Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

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Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processEurosong 2022
Selection date(s)4 February 2022
Selected entrantBrooke
Selected song"That's Rich"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Brooke Scullion
  • Izzy Warner
  • Karl Zine
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (15th)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "That's Rich" performed by Brooke. The Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) organised the national final Eurosong 2022 in order to select the Irish entry for the 2022 contest. Six songs faced the votes of a studio jury, an international jury and a public televote which determined the final selection.

Ireland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 10, "That's Rich" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Ireland placed 15th out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 47 points.

Background

Main article: Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2022 contest, Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-three times since its first entry in 1965.[1] Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with "All Kinds of Everything". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 2000, placing eighth in 2011 with the song "Lipstick". Since 2013, only two Irish entries managed to qualify for the final: Ryan Dolan's "Only Love Survives" which placed 26th (last) in the final in 2013, and Ryan O'Shaughnessy's "Together" which placed 16th in the final in 2018. The Irish entry in 2021, "Maps" performed by Lesley Roy, once again failed to qualify to the final.

The Irish national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), broadcasts the event within Ireland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. RTÉ confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 6 September 2021.[2] From 2016 to 2021, RTÉ held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to represent Ireland at the contest. For the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, RTÉ announced on 16 September 2021 the organisation of the national final Eurosong 2022 to choose the artist and song to represent Ireland at the contest.[3][4] This marked the first time since 2015 that RTÉ had set up a national final to select both the artist and song for the contest.

Before Eurovision

Eurosong 2022

Eurosong 2022 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition was broadcast during a special edition of The Late Late Show. The winner was chosen by a combination of a professional national studio jury, an international jury and televote vote.[5]

Competing entries

On 16 September 2021, RTÉ opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition until 22 October 2021. At the closing of the deadline, 320 entries were received.[6] The competing entries were selected through two phases involving two separate jury panels with members appointed by RTÉ; the first phase involved a twelve-member jury panel reviewing all of the submissions and shortlisting 20 to 30 entries, while the second phase involved an alternate jury selecting the six finalists.[7] The finalists were presented between 17 and 21 January 2022 on The Ryan Tubridy Show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.[8][9] Among the competing artists was Brendan Murray, who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Brendan Murray "Real Love" Brendan Murray, Darrell Coyle
Brooke "That's Rich" Brooke Scullion, Izzy Warner, Karl Zine
Janet Grogan "Ashes of Yesterday" Aidan O'Connor, John Emil, Sandra Wikström
Miles Graham "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" Miles Graham Miley, Justin Broad, Paul Herman
Patrick O'Sullivan "One Night, One Kiss, One Promise" Nicky Byrne, Lar Kaye, Danny O'Reilly
Rachel Goode "I'm Loving Me" Joakim Övrenius [sv], Thomas Karlsson, Johan Mauritzson, Anna Engh

Final

The final held on 4 February 2022 at the Studio 4 of RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Ryan Tubridy, with Irish Eurovision commentator Marty Whelan reporting from the green room.[8][10][11] It featured commentary from a studio jury panel that consisted of singer-songwriter Caroline Corr, singer Lucia Evans, musician and former contest winner Paul Harrington and presenter Bláthnaid Treacy.[12] The international jury panel consisted of American journalist William Lee Adams, member of 2021 Icelandic representatives Gagnamagnið Árný Fjóla, Czech screenwriter and former Head of Delegation Jan Frost Bors and Russian Head of Delegation Katerina Orlova.[12] During the voting break, the show featured a performance of Riverdance, which was first presented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin.[11] Following the combination of votes from the studio jury, an international jury and public televoting, "That's Rich" performed by Brooke was selected as the winner.

Final – 4 February 2022
Draw Artist Song Intl.
jury 		Studio
jury 		Televote Total Place
1 Patrick O'Sullivan "One Night, One Kiss, One Promise" 10 6 6 22 4
2 Janet Grogan "Ashes of Yesterday" 8 12 4 24 2
3 Brendan Murray "Real Love" 2 8 2 12 6
4 Miles Graham "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" 6 10 8 24 2
5 Rachel Goode "I'm Loving Me" 4 2 10 16 5
6 Brooke "That's Rich" 12 4 12 28 1

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 25 January 2022, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Ireland was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 12 May 2022, and performed in the second half of the show.[13]

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Ireland was set to perform in position 10, following the entry from Cyprus and before the entry from North Macedonia.[14]

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with a diversity in gender and age represented. The judges assess each entry based on the performances during the second Dress Rehearsal of each show, which takes place the night before each live show, against a set of criteria including: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.[15] Jury members may only take part in panel once every three years, and are obliged to confirm that they are not connected to any of the participating acts in a way that would impact their ability to vote impartially. Jury members should also vote independently, with no discussion of their vote permitted with other jury members.[16] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the grand final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[17][18]

Points awarded to Ireland

Points awarded to Ireland (Semi-final 2)[19]
Score Televote Jury
12 points  United Kingdom
10 points
8 points  Australia
7 points  Spain
6 points  Australia
5 points
4 points  Estonia
3 points
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Irish jury:[17][18]

Detailed voting results from Ireland (Semi-final 2)[19]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Finland 11 12 15 16 13 16 10 1
02  Israel 16 6 17 3 4 8 3 14
03  Serbia 5 5 2 17 16 4 7 7 4
04  Azerbaijan 17 7 13 12 7 13 15
05  Georgia 10 16 14 11 17 15 12
06  Malta 1 9 11 13 6 5 6 8 3
07  San Marino 15 13 9 6 5 11 11
08  Australia 12 4 6 4 10 6 5 4 7
09  Cyprus 6 10 7 10 3 7 4 13
10  Ireland
11  North Macedonia 8 8 3 14 11 10 1 16
12  Estonia 3 2 10 7 8 3 8 5 6
13  Romania 14 14 8 9 9 14 6 5
14  Poland 13 11 5 8 12 12 1 12
15  Montenegro 9 17 16 15 15 17 17
16  Belgium 7 3 12 5 14 9 2 9 2
17  Sweden 2 1 1 1 2 1 12 2 10
18  Czech Republic 4 15 4 2 1 2 10 3 8
Detailed voting results from Ireland (Final)[20]
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points Rank Points
01  Czech Republic 4 4 3 6 4 4 7 20
02  Romania 13 6 11 23 13 14 9 2
03  Portugal 8 13 8 3 10 7 4 14
04  Finland 24 25 24 22 25 25 16
05  Switzerland 10 19 21 20 21 20 24
06  France 15 24 12 21 20 21 18
07  Norway 22 7 5 24 12 12 7 4
08  Armenia 21 9 22 13 15 17 23
09  Italy 5 17 14 4 1 5 6 13
10  Spain 2 1 2 5 3 1 12 6 5
11  Netherlands 12 16 18 18 16 18 12
12  Ukraine 7 8 10 11 7 8 3 1 12
13  Germany 25 23 16 12 14 19 15
14  Lithuania 16 21 15 17 24 22 3 8
15  Azerbaijan 17 15 9 15 19 16 25
16  Belgium 18 20 20 16 23 23 22
17  Greece 14 12 17 8 11 15 19
18  Iceland 3 10 19 10 18 10 1 21
19  Moldova 19 22 25 25 22 24 4 7
20  Sweden 6 2 4 2 2 2 10 8 3
21  Australia 23 5 6 19 9 9 2 17
22  United Kingdom 11 3 1 1 8 3 8 5 6
23  Poland 20 14 7 9 5 11 2 10
24  Serbia 1 18 23 14 6 6 5 10 1
25  Estonia 9 11 13 7 17 13 11

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