Who won the Eurovision song contest for Ireland in 1980 singing What's Another Year
"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"
"What's Another Year ""What's Another Year"" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. This was Ireland's second Contest victory. Composed by Shay Healy, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May. The song is often misinterpreted as a power ballad, sung from the point of view of a man who has been waiting for the girl of his dreams to fall in love with him. On some level, he seems to recognise that she will never share his feelings, but he still holds"
"of 19. According to author and historian John Kennedy O'Connor in his book ""The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History"", as Spain had been leading on the penultimate round of voting, this was the first time the winning song had come from behind to clinch victory on the final vote. The Spanish jury's vote gave the contest to Israel. The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1980 by Johnny Logan singing ""What's Another Year"" for Ireland. Israel did not enter the 1980 Contest, which would have been held in that country had they entered (it was in fact"
"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"
"at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 by British band Bucks Fizz and the song ""Making Your Mind Up"". It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1981 Contest by Sheeba with ""Horoscopes"". Johnny Logan released a German-language and Spanish-language version of ""What's Another Year"". Side A: ""What's Another Year"" Side B: ""One Night Stand"" Side A: ""Por un Año Más"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 Side A: ""Was Ist Schon Ein Jahr"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 What's Another Year ""What's Another Year"" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving"
"had until 8 January to submit their songs to RTÉ. The songs submitted needed to be suitable to both Dervish and the contest, with all eligible songs having to pass through a judging panel to reduce the number of songs to four that would be performed at the national final. The judging panel included Shay Healy, the songwriter of ""What's Another Year"" which was the winning song for Ireland in 1980. More than 200 songs were submitted to the judging panel at RTÉ, with only 4 of them selected to compete at the national final. The four selected songs were"
"radio DJ Daniël Dekker, singer and actress Tatjana Simić, singer George Baker, and three time Irish Eurovision winner Johnny Logan. Johnny Logan also performed his Eurovision Song Contest 1980 winning song ""What's Another Year?"". After the performances both Sieneke and Loekz had tied for first place, each receiving two votes from the four jury members - Sieneke by Daniël Dekker and George Baker and Loekz by Tatjana Simić and Johnny Logan, while the audience vote went to Vinzzent. In the case of a tie Kartner had to select the winner from the two participants. He first attempted to select the"
"Johnny Logan (singer) Johnny Logan (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian-born Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992. Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song ""What's Another Year"" written by Shay Healy. In 1984, Logan composed the song ""Terminal 3"" which placed second at Eurovision, performed by Linda Martin. He won the contest for a second time in 1987 with ""Hold Me Now"", which he also wrote himself. His"
"three children, Adam, Fionn and Jack. And he has a daughter, Robyn (born in 1988) with Turkish dancer and actress Burçin Orhon. He rarely gives media interviews due to what he claims have been frequent misquotes. Johnny Logan (singer) Johnny Logan (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian-born Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992. Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song ""What's Another Year"" written by Shay Healy. In"
"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"
"Shay Healy Shay Healy (born March 1943) is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of ""Nighthawks"", a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing ""What's Another Year"", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Shay Healy was raised along with his five siblings in Sandymount in Dublin. His father, Seamus, was a civil servant and part-time stage actor who performed at the Abbey and Olympia theatres. His mother, Máirín Ní Shúilleabháin, was a singer of Irish traditional songs. She also wrote plays"
"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"
"published. Healy was married to Dymphna Errity from September 1967 up to her death on 10 July 2017. They have two sons, Oisin and Fionain. In 2004, Healy was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease. Shay Healy Shay Healy (born March 1943) is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of ""Nighthawks"", a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing ""What's Another Year"", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Shay Healy was raised along with his five siblings in Sandymount in"
"Eurovision Song Contest 1970 The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons. Ireland won with nineteen-year-old Dana and a song called ""All Kinds of Everything"". Ireland's win was their first. The UK came second for the seventh time, six votes behind Ireland. This was the only time that Luxembourg received zero votes. Due to there being four winners in the previous contest, a question was raised"
"song and performer would again be chosen by the Eurosong mentor process, first used in 2011. In November, RTÉ announced the five mentors who would work with contestants in Eurosong 2013: Today FM presenter Mairead Farrell, songwriter Shay Healy, radio presenter Mark McCabe, songwriter Niall Mooney and producer Stuart O’Connor. Three of the judges had previous experience with Eurovision: Shay Healy composed ""What's Another Year?"", the winning song for Ireland in Eurovision 1980 and contributed lyrics to Latvia's 2012 entry ""Beautiful Song""; Niall Mooney co-wrote Irish Eurovision entries ""Et Cetera"" for Eurovision 2009 and ""It's For You"" for 2010; and"
"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"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 The ""National Song Contest 1981"" was staged on the first of March at RTÉ Studios in Dublin. The show was Presented by popular Irish host, Mike Murphy. Eight finalists took part, with female trio Sheeba winning the Contest with the song ""Horoscopes"", written by Joe Kelly and Jim Burkett. Sheeba had previously appeared at the National finals in 1978, while member Maxi had performed for Ireland at the 1973 Eurovision finals. They were one of two female trios in the Contest - the other being The Duskey Sisters. Male/female groups were represented by"
