Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Ireland was represented by Tina Reynolds, with the song '"Cross Your Heart", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton, England. "Cross Your Heart" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1974 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National Final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 10 February 1974 | |||
| Selected entrant | Tina Reynolds | |||
| Selected song | "Cross Your Heart" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 7th=, 11 points | |||
| Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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For the first time since joining Eurovision in 1965, broadcaster RTÉ pre-selected Reynolds as their performer rather than holding a multi-artist selection. It is generally believed that this was in acknowledgement of Reynolds' co-operation with RTÉ during the well-publicised controversies and disagreements which had dogged Ireland's Eurovision participation in 1973.
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held at the RTÉ studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. Reynolds performed eight songs, with the winner chosen by postcard voting.[1]
| Final – 10 February 1974 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Televote | Place |
| 1 | "Tiocfaidh Mé Ar Ais" | 3,738 | 4 |
| 2 | "Music Man" | 2,317 | 5 |
| 3 | "Cinnte" | 930 | 7 |
| 4 | "Never Again" | 1,012 | 6 |
| 5 | "Is Liom É" | 5,044 | 2 |
| 6 | "Cross Your Heart" | 16,686 | 1 |
| 7 | "Nach Aisteach Mar Ealaíonn an Grá" | 564 | 8 |
| 8 | "My World" | 4,729 | 3 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Reynolds performed 13th in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Germany. At the close of voting "Cross Your Heart" had picked up 11 points, placing Ireland joint 7th (with Israel) of the 17 entries.[2]
Points awarded by Ireland
| 3 points |  |
| 1 point |        |
| 10 points | 9 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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