012 Julian Vignoles
[20][21]
2013–present Michael Kealy
[18][19]


Commentators and spokespersons[edit]

For the show's broadcast on RTÉ, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the English language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.[22]

Over the years RTÉ commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Larry Gogan, Jimmy Greeley, Gay Byrne, Ronan Collins, Pat Kenny and Mike Murphy. Marty Whelan has provided the RTÉ television commentary since 2000, although Whelan himself had previously commentated for the 1987 event. Ireland did not participate in the 1983 edition in Germany due to a strike, nor did they send a commentator to Munich that year, but instead broadcast the BBC feed of the contest with Terry Wogan as commentator, who welcomed viewers in Ireland during his introduction. RTÉ Radio, however, did provide commentary by Brendan Balfe.

Year Commentator(s) Spokesperson Ref.
Channel Television commentator Channel Radio commentator
1963 Telefís Éireann Unknown No broadcast Did not participate
[23]
1964
[24]
1965 Bunny Carr Radió Éireann Unknown Unknown
[25][26]
1966 Unknown
[27]
1967 RTÉ RTÉ Radio Gay Byrne
[28][29]
1968 Brendan O'Reilly Unknown
[30][31]
1969 Unknown
[32][33]
1970 Valerie McGovern
[34][35][36]
1971 Unknown No spokesperson
[37][38]
1972 Mike Murphy
[39][40][41]
1973 Liam Devally
[42][43][44][45]
1974 Unknown Unknown
[46][47][48]
1975
[49][50][51]
1976
[52][53]
1977
[54][55][56]
1978 Unknown
[57][58]
1979 RTÉ 1 Mike Murphy
[59][60][61]
1980 Larry Gogan RTÉ Radio 1
[62][63]
1981
[64][65][66]
1982 Pat Kenny
[67][68]
1983 RTÉ 1[m] Terry Wogan Unknown Did not participate
[69][70]
1984 RTÉ 1 Gay Byrne Unknown
[71][72][73]
1985 Linda Martin Larry Gogan
[74][75][76][77]
1986 Brendan Balfe
[78][79]
1987 Marty Whelan RTÉ FM3
[80][81][82]
1988 Mike Murphy John Skehan[n]
[84][85][86]
1989 Ronan Collins and Michelle Rocca RTÉ Radio 1 Eileen Dunne
[87][88][89]
1990 Jimmy Greeley and Clíona Ní Bhuachalla [90][91] [92][89]
1991 Pat Kenny
[93][94][95][89]
1992 2FM
[96][97][89]
1993 RTÉ Radio 1
[98][99][100][89]
1994
[101][102][89]
1995
[103][104][89]
1996
[105][106][89]
1997
[107][108][89]
1998
[109][110][111][89]
1999 Clare McNamara
[112][113][114]
2000 Marty Whelan Derek Mooney
[115][116][117]
2001 Unknown Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
[118][119][120]
2002 Unknown No broadcast Did not participate
[121]
2003 RTÉ 1 Marty Whelan and Phil Coulter Pamela Flood
[122]
2004 N2 (semi-final)
RTÉ 1 (final) 		Marty Whelan Johnny Logan
[123][124][121]
2005 RTÉ 2 (semi-final)
RTÉ 1 (final) 		Dana
[125][126]
2006 Eimear Quinn
[127][128]
2007 RTÉ Radio 1 (final) Larry Gogan Linda Martin
[129]
2008 RTÉ 2 (SF1, SF2)
RTÉ 1 (final) 		RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final, final) Niamh Kavanagh
[130][131]
2009 Maxi Derek Mooney
[132][133][134][135]
2010 RTÉ Radio 1 (final)
[136]
2011 RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final, final) Shay Byrne and Zbyszek Zalinski
[137][138][139]
2012 RTÉ Radio 1 (final) Gráinne Seoige
[140][141][142]
2013 RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final, final) Nicky Byrne
[143][144]
2014
[145][146]
2015
2016 Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski Sinéad Kennedy
[147][148]
2017 Nicky Byrne
[149][150]
2018 RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final)
RTÉ 2fm (final)
[121][151][152][153]
2019 Sinéad Kennedy
[154][155]
2020 Not announced before cancellation N/A
2021 RTÉ 2 (SF1, SF2)
RTÉ 1 (final) 		Marty Whelan RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final)
RTÉ 2fm (final) 		Neil Doherty and Zbyszek Zalinski Ryan O'Shaughnessy
[156][157][158][159]
2022 RTÉ Radio 1 (semi-final, final) Linda Martin
[160][161][162][163]
2023 RTÉ 2 (SF2)
RTÉ 1 (SF1, final) 		RTÉ 2fm (semi-final, final) Niamh Kavanagh
[164][165][166][167]
2024 Paul Harrington
[168][169][170][171][172][173][174]

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  2. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ Voted by commentators.
  4. ^ All conductors are of Irish nationality unless otherwise noted.
  5. ^ Conducted by Noel Kelehan at the national final.
  6. ^ Conducted by Noel Kelehan at the national final.
  7. ^ Conducted by Noel Kelehan at the national final.
  8. ^ Kelehan also conducted the Bosnian entry.
  9. ^ Irish commentator Pat Kenny and British commentator Terry Wogan both erroneously credit Kelehan as the conductor of the Irish entry. The song was performed without orchestral accompaniment. Kelehan did, however, conduct the Greek, Polish, and Romanian entries.
  10. ^ Kelehan also conducted the Polish entry. The interval act, "Lumen," was conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
  11. ^ That year's Irish national final was presented with a smaller band.
  12. ^ That year's Irish national final was presented without an orchestra.
  13. ^ Via the BBC.
  14. ^ Confirmed by host Pat Kenny during the broadcast.[83]

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