Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National final - juries

Selection date(s)

3 March 1968

Selected entrant

Pat McGeegan

Selected song

"Chance of a Lifetime"

Finals performance

Final result

4th, 18 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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The contestants in the Irish National Final were decided by 2 Semi-Finals where 3 were chosen from the first which was held on 6 February with the second being held on 20 February. The Final was held on 3 March 1968 and was broadcast on RTÉ TV in Dublin, Ireland. All three shows were hosted by Brendan O'Reilly.

National final

1st Semi-final

The first Semi-final was held on 6 February.

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Tony Kenny	"Bright Butterfly"
2	Joan Connolly	"Grown Up World"
3	Pat Lynch	"Kinsale"
4	Tina	"One Love Two"
5	Dawn Knight	"Why"
6	Deirdre Wynne	"Woman Beside the Phone"
7	Frankie McBride	"You're Not There at All"

2nd Semi-final

The second Semi-final took place on 20 February.

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Anne Bushnell	"Ballad to a Boy"
2	Pat McGeegan	"Chance of a Lifetime"
3	Alma Carroll	"Give Me All Your Love"
4	Anna McGoldrick	"Gleann Na Smól"
5	Tommy Drennan	"If You Love Me"
6	Roly Daniels	"Look for Love"
7	Frances McDermott	"Since the Spring"
8	Gregory	"You Can't Have Everything"

Final

The Irish National Final was held on 3 March.

Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Points
1	Anna McGoldrick	"Gleann Na Smól"	5	5
2	Tony Kenny	"Bright Butterfly"	-	-
3	Frances McDermott	"Since the Spring"	-	-
4	Pat McGeegan	"Chance of a Lifetime"	1	15
5	Tina	"One Love Two"	3	13
6	Pat Lynch	"Kinsale"	2	14
7	Alma Carroll	"Give Me All Your Love"	4	12

Eurovision Final

Ireland started at placement 14 in the startfield and finished 4th with 18 points.

Points Awarded by Ireland

4 points	Sweden
3 points	Yugoslavia
1 point	Monaco Spain United Kingdom

Points Awarded to Ireland
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
				Yugoslavia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Austria Sweden			Belgium Luxembourg Portugal Netherlands

References

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ~~1983~~ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day

1970s	Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne

1980s	Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys ~~1983~~ Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

1990s	Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans

2000s	Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy ~~2002~~ Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

2010s	Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne

Songs

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love"

1970s	"All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man"

1980s	"What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" ~~1983~~ "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me"

1990s	"Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me"

2000s	"Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" ~~2002~~ "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera"

2010s	"It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Countries

Final (by final results)	Spain (winner) United Kingdom France Ireland Sweden Germany Belgium Monaco Yugoslavia Italy Portugal Luxembourg Austria Switzerland Norway Netherlands Finland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Massiel Cliff Richard Isabelle Aubret Pat McGeegan Claes-Göran Hederström Wencke Myhre Claude Lombard Line & Willy Dubrovački trubaduri Sergio Endrigo Carlos Mendes Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel Karel Gott Gianni Mascolo Odd Børre Ronnie Tober Kristina Hautala

Songs

Final (by final results)	"La, la, la" "Congratulations" "La source" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "Quand tu reviendras" "À chacun sa chanson" "Jedan dan" "Marianne" "Verão" "Nous vivrons d'amour" "Tausend Fenster" "Guardando il sole" "Stress" "Morgen" "Kun kello käy"

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