Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Jury members

TG4 published details on the names of the professional jury who would determine the winner of the Junior Eurovision Éire 2017 and the representative for Ireland at the 2017 contest in November. They had all represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest at least once in their careers.^[4]

The judging panel consisted of Fiachna Ó Braonáin and Bláthnaid Tracey, as well as a different guest judge each week.

Semi Final 1

The first semi final took place on 22 October 2017, in which Brendan Murray and Dustin the Turkey were the guest judges.

Muireann McDonnell and Judy Langan both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their songs for the second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Muireann McDonnell as the winner of semifinal 1 and advanced to the grand final on 19 November 2017. Judy Langan who lost the final duel received one of the two wildcards and advanced the final on 19 November 2017.

Semi Final 2

The second semi final took place on 29 October 2017, in which Jedward were the guest judges.

Gwanaelle Noval and Aoife Goodson both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their songs for the second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Gwanaelle Noval as the winner of semifinal 2 and advanced to the grand final on 19 November 2017. Mini Mix who was eliminated in Semi Final 2 but received one of the 2 Wildcards and proceeded to the Final.

Semi Final 3

The second semi final took place on 5 November 2017, in which Dustin the Turkey and Brian Kennedy were the guest judges.

Úna Ní Mhistéil and Holly Owens both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their songs for the second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Úna Ní Mhistéil as the winner of semifinal 3 and advanced to the grand final on 19 November 2017.

Semi Final 4

The second semi final took place on 12 November 2017, in which Niamh Kavanagh was the guest judge.

Sinéad Carr and Orla McDermott both advanced to the final duel stage and performed their songs for the second time. After their second performances, the jury members selected Sinéad Carr as the winner of semifinal 4 and advanced to the grand final on 19 November 2017.

Final

The grand final took place on 19 November 2017, in which Linda Martin was the guest judge.^[5]

Muireann McDonnell

Muireann McDonnell (born 27 November 2005) ^[6] is an Irish singer and songwriter. She represented Ireland at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November 2017 with the song "Súile Glasa".

Voting

The results of the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest were determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury were asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting started on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances were shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting stopped on Sunday, 26 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and started right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers could vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They could also vote for their own country’s song. These votes were then turned into points. The amount of points was determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it would receive 20% of the available points. The public vote counted for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% came from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Ireland

• Ireland received 42 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Ireland

12 points  Poland 10 points  Georgia 8 points  Australia 7 points  Albania 6 points  Serbia 5 points  Russia 4 points  Macedonia 3 points  Ukraine 2 points  Cyprus 1 point  Belarus Split voting results Split voting results from Ireland Draw Country Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Average Rank Points 01  Cyprus 9 10 13 7 1 9 2 02  Poland 5 2 1 5 3 1 12 03  Netherlands 13 14 2 12 7 11 04  Armenia 3 7 12 14 13 12 05  Belarus 12 8 11 3 10 10 1 06  Portugal 8 11 14 13 6 13 07  Ireland 08  Macedonia 7 9 6 8 9 7 4 09  Georgia 1 5 3 2 5 2 10 10  Albania 2 1 5 9 14 4 7 11  Ukraine 6 6 7 6 15 8 3 12  Malta 11 15 15 15 12 15 13  Russia 10 12 8 4 4 6 5 14  Serbia 4 3 9 10 8 5 6 15  Australia 14 4 4 1 2 3 8 16  Italy 15 13 10 11 11 14 See also Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 References ↑ Granger, Anthony (23 March 2015). "Ireland: Debuts At Junior Eurovision". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 March 2015. ↑ Granger, Anthony (22 May 2014). "Ireland: TG4 Fails To Get BAI Funding For JESC". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 22 May 2014. 1 2 Farren, Neil (28 August 2017). "Ireland: TG4 Confirm Junior Eurovision 2016 Participation". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 29 August 2017. ↑ NFformat ↑ NFformat ↑ About Muireann McDonnell