Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selection date(s)

30 March 1991

Selected entrant

Kim Jackson

Selected song

"Could It Be That I'm In Love"

Finals performance

Final result

Shared 10th of 22 (47 points)

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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For the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest in Rome, the song "Could It Be That I'm In Love", written and composed by Liam Reilly and performed by Kim Jackson, was chosen to represent Ireland, after it won the national final selection. Composer Liam Reilly had represented Ireland in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb, coming in second place with his own composition; Kim Jackson had also provided backing vocals for that entry.

National Finals

Held on 30 March at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin, the national final selection was hosted by Pat Kenny. Originally, eight songs were set to compete, but one was withdrawn the week before the contest, bringing the number of songs to seven. The winner was selected by ten regional juries.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	"Captivity"	Patricia Moloney	42	7th
2	"Too Many Questions"	Brian O'Reilly	88	3rd
3	"Why Can't Forever Last?"	Flo McSweeney	65	5th
4	"When Do I Get Over You?"	Mike Sherrard	53	6th
5	"Could It Be That I'm In Love"	Kim Jackson	94	1st
6	"Sa Deireadh Thiar"	Passion	86	4th
7	"Dream Come True"	Jane Hennessy	93	2nd

After the regional juries had voted, songs 5 and 7 were tied. A special tiebreak jury was called to determine the winner, choosing "Could It Be That I'm In Love".

At Eurovision

"Could It Be that I'm in Love" was performed eleventh in the running order on the night of the contest, following Turkey and preceding Portugal. At the close of the voting sequence, Ireland had 47 points, tying them with the United Kingdom for tenth place.

Points Awarded to Ireland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Luxembourg	Denmark
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium	Malta Turkey United Kingdom	Italy Switzerland Yugoslavia	Finland Germany	Austria Israel

References

↑ IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1991

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ~~1983~~ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day

1970s	Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne

1980s	Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys ~~1983~~ Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

1990s	Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans

2000s	Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy ~~2002~~ Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

2010s	Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne

Songs

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love"

1970s	"All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man"

1980s	"What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" ~~1983~~ "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me"

1990s	"Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me"

2000s	"Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" ~~2002~~ "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera"

2010s	"It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Countries

Final (by final results)	Sweden (winner) France Israel Spain Switzerland Malta Italy Portugal Cyprus Ireland United Kingdom Turkey Greece Luxembourg Iceland Belgium Norway Germany Denmark Finland Yugoslavia Austria

Artists

Final (by final results)	Carola Amina Duo Datz Sergio Dalma Sandra Simó Georgina & Paul Giordimaina Peppino di Capri Dulce Pontes Elena Patroklou Kim Jackson Samantha Janus İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca & Can Uğurluer Sophia Vossou Sarah Bray Stefán & Eyfi Clouseau Just 4 Fun Atlantis 2000 Anders Frandsen Kaija Kärkinen Baby Doll Thomas Forstner

Songs

Final
(by final results)

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