Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Ireland participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, held in Gliwice, Poland, with the song "Banshee" performed by Anna Kearney. The singer was selected though a national final organized by TG4 that between September 1 and October 6. The song was selected internally after Anna Kearney had been selected. This was Ireland's fifth appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist: Junior Eurovision Éire
  • Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Heats
  • 1 September 2019
  • 8 September 2019
  • 15 September 2019
  • 22 September 2019
  • Semi-Final
  • 29 September 2019
  • Final
  • 6 October 2019
Selected entrantAnna Kearney
Selected song"Banshee"
Selected songwriter(s)Niall Mooney
Jonas Gladnikoff
Cyprian Cassar
Daniel Caruana
Fiachna Ó Braonáin
Anna Banks
Anna Kearney
Finals performance
Final result12th, 73 points
Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2018 2019

Background

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Ireland had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four times since its debut in 2015.[1] TG4 previously attempted to participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected.[2] In the 2018 contest, Taylor Hynes represented country in Minsk, Belarus with the song "IOU". He ended 15th out of 20 entries with 48 points.

Junior Eurovision Éire

Heat 1

The participants in heat 1 were revealed on 26 August 2019, with the episode airing on 1 September.[3]

Draw Artist Song (performed in Irish) Result Number of stars
01 Anna Kearney "Symphony" (Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson) Final Duel 25
02 Mollie Kennedy "Stay with Me" (Sam Smith) Eliminated 22
03 Aoife McNelis "Always" (Gavin James) Final Duel 24
04 Arabella Dolan "Take Me to Church" (Hozier) Semi-Final 26
05 Ciara McShane "Take My Hand" (Picture This) Eliminated 18
06 Joya & Priya "Wake Me Up" (Avicii and Aloe Blacc) Eliminated 21
07 Riaghan Boardman "Shotgun" (George Ezra) Eliminated 19

Anna Kearney and Aoife McNelis both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their covers a second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Anna as the winner of this episode, while Arabella was selected to advance to the semi-final.[4]

Heat 2

The participants for heat 2 were revealed on 7 September 2019.[5]

Draw Artist Song (performed in Irish) Result Number of stars
01 Caoimhe McBride "September Song" (JP Cooper) Final Duel 23
02 Alison McGrath "Ghost" (Luan Parle) Semi-Final 28
03 Sophie Whelan "Speeding Cars" (Walking on Cars) Eliminated 22
04 Katie Healy "Feel It Again" (Hudson Taylor) Final Duel 25
05 Nikki Little "Illuminate" (Ham Sandwich) Eliminated 19
06 Rachel Kennedy "Shape of You" (Ed Sheeran) Eliminated 20
07 Cairde Ceolmhaire "Catch & Release" (Matt Simons) Eliminated 19

Caoimhe McBride and Katie Healy both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their covers a second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Caoimhe as the winner of this episode, while Alison was selected to advance to the semi-final.[6]

Heat 3

The participants for heat 3 were revealed on 13 September 2019.[7]

Draw Artist Song (performed in Irish) Result Number of stars
01 Seisear Séieseach "When We Were Young" (Picture This) Final Duel 25
02 Grace Lauhoff "Thinking Out Loud" (Ed Sheeran) Eliminated 22
03 Katie O'Connor "Counting to Sleep" (Wallis Bird) Eliminated 23
04 Lauren Doherty "IDGAF" (Dua Lipa) Eliminated 22
05 Isabelle Moore "Falling Slowly" (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) Final Duel 24
06 Savannah Phoenix-Munroe "Lullaby" (Paloma Faith and Sigala) Semi-Final 26
07 Daniel Ryan "Nervous" (Gavin James) Eliminated 21

Seisear Séieseach and Isabelle Moore both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their covers a second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Seisear as the winner of this episode, while Savannah was selected to advance to the semi-final.[8]

Heat 4

The participants for heat 4 were revealed on 22 September 2019.[9]

