Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Member station TG4
National selection events Junior Eurovision Éire
Appearances
Appearances 1
First appearance 2015
Best result 12th: 2015
Worst result 12th: 2015
External links
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv

Ireland announced on 23 March 2015 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to be held in Bulgaria. The Irish language broadcaster, TG4, was responsible for the selection of their first participant.[1]

TG4 previously attempted to participate in the 2014 contest, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected.[2]

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Place Points
2015 Aimee Banks Irish, Latin "Réalta na mara" Star of the sea 12 36
2016 Irish,

Voting history

As of 2015, Ireland's voting history is as follows:

Most points given
Rank Country Points
1  Bulgaria 12
2  Malta 10
3  Armenia 8
4  Belarus 7
5  Slovenia 6
Most points received
Rank Country Points
1  Malta 6
2  Australia 5
3  Slovenia 4
4  Bulgaria 2
=  Georgia 2
=  Netherlands 2
=  Russia 2
5  San Marino 1

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2015 Stiofán Ó Fearail and Caitlín Nic Aoidh Anna Banks

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (23 March 2015). "Ireland: Debuts At Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Ireland: TG4 Fails To Get BAI Funding For JESC". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

http://eurovoix.com/2015/09/01/ireland-jesc-selection-judging-panel-announced/

External links

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