Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Ireland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by the brother-and sister-act Donna and Joseph McCaul with their song "Love?", which written and composed by Karl Broderick. RTÉ, the Irish state broadcaster once again ran the You're A Star talent contest to choose the act. The national competition was also open to contestants from Northern Ireland and was held on 6 March 2005.

Donna and Joseph McCaul are from the town of Athlone in Co. Westmeath, in the centre of Ireland. Donna is a full-time singer with The Doc Carroll Band and her ambition is to duet with Shania Twain. Her younger brother Joe was a full-time school student.

National final

№	Song	Singer	Place
1	"Will I Be Dreaming"	The Henry Girls	3rd
2	"Love?"	Donna and Joseph McCaul	1st
3	"Pink Champagne"	Jade	2nd

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, Donna and Joseph remained in the middle of the stage while dancers added to their performance in the background. Eventually the dancers came to the front and did a well received clogging routine. The song did not manage to make it to the final, placing 14th in the semi-final.

The spokesperson who revealed Ireland's votes for other countries was Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner Dana.^[1]

Points Awarded by Ireland

Semi-Final

12 points	Denmark
10 points	Norway
8 points	Romania
7 points	Israel
6 points	Latvia
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Moldova
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Estonia

Final

12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Israel
5 points	Romania
4 points	Norway
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Greece
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Points Awarded to Ireland

Points Awarded to Ireland (Semi Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
United Kingdom	Hungary
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Croatia Malta Romania	Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey		Andorra Estonia Poland	Bulgaria Cyprus

References

↑ Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

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 2005

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Withdrawn

Lebanon

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Withdrawn

Aline Lahoud

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Withdrawn

"Boys and Girls"
"Quand tout s'enfuit"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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