"had four children, sons Michael, Eamon and Sean and daughter Fiona. Patrick O'Hagan died in Queensland, Australia. His wife Ellen died in 2012. His son Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard better known as Johnny Logan is a famous Australian-born Irish singer and composer and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest twice with ""What's Another Year"" in 1980 and ""Hold Me Now"" in 1987. Johnny Logan said about his father had been his inspiration. ""I wanted to be just like him and for him to be proud of me, as I was of him,"" he said. The two toured together in Australia"
"the Irish final on 9 March in Dublin. Representing Ireland in the Netherlands, Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest on 19 April. The song became a hit all over Europe and reached number one in the UK. ""In London"" was released in June and ""Save Me"" shortly after. With confusion by radio stations over which to play, both singles flopped. Another single released in late 1980, a cover of a recent Cliff Richard song, ""Give A Little Bit More"" was a more concerted effort and although it narrowly missed the chart. Logan blames his lack of success in the UK"
"won twice for Ireland, with ""What's Another Year"" in 1980 and ""Hold Me Now"" in 1987). Several other winners were well-known artists who won the contest mid-career after they had already established themselves, including Katrina and the Waves, winners in 1997 with ""Love Shine a Light"", Lulu, winner in 1969 with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"", and Sandie Shaw, winner in 1967 with ""Puppet on a String"". Women have dominated the contest since its inception, either performing solo or as a member of a group on 50 of the 67 winning entries . The 2017 winner was a solo male performance by Salvador"
"12th act to perform. ""Sheeba"" finished fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest final on April 4. They received two maximums of 12 points during the voting. The overall winner was United Kingdom. The song ""Horoscopes"" became a No. 3 hit in the Irish charts. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 The ""National Song Contest 1981"" was staged on the first of March at RTÉ Studios in Dublin. The show was Presented by popular Irish host, Mike Murphy. Eight finalists took part, with female trio Sheeba winning the Contest with the song ""Horoscopes"", written by Joe Kelly and Jim Burkett."
"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 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song ""Lipstick"". However, in 2013, despite managing to qualify to the final, Ryan Dolan and"
"Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 being held in Amsterdam. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout Ireland. Dana had previously participated in the Irish national final in 1969, and finished in second place. Both Anna McGoldrick and Tony Kenny had sung in the national contest in 1968. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 Ireland participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with the song ""All Kinds of Everything"" performed by Dana. John Skehan was the spokesperson for Ireland in the Contest. Valerie McGovern commentated on RTÉ One, and Kevin Roche on RTÉ"
"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"""
"the songs ""What's Another Year"" and Hold Me Now""; in 1992 with the song ""Why Me?"" performed by Linda Martin; in 1993 with the song ""In Your Eyes"" performed by Niamh Kavanagh; in 1994 with the song ""Rock 'n' Roll Kids"" performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan; and in 1996 with ""The Voice"" performed by Eimear Quinn - a record which no country has ever matched or beaten. In recent years, however, Ireland's impressive record at Eurovision has taken a turn, with only two Top 10 results during the 2000s, and Ireland's first last place finish in 2007, ""They"
"won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). For the past four years, Ireland's national final format, Eurosong, had used a mentor system which involved five music professionals being appointed to seek out an artist and song for a televised competition in order to select the Irish entry. In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song ""Lipstick"". However, in 2013, despite managing"
"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"
"the CBS label, with the recorded version produced by Nicky Graham, who would go on to find greater success as producer to The Nolans and Bros among others. The song was performed fourth on the night, following Denmark's Tommy Seebach with ""Disco Tango"" and preceding Finland's Katri Helena with ""Katson sineen taivaan"". At the close of voting, it had received 80 points, placing 5th in a field of 19. It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1980 Contest by Johnny Logan with ""What's Another Year?"". Happy Man (Cathal Dunne song) ""Happy Man"" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision"
"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"","
"broadcaster Ray D'Arcy instead. On 16 December 2012, Logan appeared as musical guest on Romanian edition of ""X Factor"". In May 2012, Anmary, the Latvian representative to 2012 Eurovision Song Contest held in Baku, Azerbaijan sang ""Beautiful Song"" where, in the opening lyrics, she sings: ""I was born in distant 1980 / The year that Irish Johnny Logan won / Thirty years or more, they still remember / So dream away, today's the day I'm singing my song"" referring to Logan's 1980 Eurovision win ""What's Another Year"". Logan lives in Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland with his wife, Ailis and their"
"in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-times 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 10 results during the 2000s, and Ireland's first last place finish in 2007. The Irish national broadcater, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) broadcasts the event each year and organizes the selection process for the selection its entry. Many methods of selection have been used, with the most common"
"in the 1984 contest. ""Somewhere In Europe"" was performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest, following Portugal and preceding Sweden. At the close of the voting sequence, Ireland had 132 points, tying them with France for second place. 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"
"lille melodi"" and preceding Yugoslavia's Novi Fosili with ""Ja sam za ples"". At the close of voting, it had received 172 points, placing 1st in a field of 22. After Logan had been proclaimed the winner with this song, he was overcome with emotion during the reprise and was unable to reach the high notes in this part of the song. As he had when he won in 1980 with ""What's Another Year?"", he shouted ""I still love you, Ireland"". Lyrically, the song is a ballad sung from the point of view of a man whose love interest is leaving"