Sarah McTernan

Sarah McTernan (born 11 March 1994) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Scarriff, County Clare. She is known for taking third place in the fourth season of The Voice of Ireland in April 2015. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "22".

Sarah McTernan
Sarah McTernan at a Eurovision pre-party
Background information
Born (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994
OriginScarriff, County Clare, Ireland
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2014–present

Early and personal life

McTernan is an only child. After graduating in 2011, she took a pre-nursing course in Ennis, County Clare. She then went on to study music technology at Limerick Institute of Technology for several months. She took a break from education and continued to work as a retail employee in Penneys. She plays guitar, piano and tin whistle.[1] In September 2014, she enrolled in University of Limerick to study Voice and Dance, but had to defer until September 2015.

Music career

The JEDS

In November 2014, after getting through the blind auditions on The Voice of Ireland without ever doing any gigs, McTernan set up a band to gain experience with performing. The four-piece band was made up of guitarist Dwayne Mann, drummer John Moroney, bassist Declan Larkin and McTernan on vocals.

The Voice of Ireland

McTernan entered The Voice of Ireland in 2015. At her blind audition, she sang "Who You Are", for which all four judges turned their chairs. She then chose to go on S Club 7 star, Rachel Stevens' team. For "The Battle" show she competed against Tara Gannon Carr. They performed "Changing" by Sigma, featuring Paloma Faith. Stevens decided to send McTernan through to the Live Knockouts. McTernan sang "Ghost" by Ella Henderson and was up against Paul Taylor and Cian O'Melia. Stevens decided to send Sarah through to the Live Shows while Taylor and O'Melia got sent home. In the first live show, McTernan sang "What I Did For Love" by David Guetta featuring Emeli Sande. McTernan came third,[2] losing out to Emma Humber in second place and Patrick James in first.

In 2018, McTernan submitted the song "Eye of the Storm" to be part of an online vote to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest. At the time McTernan said, "Obviously you want to represent your own country but this is a massive opportunity, it would be amazing to be part of the Eurovision."[3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2019

On 8 March 2019, McTernan was announced by RTÉ as the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2] She performed the song "22" in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the final.[4] Her entry was initially reported to place last in either semi-final.[5] However, due to a dismissal of the Belarusian jury, the score of Michael Rice's entry "Bigger than Us" was lowered and was revealed to receive the lowest points.[6][7]

Loving You

With plans to release an EP in the future, McTernan will release her new single "Loving You" on the 5th of February 2021. The song is a collaboration with HalfTraxx, and was played for the first time on Spin South West Radio.

Discography

Singles
Title Year Album
"Eye of the Storm"[8] 2016 Non-album singles
"22"[9] 2019
Loving You 2021

References
  1. Moran, Hannah (8 March 2019). "Everything you need to know about Ireland's Eurovision 2019 star Sarah McTernan". evoke.ie. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. Daly, Adam (8 March 2019). "This Co Clare singer will represent Ireland in the Eurovision in Israel". TheJournal.ie.
  3. "Eurovision 2019: Five facts about Ireland's entrant Sarah McTernan". Official Charts. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  4. Kelly, Aoife (16 May 2019). "Eurovision 2019: 'Things don't always go your way' - Sarah McTernan emotional as Ireland fails to qualify for final". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. "Eurovision results reveal Ireland finished in last place in either semi-final". RTÉ Entertainment. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. "Eurovision 2019: UK's last-placed entry has score lowered". BBC News Online. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. Stebbing, Liam (23 May 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Turns out Ireland didn't come last after all". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  8. "Eye of the Storm – Single by Sarah McTernan". iTunes. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. "22 by Sarah McTernan". iTunes. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
Preceded by
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
with "Together"		 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2019		 Succeeded by
Lesley Roy
TBD
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