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Radio Éireann (RÉ) in 1965 and 1966, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) between 1967 and 2009, and Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) since 2010, have been consecutively full members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision Song Contest: Belgrade 2008 was the official compilation album of the 2008 contest, put together by the European Broadcasting Union and released by EMI Records and CMC International on 12 May 2008.The album featured all 43 songs that entered in the 2008 contest, including the semi-finalists that failed to qualify into the grand final ...
Eurosong 2008 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition was held on 23 February 2008 at the University Concert Hall in Limerick , hosted by Ray D'Arcy and broadcast on RTÉ One as well as online via the broadcaster's official website rte.ie .
2008: Dustin the Turkey "Irelande Douze Pointe" 5 [5] 2009: Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy "Et Cetera" 6 2010: Niamh Kavanagh "It's for You" 8 2011: Jedward "Lipstick" 1 [1] 2012: Jedward "Waterline" 5 2013: Ryan Dolan "Only Love Survives" 13 2014: Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith "Heartbeat" 39 2015: Molly Sterling "Playing with Numbers" 77 [2] 2016 ...
Ireland was represented by the Dublin indie rock band Wild Youth
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".
"Irelande Douze Pointe" [] (transl. Ireland Twelve Points) is a 2008 novelty song by Irish puppet act Dustin the Turkey, played by John Morrison.The song was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 after winning Eurosong 2008, Ireland's national final for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. [1]
The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. Entries are listed by order of their first performance in the contest; entry numbers provide a cumulative total of all songs performed at the contest throughout its history, and a second cumulative total outlines the total entries for each country.