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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).
Eleven Eurovision winners (alongside three non-winners) were featured at the special concert Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, in which ABBA's "Waterloo" was voted the most popular song of the contest's first fifty years. [85] Ireland and Sweden have won seven times, more than any other country. Ireland also won ...
Eurosong 2023 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The competition was held on 3 February 2023 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 ...
The Irish participating broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), organised the national final Eurosong 2024 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ireland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 4.
Linda Martin (born 27 March 1952) [1] is a Northern Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song "Why Me?", the first of a record three consecutive wins by Ireland.
Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "What's Another Year", written by Shay Healy, and performed by Johnny Logan. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final. The entry eventually won the Eurovision Song Contest.
The song went on to win the contest with 172 points, a substantial 31-point margin over Germany. [2] Germany was also runner-up to Johnny Logan seven years prior. Although many former winners have returned to perform at the contest, Logan was the only singer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice until Loreen in 2023.
Prior to the 2020 contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since its first entry in 1965. [2] 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 ".