Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
The Mullans represented Ireland in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with the song "When You Need Me".
| Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | ||||
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| Country |  Ireland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurosong 1999 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 7 March 1999 | |||
| Selected entrant | The Mullans | |||
| Selected song | "When You Need Me" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 18 points | |||
| Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Eurosong 1999
The final was held at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin on 23 February 2008 and hosted by Pat Kenny. Eight artists and songs were selected to compete, which were presented on 9 January 1999 during the RTÉ programme Kenny Live.[1] Regional televoting selected "When You Need Me" performed by The Mullans as the winner.[2]
| Final – 7 March 1999 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Nigel Connell | "I Believed" | Danny Sheerin, Des Sheerin | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Brendan Keeley | "You Must Have Been Crazy" | Brendan Keely, Graham Murphy | 66 | 2 |
| 3 | Barry Doyle | "Run to Me" | Barry Doyle | 22 | 8 |
| 4 | Tommy Quinn | "You Can't Fight It" | John Fitzpatrick | 27 | 7 |
| 5 | Maggie Toal & Andy McComish | "I Won't Ever Let You Go" | Stephen Nimmon | 57 | 3 |
| 6 | Doona | "An Bon Bon Carr" | Proínsias Mac An Tuile, Bríd Ní Mhurchú | 48 | 4 |
| 7 | Gary O'Shaughnessy | "I'll Be There" | Denise Reynolds | 44 | 5 |
| 8 | The Mullans | "When You Need Me" | Bronagh Mullan | 84 | 1 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | |||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Waterford | Cork | Limerick | Galway | Sligo | Dundalk | Dublin | Total |
| 1 | "I Believed" | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 37 |
| 2 | "You Must Have Been Crazy" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 66 |
| 3 | "Run to Me" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | "You Can't Fight It" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | "I Won't Ever Let You Go" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 57 |
| 6 | "An Bon Bon Carr" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | "I'll Be There" | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
| 8 | "When You Need Me" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 84 |
At Eurovision
The Mullans performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest, a draw on which three previous Irish entries had won ("What's Another Year?" in 1980, "Why Me?" in 1992 and "The Voice" in 1996). Despite taking an early lead with twelve points from the first voting country Lithuania, "When You Need Me" picked up only six additional points, finishing in 17th place.
Points awarded to Ireland
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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See also
References
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