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==Before Eurovision==
==Before Eurovision==
===National final===
===National Song Contest===
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The Irish national final was held on Sunday 16 February 1969 from the RTÉ studios in [[Dublin]] and was broadcast on RTÉ Television, and hosted by [[Brendan O'Reilly]]. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/national_finals_50s_60s/Ireland1969.html|title=IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1969|website=Geocities.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026223414/http://geocities.com/national_finals_50s_60s/Ireland1969.html|archive-date=2009-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==== Competing Entries ====
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 0 1em 0 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;
RTÉ opened a submission period for composers to submit songs between 6 November 1968 and 1 January 1969. Composers had be Irish-born or live in Ireland and could only submit a maximum of two songs each.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 November 1968 |title=Fifth National Song Contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=10}}</ref> RTÉ received 560 submissions and selected 8 songs from the received submissions and then assigned artists to those songs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 1968 |title=Ex-Winners For Song Contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 January 1969 |title=Eight songs for national contest |work=The Irish Times |pages=18}}</ref>
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|-bgcolor="ffdead"

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! Draw !! Artist !! Song !! Points !! Place
==== Final ====
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The fifth National Song Contest was held on Sunday 16 February 1969 from the RTÉ studios in [[Dublin]] and was broadcast on RTÉ Television, and hosted by [[Brendan O'Reilly]]. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/national_finals_50s_60s/Ireland1969.html|title=IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1969|website=Geocities.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026223414/http://geocities.com/national_finals_50s_60s/Ireland1969.html|archive-date=2009-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The fifth National Song Contest is notable for featuring all four of Ireland's previous representatives ([[Butch Moore]], [[Dickie Rock]], [[Sean Dunphy]], and [[Pat McGuigan|Pat McGeegan]]), as well as the 1969 representative ([[Muriel Day]]) and the future 1970 representative ([[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]).

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+Final - 16 February 1969
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|- bgcolor="ffdead"
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! Draw !! Artist !! Song
!Songwriter(s)!! Points !! Place
|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| [[Sean Dunphy]]
| [[Sean Dunphy]]
| "Paper Boats"
| "Paper Boats"
|Audrey Meredith
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 5
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| [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]
| [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]
| "Look Around"
| "Look Around"
|Michael Reade
| 8
| 8
| 2
| 2
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| [[Butch Moore]]
| [[Butch Moore]]
| "Too Late"
| "Too Late"
|Joe Burkett, Andy Galligan
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 8
|-bgcolor="gold"
|- bgcolor="gold"
| '''4'''
| '''4'''
| '''[[Muriel Day]]'''
| '''[[Muriel Day]]'''
| '''"The Wages of Love"'''
| '''"The Wages of Love"'''
|'''Michael Reade'''
| '''30'''
| '''30'''
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
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| 5
| 5
| [[Dickie Rock]]
| [[Dickie Rock]]
| "Now Do You Believe Me"
| "Now Do You Believe Me?"
|Jim Doherty
| 6
| 6
| 3
| 3
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| Eleanor Nodwell
| Eleanor Nodwell
| "Talking to Myself"
| "Talking to Myself"
|Frank Dunne, Dolores Rockett
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 5
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| [[Pat McGeegan]]
| [[Pat McGeegan]]
| "Johnny Dreamer"
| "Johnny Dreamer"
|George Meredith
| 5
| 5
| 4
| 4
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| Fiorenza Viani-Nolan
| Fiorenza Viani-Nolan
| "1959"
| "1959"
|Jim Doherty
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 5
|}
|}

Four of the performers had represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in the previous four years. Butch Moore was Ireland's first representative in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965|1965]], where he sang "[[Walking the Streets in the Rain|I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain]]" and finished 6th in [[Naples]]. Dickie Rock represented Ireland in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966|1966]] where he sang "[[Come Back to Stay]]" and finished 4th in [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]]. [[Sean Dunphy]] flew the Irish flag in [[Vienna]] in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967|1967]] singing "[[If I Could Choose]]", which was the runner-up to the UK's [[Sandie Shaw]]. And Pat McGeegan performed the Irish entry in [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968|1968]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]] with the song "[[Chance of a Lifetime (Pat McGeegan song)|Chance of a Lifetime]]", which ended up in fourth place.


==At Eurovision==
==At Eurovision==

Revision as of 15:38, 23 January 2024

Eurovision Song Contest 1969
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processNational final - juries
Selection date(s)16 February 1969
Selected entrantMuriel Day and the Lindsays
Selected song"The Wages of Love"
Selected songwriter(s)Michael Reade
Finals performance
Final result7th, 10 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1968 • 1969 • 1970►

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid, Spain. The participating broadcaster, RTÉ, selected the entrant through a national final, which was won by Muriel Day. Joined by the Lindsays, they finished 7th place with 10 points in the final on 29 March 1969.[1]

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

Competing Entries

RTÉ opened a submission period for composers to submit songs between 6 November 1968 and 1 January 1969. Composers had be Irish-born or live in Ireland and could only submit a maximum of two songs each.[2] RTÉ received 560 submissions and selected 8 songs from the received submissions and then assigned artists to those songs.[3][4]

Final

The fifth National Song Contest was held on Sunday 16 February 1969 from the RTÉ studios in Dublin and was broadcast on RTÉ Television, and hosted by Brendan O'Reilly. The winning song was decided by 10 regional juries throughout Ireland.[5]

The fifth National Song Contest is notable for featuring all four of Ireland's previous representatives (Butch Moore, Dickie Rock, Sean Dunphy, and Pat McGeegan), as well as the 1969 representative (Muriel Day) and the future 1970 representative (Dana).

Final - 16 February 1969
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Sean Dunphy "Paper Boats" Audrey Meredith 3 5
2 Dana "Look Around" Michael Reade 8 2
3 Butch Moore "Too Late" Joe Burkett, Andy Galligan 2 8
4 Muriel Day "The Wages of Love" Michael Reade 30 1
5 Dickie Rock "Now Do You Believe Me?" Jim Doherty 6 3
6 Eleanor Nodwell "Talking to Myself" Frank Dunne, Dolores Rockett 3 5
7 Pat McGeegan "Johnny Dreamer" George Meredith 5 4
8 Fiorenza Viani-Nolan "1959" Jim Doherty 3 5

At Eurovision

Muriel Day and the Lindsays performed 5th at the beginning of the startfield and finished 7th with 10 points.

Voting

References

  1. ^ "Muriel Day and the Lindsays - Ireland - Madrid 1969 - Eurovision Song Contest". EBU. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Fifth National Song Contest". The Irish Times. 6 November 1968. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Ex-Winners For Song Contest". The Irish Times. 5 December 1968. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Eight songs for national contest". The Irish Times. 30 January 1969. p. 18.
  5. ^ "IRISH NATIONAL FINAL 1969". Geocities.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Madrid 1969". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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