"since the 2013 Contest. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since its first entry in . Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992"
"appearances by three-time Eurovision winner (singer in 1980 and 1987; songwriter in 1987 and 1992) Johnny Logan, Eurovision 1970 winner Dana, runner-up at Eurovision 1992 for the United Kingdom Michael Ball, and TV and radio personality and Eurovision commentator for Ireland Marty Whelan. Dana performed her Eurovision winning song ""All Kinds of Everything"" and Johnny Logan performed his 1980 Eurovision winning song ""What's Another Year"". At the end of the voting ""It's for You"" was revealed as the winner after getting maximum points from all jury regions and the televoting. Although it was revealed that the Irish Eurovision panel wanted"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 The Irish National final was held on Sunday 16 February 1969 from the RTÉ studios in Dublin and was broadcast on RTÉ Television, and hosted by Brendan O'Reilly. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout Ireland. Four of the performers had represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in the previous four years. Butch Moore was Ireland's first representative in 1965, where he sang ""I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"" and finished 6th in Naples. Dickie Rock represented Ireland in 1966 where he sang ""Come Back to Stay"" and"
"place ""Knock, Knock Who's There?"" by Mary Hopkin by seven votes. 1970 had augured to be an off year for Eurovision with five nations boycotting the contest and an apparently predictable outcome with a victory by Hopkin or possibly Julio Iglesias (who in fact came in fourth with ""Gwendolyne""). ""All Kinds of Everything"" was the first Eurovision win for the Republic of Ireland; six subsequent victories have made that nation Eurovision's most successful entrant. ""All Kinds of Everything"" was also only the second song sung in English to win Eurovision outright (the first being Sandie Shaw's ""Puppet on a String"","
"fifth time that the Eurovision Song Contest was staged in the Irish capital. For the second consecutive year, the venue for the contest was the Point Theatre located on the North Wall Quay of the River Liffey, amongst the Dublin Docklands. Two of Ireland's winners attended the contest; Dana, who was Ireland's first winner, winning the contest in 1970 with ""All Kinds of Everything"", and Mr Eurovision himself, Johnny Logan, winning the contest as a singer in 1980 and 1987 (""What's Another Year?"" and ""Hold me Now"" respectively), and also for writing Linda Martin's 1992 winning song ""Why Me?"". It"
"in , before Dana gave Ireland its first victory in 1970, performing ""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 () and Cathal Dunne (). Johnny Logan gave Ireland a second victory in 1980, with ""What's Another Year"". Girl Group Sheeba finished fifth in . Logan then wrote the 1984 entry ""Terminal 3"", which finished second, performed by Linda Martin. In 1987, Logan became the first and (as of the present day) only performer"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called ""What's Another Year"". Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund another international production, and the Israeli government turned"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1993 The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, ""In Your Eyes"". This was Ireland's fifth victory, and equalled the tally of five Eurovision victories achieved by France in 1977 and Luxembourg in 1983. Three countries had previously won two years in a row: Spain in 1968 and 1969, Luxembourg in 1972 and 1973, and Israel in 1978 and 1979."
"(RTÉ) is Ireland's representative broadcaster at the contest, the semi-finals are broadcast on RTÉ2 and the final on RTÉ One. All of the Irish entries have been performed in English with the exception of the 1972 entry, ""Ceol an Ghrá"", which was sung in Irish. Ireland have hosted the contest on seven occasions, all but one of these in the capital Dublin, while the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest was staged in Millstreet, a town in north-west County Cork with a population of 1,500 people. Seán Dunphy finished second at the 1967 contest, behind Sandie Shaw, and Pat McGeegan finsishe fourth"
"Irish, whereas the song was performed in English. Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called ""What's Another Year"". Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund"
"country. The winner went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, which gave Ireland its second victory, ten years after its first. A=Longford, B=Kenmare, C=Claremorris, D=Cork, E=Sligo, F=Wexford, G=Donegal, H=Limerick, I=Dublin, J=Thurles The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, Netherlands. Ireland performed 17th on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Spain. Logan received 143 points for his performance, winning the contest for Ireland. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Ireland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, sending Johnny Logan to the contest with the song ""What's Another"
"The song was succeeded as the winner in 1970 by Dana singing ""All Kinds of Everything"" for Ireland. Over two decades after its first release, the song was included on a blacklist of banned songs issued by the BBC during the 1991 Gulf War. ""Boom Bang-A-Bang"" was also the name of a BBC One 1-hour programme made to celebrate 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. Broadcast in Eurovision week, the special was hosted by Sir Terry Wogan and featured archive footage and highlights of past contests, along with a performance of that year's UK entry by Daz"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1971 The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Dublin, Ireland on 3 April 1971. Monaco's win was their first and only victory. The song was performed by a French singer, living in France, sung in French, conducted by a French native and written by a French team. Séverine later claimed she never visited Monaco before or after her victory – a claim easily disproved by the preview video submitted by Télé-Monte-Carlo featuring the singer on location in the Principality. The contest was held at the"
