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Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, having internally selected Lesley Roy as their representative with the song "Maps". She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Story of My Life" before the event's cancellation. "Maps" failed to qualify for the grand finale, placing last in the semi-final with 20 points.
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 current Irish participant broadcaster in the contest is Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
All live-on-tape recordings, excluding those of Ireland and the United Kingdom, were later released on 28 and 29 May 2021, as part of the Eurovision Song Celebration: Live-on-Tape shows on the contest's official YouTube channel. [98] [99] Other rules for the entries stayed the same in the 2021 contest.
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Prior to the 2021 contest, Ireland had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest five times since its debut in 2015. [2] In 2019, Anna Kearney represented the country with the song "Banshee", finishing 12th out of 19 entries with 73 points. [3]
Ireland’s song contest representative will be selected on Friday night from six competitors, including the ex-Sex Pistol. John Lydon ‘shaking’ ahead of bid to become Ireland’s Eurovision entry
In an unexpected twist based on his aggressive punk-era persona, John Lydon and his band Public Image Ltd. plan to compete to represent Ireland in the 2023 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest ...
Eurosong 2022 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition was held on 4 February 2022 at the Studio 4 of RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Ryan Tubridy with Marty Whelan reporting from the green room and broadcast on RTÉ One during a special edition of The Late Late Show. [5]