Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Member station TG4
National selection events
  • Junior Eurovision Éire:
  • 2015-present
Appearances
Appearances 2
First appearance 2015
Best result 10th: 2016
Worst result 12th: 2015
External links
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Ireland announced on 23 March 2015 that they will debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 to be held in Bulgaria. The Irish language broadcaster, TG4, was responsible for the selection of their first participant.[1]

TG4 previously attempted to participate in the 2014 contest, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected.[2]

Participation

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points
2015 Aimee Banks "Réalta na mara" Irish, Latin 12 36
2016 Zena Donnelly "Bríce ar Bhríce" Irish, English 10 122

Broadcasts and voting

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov.[3] The Irish broadcaster, TG4, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Irish language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Ireland. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2015.

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2015 Stiofán Ó Fearail and Caitlín Nic Aoidh Anna Banks
2016 Eoghan McDermott Andrea Leddy

Voting history

The tables below shows Irelands's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2015:

Most points given
Rank Points Country
1 12  Bulgaria
2 10  Malta
3 8  Armenia
4 7  Belarus
5 6  Slovenia
Most points received
Rank Points Country
1 6  Malta
2 5  Australia
3 4  Slovenia
4 2
5 1  San Marino

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (23 March 2015). "Ireland: Debuts At Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Ireland: TG4 Fails To Get BAI Funding For JESC". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

http://eurovoix.com/2015/09/01/ireland-jesc-selection-judging-panel-announced/

External links

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