Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country  Ireland
National selection
Selection process Eurosong 2009
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Selection date(s) 20 February 2009
Selected entrant Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy
Selected song "Et Cetera"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (11th)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ireland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The country was represented by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy with their song "Et Cetera".[1][2]

Eurosong 2009

It was unknown for some time how Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), the Irish broadcaster would select the Irish entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. RTÉ had had plans to have a large-scale national final like that of last year's contest.[3] However the current financial situation in Ireland have made this impossible, and it was debatable whether a national final would be held at all, with an internal selection by RTÉ to be held instead. Despite this, RTÉ were set to have a national final for their selection, which would be similar to that seen in 2006 and 2007, when the national final was held as part of popular entertainment show The Late Late Show.[4][5] The provisional date was set at 20 February 2009.[4][5]

Although a national final was to be planned, it was rumoured that RTÉ were in the middle of talks with three-time former winner Johnny Logan. It had been rumoured that, in exchange for his own television show, Logan would return to Eurovision and represent Ireland at the 2009 contest in Moscow.[6][7] Logan had previously said that he would have represented Ireland at the 2007 contest, however a deal between Logan and RTÉ was not reached at that time.[8][9] Eoghan Quigg, who came third in the 2008 series of The X Factor, has also stated that he would like to represent Ireland at Eurovision.[10]

RTÉ officially confirmed that a national final, called Eurosong 2009, would be held to choose the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, and that no internal selection would be held. Like in 2006 and 2007, this was to be held on 20 February on a special edition of The Late Late Show.[11][12][13]

Pat Kenny, host of The Late Late Show and of Eurosong 2009, revealed that six acts will compete in the contest, with the winner being decided by a mixture of televoting and the votes of regional juries from around Ireland.[14] A jury selected six competing acts from those sent into RTÉ, which will be headed by former Eurovision winner Linda Martin.[13][15] Over 300 entries were received by RTÉ before the deadline for entries on 2 February.[16][17]

The final

The first entry to be confirmed to be competing at Eurosong 2009 was "I Wish I Could Pretend" by Latvian singer Kristīna Zaharova. The song, composed by Lauris Reiniks and Gordon Pogoda, was initially included in the line-up of the Latvian national final, however was also entered into the Irish selection. Reiniks therefore decided to withdraw his song from the Latvian selection in favour for the Irish national final.[18][19]

The complete list of finalists, as well as the running order, was released on 13 February 2009, one week before the show.[20] The songs were first heard on The Derek Mooney Show on RTÉ Radio 1 on 19 February, one day before the final. During the show it was confirmed that both jury and televoting would be used during the show, in a 50/50 split. Four juries from around Ireland, in Sligo, Dublin, Cork and Limerick, would give 1 to 10 points to each song. Televoting would make the final 50% of the results, giving a maximum of 40 points to the favoured song.[21]

During the show a panel was present to offer their opinions on the six songs. The three panel members, as revealed by RTÉ, to be Eurovision commentator Marty Whelan, the 1992 Eurovision winner and head of the selection panel Linda Martin, and famous American talk-show and talent show host Jerry Springer.[22]

The winner of Eurosong was Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy with "Et Cetera", which received 38 out of 40 from the four juries, and the maximum 40 points from the televote.[1][2]

Eurosong 2009 - 20 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 M.N.A. "Flying" Ronan McCormack 15 8 23 6
2 Laura-Jayne Hunter "Out of Control" Derry O'Donovan 9 32 41 3
3 Lee Bradshaw "So What" Billy Larkin, Kevin Breathnach 10 16 26 4
4 Johnny Brady "Amazing" Tony Adams Rosa 20 4 24 5
5 Kristīna Zaharova "I Wish I Could Pretend" Lauris Reiniks, Gordon Pogoda 32 24 56 2
6 Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy "Et Cetera" Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff,
Daniele Moretti, Christina Schilling		 38 40 78 1

Voting

Song Juries Televote Total Place
Cork Sligo Limerick Dublin Total
"Flying" 8 4 1 2 15 8 23 6
"Out of Control" 2 2 4 1 9 32 41 3
"So What" 1 1 2 6 10 16 26 4
"Amazing" 4 6 6 4 20 4 24 5
"I Wish I Could Pretend" 6 8 8 10 32 24 56 2
"Et Cetera" 10 10 10 8 38 40 78 1

Before Eurovision

Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy performing "Et Cetera" at the UKEurovision Preview Party
Photo by Tristán White.

