Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Member station TG4
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances 3
First appearance 2015
Best result 10th: 2016
Worst result 15th: 2017
External links
Ireland's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Ireland made their first appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest at the 2015 contest in Sofia, when Aimee Banks finished in 12th place with the song "Réalta na Mara". The Irish language broadcaster, TG4, is responsible for the country's participation in the contest.

TG4 originally intended to make their debut at the 2014 contest in Marsa, but required funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which was rejected.[1]

Since their debut in 2015, Ireland has achieved one top ten placing, in 2016 when Zena Donnelly finished in 10th place with the song "Bríce ar Bhríce".

In 2018, the Irish national final took place on the 1st of October. In the evening show, Sarah Kenny and Kerry-Ann competed in the sing off, leaving Kerry-Ann in the competition

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
2017 Muireann McDonnell "Súile glasa" Irish 15 54
2018

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.[2] 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
2015Stiofán Ó Fearail and Caitlín Nic AoidhAnna Banks
2016Eoghan McDermottAndrea Leddy
2017Walter McCabe

Voting history

The tables below shows Ireland's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in 2016 and takes into account the new voting system which allows the adult and kids juries each to award a set of points, introduced by the European Broadcasting Union from the 2016 contest onwards.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Ireland: TG4 Fails To Get BAI Funding For JESC". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Jordan, Paul (13 May 2016). "Format changes for the Junior Eurovision 2016". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

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

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