Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

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]

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processEurosong 2009
Selection date(s)20 February 2009
Selected entrantSinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy
Selected song"Et Cetera"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th, 52 points)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Possible artists

RTÉ confirmed on 28 October 2008 that Ireland would participate in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.[3] Although a national final was planned to be held on 20 February 2009, the current financial situation in Ireland have made this impossible.[4][5] Therefore, it was rumoured that RTÉ were in the middle of talks with three-time former winner Johnny Logan, and in exchange for his own television show, Logan would return to Eurovision and represent Ireland 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 X Factor, has also stated that he would like to represent Ireland at Eurovision.[10]

Eurosong 2009

Eurosong 2009 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The competition was broadcast as a special edition of The Late Late Show held on 20 February 2009 and hosted by Pat Kenny.[11][12][13]

Format

Six artists and songs were selected to compete. A 50/50 combination of regional jury voting and public televoting determined the winner.[14][15]

Competing entries

Artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition between 18 December 2008 and 2 February 2009.[16] At the closing of the deadline, over 300 entries were received.[16][17] A jury panel reviewed all of the submissions and selected six songs for the competition. The panel consisted of Eurovision 1992 winner Linda Martin, director of Universal Music Ireland Mark Crossingham, agent and choreographer Julian Benson, RTÉ Radio 1 Eurovision commentator Larry Gogan and president of OGAE Ireland Diarmuid Furlong. The six finalists were revealed on 13 February 2009.[18] Among the finalists was "I Wish I Could Pretend" performed by Latvian singer Kristīna Zaharova, which was also selected for the 2009 Latvian national final. However the composers decided to withdraw the song from the Latvian final in favour for Eurosong 2009.[19][20] The six songs were presented on 21 February 2008 during the RTÉ Radio 1 programme The Derek Mooney Show.

Artist Song Composer(s)
Johnny Brady "Amazing" Tony Adams Rosa
Kristīna Zaharova "I Wish I Could Pretend" Lauris Reiniks, Gordon Pogoda
Laura-Jayne Hunter "Out of Control" Derry O'Donovan
Lee Bradshaw "So What" Billy Larkin, Kevin Breathnach
M.N.A. "Flying" Ronan McCormack
Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy "Et Cetera" Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff, Daniele Moretti, Christina Schilling

Final

The national final featured commentary from a panel that consisted of RTÉ One Eurovision commentator Marty Whelan, Linda Martin and American talk-show and talent show host Jerry Springer.[21] After the combination of votes from the four regional juries and the public televoting, "Et Cetera" performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy was selected as the winner.[1][2]

Final – 20 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 M.N.A. "Flying" 15 8 23 6
2 Laura-Jayne Hunter "Out of Control" 9 32 41 3
3 Lee Bradshaw "So What" 10 16 26 4
4 Johnny Brady "Amazing" 20 4 24 5
5 Kristīna Zaharova "I Wish I Could Pretend" 32 24 56 2
6 Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy "Et Cetera" 38 40 78 1

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

It had 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,[22] and also at the UKEurovision Preview Party in London on 17 April.[23]

Before heading to Moscow, Sinéad and Black Daisy once again performed on The Late Late Show on 1 May.[24] RTÉ also broadcast the EBU "Eurovision: Countdown" preview shows before the week of the contest.[25]

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.[26] 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.[27]

Points awarded by Ireland[28]
Split voting results from Ireland (final)
Draw Country Jury points Televoting points Scoreboard (Points)
01  Lithuania 12 7
02  Israel
03  France 6 3
04  Sweden 4
05  Croatia
06  Portugal
07  Iceland 12 7 12
08  Greece
09  Armenia
10  Russia 1
11  Azerbaijan 2
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina
13  Moldova 3
14  Malta 7 2 5
15  Estonia 5 5 6
16  Denmark 6 4
17  Germany 3 1 1
18  Turkey
19  Albania
20  Norway 10 8 8
21  Ukraine
22  Romania 4 2
23  United Kingdom 8 10 10
24  Finland
25  Spain
Points awarded to Ireland (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  28. Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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