It has not been planned by RTÉ to have a large promotional campaign of the Irish entry, due to budget constraints. However Sinéad and Black Daisy performed twice for an international audience; at the Eurovision Promo Concert in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 18 April,[23] and also at the UKEurovision Preview Party in London on 17 April.[24]

Before heading to Moscow, Sinéad and Black Daisy one again performed on The Late Late Show on 1 May.[25] RTÉ also broadcast the EBU "Eurovision: Countdown" preview shows before the week of the contest.[26]

At Eurovision

Since Ireland was not one of the "Big Four" and is not the host of the 2009 contest, it had to compete in one of the two semi-finals. Sinéad and Black Daisy competed in the second semi-final on 14 May, where they performed second in the running order, following Croatia and preceding Latvia. The group failed to qualify Ireland to the final for the second consecutive time.

In the final of the contest, the Irish votes were presented by Irish TV personality Derek Mooney, who previously did the same in 2000.[27] RTÉ released the names of the five jurors which made up half of the Irish votes in the final, along with televoting. They were former Eurovision winners Linda Martin (ESC 1992) and Paul Harrington (ESC 1994), producer Bill Hughes, singer and TV personality Emma O'Driscoll and singer/songwriter Luan Parle.[28]

Points Awarded by Ireland[29]

Semi final

12 points Lithuania
10 points Poland
8 points Norway
7 points Denmark
6 points Azerbaijan
5 points Moldova
4 points Estonia
3 points Ukraine
2 points Cyprus
1 point Slovakia

Final

12 points Iceland
10 points United Kingdom
8 points Norway
7 points Lithuania
6 points Estonia
5 points Malta
4 points Denmark
3 points France
2 points Romania
1 point Germany

Points Awarded to Ireland (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Denmark
  •  Albania
  •  Lithuania
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Latvia
  •  Estonia
  •  Norway
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Serbia
  •  Moldova
  •  Slovenia
  •  Croatia
  •  France

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Klier, Marcus (2009-02-20). "Ireland: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  3. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2008-10-28). "Ireland: "We will participate at Eurovision 2009"". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  4. 1 2 Murray, Gavin (2008-11-21). "Ireland: Announcement before the end of the month". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  5. 1 2 "Provisional date for RTÉ's national final". Oikotimes. 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  6. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2008-12-14). "Ireland: Johnny Logan for Eurovision 2009?". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  7. ↑ Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2008-12-14). "Provisional date for RTÉ's national final". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  8. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2006-10-07). "Johnny Logan 'would' represent Ireland again". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  9. ↑ Viniker, Barry (2006-10-27). "No Johnny Logan at Eurovision 2007". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  10. ↑ Edgar, Gale (2008-12-15). "'X Factor' star hoping to sing in Eurovision". Irish Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  11. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2008-12-18). "Ireland: Open selection for Eurovision 2009". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  12. ↑ Rendall, Alasdair (2008-12-18). "Ireland: RTÉ goes on national selection on February 20". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
  13. 1 2 Murray, Gavin (2009-01-21). "Ireland: National Final on February 20th". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  14. ↑ Fisher, Luke (2009-01-23). "Ireland: Six songs and regional juries for Eurosong". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  15. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2009-01-21). "Linda Martin to chair Irish jury". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  16. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-02-05). "Ireland: Almost 300 entries submitted for Eurosong 2009". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  17. ↑ Konstantopoulos, Fotis (2009-02-05). "Ireland: RTÉ receives almost 300 entries for Moscow". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  18. ↑ Medinika, Aija (2009-02-12). "Latvia: Lauris Reiniks drops Eurodziesma for Irish final". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  19. ↑ Costa, Nelson (2009-02-12). "Latvia: Lauris Reiniks drops Latvian for Irish final". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  20. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-02-13). "Ireland: Six Eurosong finalists revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  21. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-02-19). "Ireland: Eurosong 2009 radio previews". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  22. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-02-19). "Ireland: Jerry Springer on the panel for Eurosong". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  23. ↑ Romkes, René (2009-03-26). "Eurovision in Concert 2009". ESCToday.. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  24. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2009-04-09). "Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy confirmed for London Preview Party". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  25. ↑ Fisher, Luke (2009-05-02). "Jade and Sinead face the cameras before Moscow". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  26. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-04-24). "Ireland: Eurovision Countdown begins on Sunday". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  27. ↑ Murray, Gavin (2009-05-08). "Ireland: Derek Mooney to announce Irish points". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  28. ↑ Fisher, Luke (2009-05-12). "RTE reveals names of the jury". Oikotimes. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  29. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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