"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since making its debut at the 1965 Contest in Naples, missing only two contests since then ( and ). The contest final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One. Ireland is the most successful country in the contest, with a record total of seven wins, and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland's seven wins were achieved by Dana with ""All Kinds of Everything"" (), Johnny Logan with ""What's Another Year"" () and ""Hold Me Now"" (), Linda Martin with"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"winner. Of the other 15 national juries, eight (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia) placed the song first, with three others (Germany, Monaco and Switzerland) ranking it second. At the close of the voting ""Non ho l'età"" had received 49 points, winning the contest by an enormous margin over runners-up the United Kingdom, who had amassed only 17 points. In terms of points received by the winner in relation to the runner-up, it is the most comprehensive victory in Eurovision history. ""Non ho l'età"" went on to become a major hit across Europe. The"
"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"
"but won the contest with the highest combined vote. The televote was won by Russia and the jury vote by Australia. In 2018, eventual winner Israel won the televote but only came in third with the jury vote (won by Austria). There have been a number of Eurovision artists and groups whose careers were directly launched into the spotlight following their win. Notable examples were ABBA, who won the contest for Sweden in 1974 with their song ""Waterloo"", and went on to become one of the most successful pop bands in history; the French Canadian singer Céline Dion, who won"
"the Eurovision Song Contest, overtaking 's ""1944"" which had scored 534 points the year before. In the grand final, Portugal received at least five televote points from every participating country. ""Amar pelos dois"" topped both the televoting and jury voting for the first time since 's ""Rise Like a Phoenix"" (). It is the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since 's ""Molitva"" () and the first winning song written in triple metre since 's ""The Voice"" (). With 382 points awarded by the national juries, ""Amar pelos dois"" broke the record of most jury points"
"was their second in the contest. The contest was won by France with the song """"Tom Pillibi"""", performed by Jacqueline Boyer, who at 18 years and 341 days of age, became the first teenager and the youngest artist yet to win the contest. As of August 2018, this is the earliest Eurovision Song Contest where the winning performer is still living. The 1960 Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in London. This is the first edition held in the host country's capital city. The Royal Festival Hall, the venue for the 1960 contest, is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue"
"the record of the and editions. returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since 2011, no country withdrew from the contest. The winner was Israel with the song ""Toy"", performed by Netta, and written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger. This was Israel's fourth victory in the contest, following their wins in 1978, 1979, and 1998, and their first top five placing in more than a decade. This edition also saw Cyprus and the Czech Republic achieve the best placing in their Eurovision history, coming in second and sixth place, respectively. Portugal finished in"
"the previous contest, with Montenegro returning for the first time since 2009, and the withdrawal of Armenia due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan, and Poland due to financial concerns. The contest was won by singer Loreen from Sweden with the song ""Euphoria"" — written by and Peter Boström, the song scored a total of 372 points. Russia finished in second place, with Serbia finishing in third. They were followed by the host country, Azerbaijan, which reached the 4th place. Albania finished 5th, achieving its first top 5 placing. Germany, Italy and Spain were"
"written by his sister Luísa Sobral. This was Portugal's first win – and first top five placing – in 53 years of participation, the longest winless run by a country in Eurovision history. It was also the first winning song entirely performed in a country's native language since 's ""Molitva"" in , and the first winner written in triple metre since 's ""The Voice"" in . Additionally, this was the second consecutive year in which a returning country won the contest following Ukraine's victory in 2016. The top three countries – Portugal, and – achieved the highest placing in their"
"song ""Euphoria"", making Sweden one of only two countries (along with the United Kingdom) to have Eurovision victories in four different decades, and winning for the sixth time with Måns Zelmerlöw's ""Heroes"" in . Sweden is one of only two countries - along with Ukraine in and with Ruslana and Jamala respectively - to win twice since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, performing the feat in both and with 372 and 365 points respectively, making Sweden additionally the first country to have scored 300 points or more twice. They also finished third in with Eric Saade and ""Popular"","
"Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following Alexander Rybak's win at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia with the song ""Fairytale"". It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The contest was broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing ""Satellite"", written by American Julie Frost and Denmark's John Gordon. It was Germany's first win in twenty-eight years, its second since"
"the first time since , an up-tempo song won. This year, televoting was tested in five countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The results of the televoting countries were, in some cases, different from those that used a jury. Iceland received 16 of its 18 points from these five countries. Also, for the first time in Eurovision history, there was a country where not one, but two spokespeople gave votes - France. Television reporter Frédéric Ferrer and Eurovision winner Marie Myriam each took turns at giving results from that country. Long-time Irish conductor Noel Kelehan was not"
