Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest five times since their first appearance in the 2015 contest. The Irish language broadcaster, TG4, is responsible for the country's participation in the contest, and uses the national final Junior Eurovision Éire to select the Irish entries.

Ireland
Member stationTG4
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances5
First appearance2015
Last appearance2019
Best result10th: 2016
External links
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Since their debut in 2015, Ireland has achieved one top ten placing, in 2016 when the song "Bríce ar bhríce" performed by Zena Donnelly placed 10th.

History

TG4 originally intended to make their debut in the 2014 contest in Marsa, Malta, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, which was rejected.[1]

Ireland debuted in the contest when TG4 participated in the 2015 contest in Sofia, Bulgaria, when the song "Réalta na mara" performed by Aimee Banks placed 12th in a field of 17 countries.

Despite having initially confirmed their participation in the 2020 contest in January 2020,[2] TG4 announced in August 2020 that they would not participate in the contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Junior Eurovision Éire

Junior Eurovision Éire is an Irish television show which has served as Ireland's national final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the country's debut in 2015.[4] The show is hosted by Eoghan McDermott.[5] Between 2015 and 2018, the show selected both the song and the artist, while in 2019 the show selected only the artist, and the song was selected internally.[6][7]

Participation
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015
 Aimee Banks "Réalta na mara" Irish[lower-alpha 1] 12 36
2016
 Zena Donnelly "Bríce ar bhríce" Irish, English 10 122
2017
 Muireann McDonnell "Súile glasa" Irish 15 54
2018
 Taylor Hynes "IOU" Irish 15 48
2019
 Anna Kearney "Banshee" Irish[lower-alpha 2] 12 73

Commentators and spokespersons
Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
2015 Stiofán Ó Fearail and Caitlín Nic Aoidh Anna Banks
[8]
2016 Eoghan McDermott Andrea Leddy
2017 Walter McCabe
2018 Mícheál Ó Ciaraidh and Sinéad Ní Uallacháin Alex Hynes
[9]
2019 Sinéad Ní Uallacháin Leo Kearney
[10]
2020 No broadcast Did not participate
[3]

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Contains one phrase in Latin.
  2. Although the title is in English, the song was performed entirely in Irish.

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Ireland: TG4 Fails To Get BAI Funding For JESC". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. Herbert, Emily (14 January 2020). "Ireland: Junior Eurovision 2020 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. Farren, Neil (4 August 2020). "Ireland: Withdraws from Junior Eurovision 2020". Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. Granger, Anthony (17 February 2019). "Ireland: TG4 Confirms Participation in Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. Farren, Neil (16 August 2019). "Ireland: Junior Eurovision Éire 2019 to Start on September 1". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. Granger, Anthony (31 July 2019). "Ireland: Changes To The Format of Junior Eurovision Éire". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. Farren, Neil (6 October 2019). "Ireland: Anna Kearney to Junior Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. Nic Aoidh, Caitlín [@CaitlinNicAoidh] (21 November 2015). "Mise & @stiofanofearail réidh do chomórtas na hoíche anocht. @TG4TV #jesc2015 Bígí ag tacú leí ag úsáid #GoAimee" (Tweet) (in Irish). Retrieved 22 November 2015 – via Twitter.
  9. Granger, Anthony (21 November 2018). "Ireland: Mícheál Ó Ciarradh and Sinéad Ní Uallacháin to Commentate on Junior Eurovision". Eurovoix. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. Filippidou, Ifigeneia (24 November 2019). "These are the Junior Eurovision 2019 spokespersons". esc-plus.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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