"the final, Guy Bonnet won with ""Marie-Blanche"" over Daniel Beretta and Isabelle Aubret's ""Olivier, Olivia"". Guy Bonnet performed ""Marie-Blanche"" sixth on the night, before the United Kingdom's Mary Hopkin with ""Knock Knock, Who's There?"", and following Belgium's Jean Vallée with ""Viens l'oublier"". At the close of voting, the song received eight points: three from Ireland, two from Monaco and Yugoslavia, and one from Italy, placing it fourth out of the twelve entrants. Each country had a jury of ten who gave one point to their favorite song. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 France participated in the Eurovision Song"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 The United Kingdom held a national preselection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1970. It was held on 7 March 1970 and presented by Cliff Richard as part of the BBC1 series """" Hopkin performed one of the six short listed songs each week, before performing all six in succession in the final. These performances were then immediately repeated. The votes were open to the public by post, with the results announced on 14 March, just a week before the Eurovision final itself. Welsh singer Mary"
"The final was held at the RTÉ studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. Reynolds performed eight songs, with the winner chosen by postcard voting. On the night of the final Reynolds performed 13th in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Germany. At the close of voting ""Cross Your Heart"" had picked up 11 points, placing Ireland joint 7th (with Israel) of the 17 entries. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Ireland was represented by Tina Reynolds, with the song '""Cross Your Heart"", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton,"
"the song in a bright green dress, made by Northern Irish dress designer Alice Campbell, taking full advantage of the then-innovation of colour broadcasting at the Contest. A brief excerpt from the performance was shown in a montage at the Congratulations special in late 2005. The song was performed fifth on the night, following Monaco's Jean Jacques with ""Maman, Maman"" and preceding Italy's Iva Zanicchi with ""Due grosse lacrime bianche"". At the close of voting, it had received 10 points, placing 7th in a field of 16. It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1970 contest by Dana with"
"to win the contest twice, when he won with the self-penned ""Hold Me Now"". Ireland's most successful decade to date in the contest is the 1990s, which began with Liam Reilly finishing joint second in 1990. Ireland then achieved an unequalled three consecutive victories in the contest. In 1992, 1984 runner-up Linda Martin returned to win with another Johnny Logan composition, ""Why Me?"". This was followed up by Niamh Kavanagh's victory over Sonia in 1993 with ""In Your Eyes"" and Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan winning in 1994 with ""Rock 'n' Roll Kids"". The decade saw yet another victory in"
"Dana had competed in the 1969 Irish National Song Contest — she was a resident of Northern Ireland and citizen of the United Kingdom but it was decided that year to have the Irish entry in Eurovision represent the island of Ireland in its entirety rather than just the Republic of Ireland. Although in 1970 the Irish Eurovision entry reverted to representing the Republic of Ireland only, Dana had made such a favorable impression in the previous year's Irish National Song Contest - her performance of ""Look Around"" had come second - that the contest's producer Tom McGrath invited her"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 To select an entry to represent Ireland in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels, RTÉ held a national final on 8 March, at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. The event was hosted by RTÉ broadcaster Marty Whelan and former Irish Eurovision participant Maxi. Nine songs competed, and the winner was chosen by an ""expert"" jury, which included Linda Martin, who represented Ireland in 1984 and would again in 1992. A=Larry Gogan, B=Twink, C=Paddy Murray, D=Lynne Fitzgerald, E=Brian D'Arcy, F=Linda Martin, G=Pete St. John, H=Eve Jones, I=Frank McNamara, J=Michael O'Riordan, K=Helen Quinn, L=Jackie"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Ireland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, sending Johnny Logan to the contest with the song ""What's Another Year"", written by Shay Healy. The Irish national final to select the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, was held on 9 March 1980 at the RTÉ Studios in Dublin and was hosted by Larry Gogan. It was organised by the Irish broadcaster of the contest Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). Eight songs were performed live to the Irish viewers and listeners, with the winning song being decided by 10 regional juries across the"
"their participation after Israel withdrew. Monaco withdrew as well, and would not return until 2004. Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, ""What's Another Year"". This was Ireland's second time winning the competition, having won in 1970 with ""All Kinds of Everything"", which was also held on Dutch soil. Germany were runners-up this year. They would finish in second place again the following year, finally winning in 1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful Eurovision Song Contest decade. United Kingdom returned"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 For the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 in Zagreb, the song ""Somewhere in Europe"", written, composed and performed by Liam Reilly, was chosen to represent Ireland after it won the national final selection. Held on 25 March at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the national final was hosted by Jimmy Greeley and Cliona Ni Bhuachalla. Eight songs competed in the event, and the winner was selected by twelve regional juries. Liam Reilly had previously competed in Ireland's 1988 national final, where he placed second behind Jump The Gun. Linda Martin was runner-up to Sweden"
