Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard,known professionally as Johnny Logan,is an Irish singer and musician. He is best known for being the first performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest as a lead singer twice.
Linda Martin is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song "Why Me?". She is also known within Ireland as a member of the band Chips.
Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 56 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples,missing only two contests since,in 1983 and 2002. The contest's final is broadcast in Ireland on RTÉOne. Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden,and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times,while Sweden has done that just once.
"Jack in the Box",written by David Myers and composed by John Worsley,was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1971,performed by the Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers.
The song "Fairytale" written and performed by Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 for Norway,and is the first single from Rybak's debut album Fairytales.
John and Edward Grimes,collectively known as Jedward,are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins who first appeared as John &Edward in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009,generating a phenomenon of ironic popularity described as "the Jedward paradox". They were the seventh contestant eliminated and were managed by Louis Walsh,who was their mentor during The X Factor.
Melodi Grand Prix,the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest,began in 1960,the year of Norway's debut in the contest. It has been held almost every year since.
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Lipstick" written by Dan Priddy,Lars Halvor Jensen and Martin Michael Larson. The song was performed by the duo Jedward. The Irish broadcaster RaidióTeilifís Éireann (RTÉ) organised the national final Eurosong 2011 in order to select the Irish entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf,Germany. Five songs faced the votes of six regional juries and a public televote,ultimately resulting in the selection of "Lipstick" performed by Jedward as the Irish Eurovision entry.
"Lipstick" is a song by Irish pop duo Jedward. It is written by Danish songwriters Lars Jensen and Martin Larsson and British lyricist Dan Priddy. It is Jedward's third single and the first song released from their second studio album,Victory and is best known as Ireland's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held in Düsseldorf,Germany.
"Popular" is an English language song written by Fredrik Kempe and performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It is the second single from Saade's second album Saade Vol. 1 and was the Swedish entry in Eurovision Song Contest 2011. It was first released on 28 February 2011 in Sweden and topped the Swedish Singles Chart. It has been covered by Elena Paparizou.
The Irish pop duo Jedward has released four studio albums,twenty four singles and 28 music videos. Jedward have released four albums,Planet Jedward,Victory,Young Love and Voice of a Rebel,the first two of which went double platinum in Ireland,while the third went gold. They have released 24 singles,including "Under Pressure ","Lipstick",the song with which they represented Ireland at Eurovision 2011,and "Waterline",with which they represented Ireland at Eurovision 2012. They have released 28 music videos,21 of which they directed or co-directed themselves.
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Waterline" written by Nick Jarl and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by the duo Jedward,who had previously represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 where they achieved eighth place with the song "Lipstick". The Irish broadcaster RaidióTeilifís Éireann (RTÉ) organised the national final Eurosong 2012 in order to select the Irish entry for the 2012 contest in Baku,Azerbaijan. Five songs faced the votes of five regional juries and a public televote,ultimately resulting in the selection of "Waterline" performed by Jedward as the Irish Eurovision entry.
"Euphoria" is a song performed by Swedish singer Loreen. It was released on 26 February 2012 as the third single from her debut studio album Heal (2012). The song was written by Thomas G:son,Peter Boström and produced by Boström and SeventyEight. It is best known as Sweden's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku,Azerbaijan. The song won the competition with a total of 372 points,at the time the second-highest point total in the contest's history. The song received the highest number of maximum (12) points of any entry in the contest's history with eighteen countries giving the song their top marks.
Young Love is the third studio album by Irish pop duo Jedward. The album was released on 22 June 2012. In January 2012,Jedward began recording material for their third studio album,including their 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entry "Waterline". This recording was done at Wendy House Productions,in West London. The rest of the album was recorded in March at a studio in Sweden. Young Love is a concept album recounting the story of a relationship,from its beginning to end. In 2012 the album was given Gold certification in Ireland.
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Love Survives" written by Wez Devine and Ryan Dolan. The song was performed by Ryan Dolan. The Irish broadcaster RaidióTeilifís Éireann (RTÉ) organised the national final Eurosong 2013 in order to select the Irish entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö,Sweden. Five songs faced the votes of five regional juries and a public televote,ultimately resulting in the selection of "Only Love Survives" performed by Ryan Dolan as the Irish Eurovision entry.
"Only Love Survives" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Ryan Dolan and was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö,Sweden. The song was performed at the first semi final and successfully advanced to the final. Dolan performed the song on 18 May 2013 at the final with 25 other countries. The song finished in 26th place with 5 points.
"Believe in Me" is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her sixteenth studio album Rocks and Honey (2013). American songwriter Desmond Child composed the song with British songwriters Lauren Christy and Christopher Braide. It was released as the album's lead single on 13 March 2013. The song was written to "uplift the world",and was completed by Child whilst having dinner with Tyler.
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sunlight" written by Nicky Byrne,Wayne Hector and Ronan Hardiman. The song was performed by Nicky Byrne,who was internally selected in January 2016 by the Irish broadcaster RaidióTeilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2016 contest in Stockholm,Sweden. "Sunlight" was presented as the Irish entry during the announcement of Byrne's internal selection on 13 January 2016.
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Dying to Try",sung by Brendan Murray and written by Jörgen Elofsson and James Newman. The song and the singer were internally selected by the Irish broadcaster RaidióTeilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2017 contest in Kyiv,Ukraine. Murray's internal selection was announced on 16 December 2016,while "Dying to Try" was presented on 10 March 2017.
Eurovision:Come Together was a one-off television programme,organised and broadcast by the BBC,to determine the most popular song in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest,as voted for by the British public. Hosted by Graham Norton,the show was broadcast from Television Centre,London on 16 May 2020,and served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020,which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nineteen past Eurovision entries,chosen by an assembled jury,took part in the event,with the winner determined by online voting. It was won by the winning song of the 1974 contest,"Waterloo",originally performed by Swedish group ABBA.
