Molly Sterling

Molly Sterling (born 8 March 1998) is an Irish singer and songwriter who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[1][2]

Molly Sterling
Background information
Born (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998
Puckane, Tipperary, Ireland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2011–present
Website

Biography

Sterling grew up in Puckane, County Tipperary. She was educated at Kilkenny College[3] and then at St. Andrew's College, Dublin.[4]

Career

2011–14: Early beginnings

Molly Sterling first came to prominence after winning the Teen Idol contest in November 2011, winning a Popstar Studios recording prize.[5] She won a second-place award for Girl's Vocal Solo at the 2012 Kilkenny Music Festival[6] and supported Runaway GO at a gig in Nenagh Arts Centre on 9 June 2012.[7] She finished second in TV3's All Ireland Schools' Talent Search in May 2014 and released her first EP, Strands of Heart, in November 2014.[4]

2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest
Main article: Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

On 27 February 2015 she was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[3] She performed in the second semi-final, but missed out on qualification for the final. At 17 years old, she was the youngest ever entrant to perform for Ireland in their history of participation.

Discography

Extended plays
Title Details
Strands of Heart
  • Released: November 2014
  • Format: Digital download

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
IRE
"Playing with Numbers" 2015 77 Non-album singles
"Fake the Cost" —
"Plain Static" 2017 —
"Stripped Down" 2018 —
"Feeble" 2019 —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

See also

References
  1. Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. Byrne, Brian; Gittens, Geraldine (28 February 2015). "Teen pianist (16) to represent Ireland at 60th Eurovision Song Contest". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". Nenaghguardian.ie. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. "Molly best in wonderful Tipp Teen Model finals – The Nationalist". Nationalist.ie. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. "Kilkenny Music Festival a huge success – Kilkenny People". Kilkennypeople.ie. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  7. "Molly Sterling to support RunawayGo at Nenagh Arts Centre this Saturday : Tipp Tatler Magazine". Tipptatler.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith
with "Heartbeat"		 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015
 Succeeded by
Nicky Byrne
with "Sunlight"


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