Draw Artist Song (performed in Irish) Result Number of stars
01 Skye Murphy Darrer "Chandelier" (Sia) Final Duel 27
02 Molly Verider-Cassidy "The Cup Song" (Carter Family) Eliminated 23
03 Orla McDermott "Linger" (The Cranberries) Semi-Final 30
04 Fionn and Roisin Vigors "Teenage Dirtbag" (Wheatus) Eliminated 21
05 Rachel Hoey "We Couldn't Fake It" (The Coronas) Eliminated 20
06 Rebecca Cronin "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran) Final Duel 25
07 Sophie Bao Garrahy "I Won't Worry" (This Club) Eliminated 23

Skye Murphy Darrer and Rebecca Cronin both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their covers a second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Skye as the winner of this episode, while Orla was selected to advance to the semi-final.[10]

Semi-Final

The semi-final aired on 29 September 2019.

Draw Artist Song (performed in Irish) Result
01 Anna Kearney "This Is Me" (Keala Settle) Finalist
02 Alison McGrath "Stay with Me" (Sam Smith) Final Duel
03 Caoimhe McBride "Waiting for Love" (Avicii and Simon Aldred) Eliminated
04 Seisear Séiseach "Pompeii" (Bastille) Eliminated
05 Savannah Phoenix-Munroe "Circle of Life" (Elton John) Finalist
06 Arabella Dolan "Friday I'm in Love" (The Cure) Eliminated
07 Orla McDermott "Hold Back the River" (James Bay) Final Duel
08 Skye Murphy Darrer "Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift) Eliminated

Anna Kearney and Savannah Phoenix-Munroe were announced as the first two finalists. Alison McGrath and Orla McDermott both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their covers a second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Orla as the last finalist.[11]

Final

The final aired on 6 October 2019.

Draw Artist Heat/Semi-Final Song (performed in Irish) Draw ESC Winning Song (Original artist, year) Result
01 Anna Kearney "Symphony" (Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson) 04 "Why Me?" (Linda Martin, 1992) Final Duel
02 Orla McDermott "Linger" (The Cranberries) 05 "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan, 1994) Eliminated
03 Savannah Phoenix-Munroe "Circle of Life" (Elton John) 06 "Hold Me Now" (Johnny Logan, 1987) Final Duel
Final Duel
Draw Artist Heat/Semi-Final Song (performed in Irish) Result
01 Anna Kearney "Symphony" (Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson) Winner
02 Savannah Phoenix-Munroe "Circle of Life" (Elton John) Eliminated

Artist and song information

Anna Kearney
Background information
Born (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006
Dublin, Ireland
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
"Banshee"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Anna Kearney
Language
Composer(s)
Cyprian Cassar
Jonas Gladnikoff
Niall Mooney
Daniel Caruana
Lyricist(s)
Niall Mooney
Fiachna Ó Braonáin
Anna Banks
Anna Kearney
Finals performance
Final result
12th
Final points
73
Entry chronology
◄ "IOU" (2018)   

Anna Kearney

Anna Kearney (born 30 January 2006) is an Irish child singer. She represented Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Banshee".[12] She was born in Dublin, but she currently lives in Foxrock. Her mother, Eileen, was a performer in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 as part of the interval act Riverdance. Shortly after the contest, Kearney opened the 2019 Late Late Toy Show

Banshee

"Banshee" is a song by Irish singer Anna Kearney. It represented Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019. After Anna Kearney had been selected to represent Ireland, TG4 contacted Niall Mooney and Jonas Gladnikoff, who had previously been responsible for the 2015 and 2018 Irish Junior Eurovision entries, to write the song. The song was also co-written by Cyprian Cassar and Daniel Caruana, with lyrics by Anna Banks, Fiachna Ó Braonáin as well as Anna Kearney.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 18 November 2019, Ireland was drawn to perform twelfth on 24 November 2019, following Poland and preceding Ukraine.

Voting

The results of the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 22 November 2019 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 24 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Ireland

Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  • Ireland received 34 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Ireland

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