"half the national juries had given their votes France held the lead by 82 points to the United Kingdom's 77. However the United Kingdom scored the stronger in the second half, and ran out the winner with 164 points to France's 147. However ""Un, deux, trois"" finished a huge 55 points ahead of third-placed Monaco. ""Un, deux, trois"" had picked up five maximum 12s (from Austria, Germany, Monaco, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia) and gained the distinction of becoming the first ever non-winning Eurovision song to pick up points from every other national jury. In terms of points received as a"
"winning ESC entry two years in a row. David Gell provided the television commentary for BBC 1 at the Eurovision final on 29 March, Michael Aspel was acting as the standby commentator. Pete Murray provided the commentary for BBC Radio 1 listeners and John Russell provided the commentary for British Forces Radio. The results were announced on Saturday 1 March. Song No. 5, ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"", won the public postcard vote, and went on to finish in a four-way win in Madrid with the songs from host country Spain, plus the Netherlands and France. Every country had a jury of ten"
"of points received in a semi final. However, this was achieved by the Portuguese song under the new scoring system, which was first used in the 2016 contest. It was succeeded as the Serbian Representative by Oro by Jelena Tomašević and as the winning song by Believe by Dima Bilan from Russia. Molitva was the first song containing no English language lyrics to win since Dana International's win for Israel in 1998 with ""Diva"". Molitva was the last entirely non-English song to win the Contest until the 2017 edition, where Portugal's Salvador Sobral won with Amar pelos dois, as well"
"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"
"it would get all 9 points. If only two songs were chosen, the songs would get 6 and 3 points in order. 18 countries took part, with the Eurovision Song Contest reaching its highest ever number. Sweden returned after a one-year absence, and Ireland debuted in the competition. Luxembourg won for the second time with the highly controversial Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son sung by teenager France Gall which later went on to be a massive hit in almost all European countries. Belgium, Finland, Germany, and Spain all scored null points for the second time. The competition was also"
"age limit is lowered. By winning in 1986, Belgium became the last of the French-speaking countries to win the contest, as France, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland all had won at least once before. Belgium scored an absolute record at the time, with Sandra Kim earning a never seen before amount of 176 points (that record remained until 1993, with Ireland scoring 187 points), an average of 9.26 points per voting nation. Kim received 77.2% of the maximum possible score, which, as of 2017, still ranks eighth among all Eurovision winners. Belgium finished last for the seventh time at the contest,"
"half of the voting was very tight, and after 12 juries Denmark was in the lead on 99 points, with Estonia and France on 92 and 90 respectively. However from that point Estonia quickly pulled away and at the close of voting ""Everybody"" had received 198 points and become a very surprising winner by a clear margin of 21 points over eventual runners-up Denmark. The song had received nine maximum 12s – from Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom – with only one country (Portugal) failing to award it any points at all."
"to receive the award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Album of the Year, nonconsecutively. Only five artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross (1981), Alicia Keys (2002), Amy Winehouse (2008), Fun (2013), and Sam Smith. The song ""Volare"", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner ""Michelle"" by the Beatles has a critical part of its lyrics in French. As of 2017, no songwriter has won"
"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"
"was his birthday that night, but according to host Kennedy, ""He wouldn't say which one!"" Nonetheless, the audience sang ""Happy Birthday"" for him, assisted by the orchestra. Heavy favourites to win the contest, according to bookmakers, were Sweden with the pop-ballad ""Se på mig"" and Slovenia, presented by Darja Švajger‘s entry “Prisluhni mi”. Other countries in contention for the win were Croatia, Denmark, Israel, Spain, and the eventual winner, Norway. The winning song was something new at Eurovision in that it contained only 24 words accompanied by long violin solos. The United Kingdom contributed a modern rap number, while the"
"won three times, with ""Tom Pillibi"" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in 1960, ""Un premier amour"" performed by Isabelle Aubret in 1962 and ""Un jour, un enfant"" performed by Frida Boccara, who won in 1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. France's fifth victory came in 1977, when Marie Myriam won with the song ""L'oiseau et l'enfant"". France have also finished second four times, with Paule Desjardins in 1957, Catherine Ferry in 1976, Joëlle Ursull in 1990 and Amina in 1991, who lost out to Sweden's Carola in a tie-break. Since 2000, France has managed"
"and ""Ding-A-Dong"" received six maximum 12 points votes from Israel, Malta, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. At the close of voting it had received 152 points in total (with points from every other participating country), winning the contest by a 14-point margin over runners-up the United Kingdom. This was the Netherlands' fourth (and to date last) Eurovision victory. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg. The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof. This was the first time in Eurovision history that the contest was won by the song which had opened the show,"
"and the first song performed in Swedish. The previous Swedish winner, ABBA, ten years ago had performed their song ""Waterloo"" in English. Richard and Luis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively. Israel withdrew from the contest due to Yom Hazikaron (Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism) being commemorated on the same date. Iceland was going to participate but withdrew due to lack of financial support. 1984 is also"
"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"
"by the jury for the second round of voting. In the second round, a public SMS vote solely selected ""Wars for Nothing"" performed by Boglárka Csemer – Boggie as the winner. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the ""Big 5"" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The"
"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"