Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 17 December 2020
Song: 26 February 2021
Selected entrant Lesley Roy
Selected song"Maps"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Lesley Roy
  • Lukas Hällgren
  • Emelie Eriksson
  • Philip Strand
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, having internally selected Lesley Roy as their representative with the song "Maps". She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Story of My Life" before the event's cancellation. "Maps" failed to qualify for the grand finale, placing last in the semi-final with 20 points.

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Background

Prior to the 2021 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 52 times since its first entry in 1965. [1] 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". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song "Lipstick". However, in 2013, despite managing to qualify to the final, Ryan Dolan and his song "Only Love Survives" placed last in the final. The Irish entries from 2014 to 2017 all failed to qualify for the final. Ireland once again qualified for the final in 2018 with the song Together performed by Ryan O'Shaughnessy, placing 16th in the grand final. However, in 2019, Ireland once again failed to qualify for the final, placing last in the second semi-final with Sarah McTernan and the song "22".

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 17 December 2020, RTÉ announced that they had again internally selected Lesley Roy to represent Ireland in Rotterdam. The song, entitled "Maps", was released on 26 February 2021. [2] The song was written by Roy, Lukas Hällgren, Philip Strand and Emelie Eriksson. [3]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, was used. Ireland was placed into the first semi-final, which was held on 18 May 2021, and performed in the first half of the show. [4]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Ireland was set to perform in position 7, following the entry from North Macedonia and preceding the entry from Cyprus. [5]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. [6] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members. [7] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form. [8] [9]

Points awarded to Ireland

Points awarded to Ireland (Semi-final 1) [10]
ScoreTelevoteJury
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 pointsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Irish jury: [8] [9]

Detailed voting results from Ireland (Semi-final 1) [10]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 15375565112
02Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1091315131415
03Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52108238101
04Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 131594610174
05Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 914111031113
06Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 111159149214
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
08Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1275377456
09Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 210411158392
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8122821047
11Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 781412101312
12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 11126791265
13Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 14131213111583
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 653644711
15Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 46114125638
16Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 34811112210
Detailed voting results from Ireland (Final) [11]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 131359241313
02Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 25242426192626
03Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2220201592020
04Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 145262228324
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 128621141514
06Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 6291521074
07Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 711231361292
08Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 16162119122218
09Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20221725102321
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 17148771119
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 17128176583
12Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 26231638210
13Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10211323262125
14Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 21262211252515
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8252516151916
16Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19171912222465
17Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1519166410111
18Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2631051174112
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 312120235638
20Flag of France.svg  France 91182111247
21Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 119310139222
22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4154484712
23Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 518718201423
24Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2441524211756
25Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 18231417316101
26Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 23101114181817

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Malta participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Je me casse" written by Malin Christin, Amanuel Dermont, Nicklas Eklund and Pete Barringer. The song was performed by Destiny Chukunyere, who was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "All of My Love" before the 2020 event's cancellation. The song Destiny would perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, "Je me casse", was also internally selected and was released to the public on 15 March.

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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Sugar" written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Philipp Kirkorov, Mikhail Gutseriyev and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Natalia Gordienko, who was internally selected in January 2021 by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) to represent the nation at the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Songwriter Philipp Kirkorov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" where he placed seventeenth, while Natalia Gordienko had previously represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 together with Arsenium and Connect-R, placing twentieth with the song "Loca", and was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Prison". The Moldovan song, "Sugar", was presented to the public on 4 March 2021.

Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, having selected Jendrik Sigwart as their representative with the song "I Don't Feel Hate", following a multi-stage internal selection.

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2021 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Seven entries were selected to compete in the national final on 20 February 2021 where the combination of votes from seven international jury groups and votes from the public selected "Dark Side" performed by Blind Channel as the winner.

Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Norwegian broadcaster, Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), used the national selection Melodi Grand Prix 2021 to decide their representative.

Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Tusse represented the country with the song "Voices", following his victory in the national selection Melodifestivalen 2021 organised by Sveriges Television (SVT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maps (Lesley Roy song)</span> 2021 song by Lesley Roy

"Maps" is a song by Irish singer Lesley Roy. The song represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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