"Ceol an Ghrá ""Ceol an Ghrá"" (""The Music of Love"") was Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Irish by Sandie Jones. Lyrically, the song is a ballad, with Jones singing about hearing ""the music of love"" wherever she is. She sings about being in Tír na nÓg, the Land of the Young, a mystical place in Irish Mythology allowing whoever goes there to be forever young - it may also be metonymic for Ireland herself. During Preview Week, clips from Ireland's National Song Festival were interspersed with new footage of Jones singing on a cliff, walking"
"which speeds up towards the end. The fourth song, ""Until We Meet Again"", was composed by Malachi Cush, Pam Sheyne, Martin Sutton and Don Mescall and is an up-tempo song, which still includes Irish traditional themes, especially in the use of instruments like the bouzouki, guitar and fiddle. The national final was held on 16 February 2007 on the popular chat-show ""The Late Late Show"", hosted by Pat Kenny (who also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1988). The interval act included Dana singing ""All Kinds of Everything"" (the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970), Eimear Quinn singing ""The Voice"""
"hundred million. Perched on a stool while wearing an embroidered white mini-dress, she was the last of twelve contestants to perform that night. After the voting had finished she was declared the winner with 32 points, beating the favourite, UK's Mary Hopkin, with 26 and Germany's Katja Ebstein with 12. Spain's Julio Iglesias came equal fourth with Guy Bonnet of France and Henri Dès of Switzerland. This was Ireland's first of a record seven successes in the contest. The winning song was composed by two Dublin printworkers, Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith. The single was produced by Ray Horricks and"
"the jury members were shown on the stage's screen with each lifting a signboard with the number between 1 and 5 for each song, as a visual verification of the scores they had awarded earlier. The eventual winner, Luxembourg, remained in a strong scoring position throughout the voting. 1972 was the first year that had no ties in the voting. Every year prior to 1972, at least two countries had received the same score. All countries who participated in the 1971 contest were present this year; with no withdrawals, returns, or débutantes. The Irish entry was in Irish, so far"
"in total and no other country has equaled or beaten that record. The country's first win came in their sixth entry, in 1970, when then 18-year-old Dana won with ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the country three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994). Ireland also has the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In recent years, however, Ireland's impressive record at Eurovision has taken a turn, with only two Top"
"language has been heard at the Contest, the other being the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, the Breton song ""Diwanit Bugale"". The next Irish language song in any Eurovision event would be ""Réalta Na Mara"" by Aimee Banks in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Ceol an Ghrá ""Ceol an Ghrá"" (""The Music of Love"") was Ireland's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in Irish by Sandie Jones. Lyrically, the song is a ballad, with Jones singing about hearing ""the music of love"" wherever she is. She sings about being in Tír na nÓg, the"
"""The All Ireland Talent Show"" was replaced by ""The Voice of Ireland"", a part of ""The Voice"" TV series. Gráinne Seoige returned as presenter in her only role on the channel. Aidan Power & Dustin returned to present The All Ireland Talent Show Backstage on RTÉ Two Original Dublin judge, Shane Lynch announced his departure from the show.Amanda Brunker took his place. The judges for this series are: Amanda Brunker (Dublin), 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner and conservative politician Dana (North), broadcaster John Creedon (South), television presenter and Irish language enthusiast Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh (East) and television personality and weather"
"the Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, it was a recording contract with the record labels Universal Music Ireland and Polydor UK (international distribution) and €10,000 worth of musical/audio equipment from Roland Ireland. The live shows began on 1 January when the final contestants were chosen. These included Marilyn Bane who came third, The Sullivan Brothers who came second and Lucia Evans from Galway who won the competition and the recording contract. Her first and last song ""Bruised but not broken"" only peaked at number 5 in the Irish Singles Chart, making her the first ""You're a Star"" winner not to reach"
"commentary once before, in 1987), and Maxi, who had represented Ireland as a soloist in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, and again as part of the group Sheeba in 1981. Eight songs competed in the event, and the winner was selected by a panel of twelve ""experts,"" each of whom awarded each song a score from one to eight points. One member of the panel was Sandy Kelly who had represented Ireland in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest as a member of The Duskeys. Peter Eades, lead singer of Jump The Gun, had composed a song in Ireland's national final"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 Ireland was represented by Red Hurley, with the song '""When"", at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in The Hague. ""When"" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 8 February. The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. Eight songs took part, with the winner chosen by voting from eight regional juries. Other participants included past and future Irish representatives The Swarbriggs (1975 & 1977), Cathal Dunne (1979) and 1992 Eurovision winner Linda Martin, who performed"