Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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Country | ![]() | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | You're a Star 2005 | |||
Selection date(s) | 6 March 2005 | |||
Selected entrant | Donna and Joe | |||
Selected song | "Love?" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th, 53 points) | |||
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ireland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by the brother-and sister-act Donna and Joseph McCaul with their song "Love?", which written and composed by Karl Broderick.
Donna and Joseph McCaul are from the town of Athlone in Co. Westmeath, in the centre of Ireland. Donna is a full-time singer with The Doc Carroll Band and her ambition is to duet with Shania Twain. Her younger brother Joe was a full-time school student.
Before Eurovision
You're a Star 2005
You're a Star 2005 was the third edition of the talent contest You're a Star developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition premiered with the auditions on 11 September 2004 and concluded with the final on 6 March 2005.
Format
The contest took place over two phases. The first phases was the auditions where artists were able to apply by attending regional auditions between September and October 2004 in front of an expert panel. The panel consisted of RTÉ 2fm presenter Barbara Galavan, Deputy Chairperson of IMRO Dave Fanning and singer and songwriter Hazel Kaneswaran.[1] 18 contestants were selected to proceed to the second phase, the live shows. The first show was the wildcard round which featured eight of the selected contestants competing for two places in the second show. From the second to the ninth shows, each contestant performed a song of their own choice and one was eliminated per show. From the tenth show and onward, the remaining three contestants performed their candidate Eurovision songs and one was eliminated before the final. During all live shows, the expert panel participated solely in an advisory role.
Auditions
Artists were able to submit their applications for the contest by attending auditions across Ireland between 11 September and 16 October 2004 in the following cities and locations:[1]
- 11 September 2004 – Limerick
- 18 September 2004 – Waterford
- 25 September 2004 – Sligo
- 12 October 2004 – Dublin
- 16 October 2004 – Laois
Auditions were also open to residents of Northern Ireland, and group performers of six or less members were able to audition for the first time. From the auditions, 36 contestants were selected by the expert panel to take part in workshops where they received vocal and choreography training.[2] From the workshops, the panel selected 10 contestants to directly advance to the live shows and 8 contestants to advance to the wildcard round.[3]
Live shows
The live shows aired between 2 January and 6 March 2005, all filmed at the Mahoney Hall of the Helix Centre in Dublin and hosted by Ray D'Arcy.
Results summary
- Colour key
- – Contestant received the most public votes
- – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was eliminated
- – Contestant was in the bottom two
Contestant | Show 1 | Show 2 | Show 3 | Show 4 | Show 5 | Show 6 | Show 7 | Show 8 | Show 9 | Show 10 | Show 11 (Final) |
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Donna & Joseph McCaul | — | 2nd | — | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Jade | — | 3rd | — | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
The Henry Girls | — | — | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (Show 10) |
Peter Fagan | — | — | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (Show 9) | |
Aine O'Doherty | — | — | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 5th | Eliminated (Show 8) | ||
Lorraine Maher | Qualified | — | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | Eliminated (Show 7) | |||
Ann Harrington | Qualified | 5th | — | 8th | 7th | 7th | Eliminated (Show 6) | ||||
Sinéad Mulvey | — | — | 5th | 4th | 8th | Eliminated (Show 5) | |||||
David Hope | — | 1st | — | 9th/10th | Eliminated (Show 4) | ||||||
George | — | 4th | — | 9th/10th | Eliminated (Show 4) | ||||||
Fran King | — | — | 6th | Eliminated (Show 3) | |||||||
Sinéad Hand | — | 6th | Eliminated (Show 2) | ||||||||
Angela Shanny | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) | |||||||||
Dave's Radio | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) | |||||||||
Mahoney | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) | |||||||||
Michael Carroll | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) | |||||||||
George Peyton | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) | |||||||||
Pierce O'Donnell | 3rd-8th | Eliminated (Show 1) |
Show 1: Wildcard round (2 January 2005)
Show 1 – 2 January 2005 | ||
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Draw | Artist[4] | Result |
1 | Michael Carroll | Eliminated |
2 | George Peyton | Eliminated |
3 | Angela Shanny | Eliminated |
4 | Ann Harrington | Advanced |
5 | Pierce O'Donnell | Eliminated |
6 | Lorraine Maher | Advanced |
7 | Dave's Radio | Eliminated |
8 | Mahoney | Eliminated |
Show 2 (9 January 2005)
Show 2 – 9 January 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | Jade | "Beautiful Thing" | 3 | Advanced |
2 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "So Strong" | 2 | Advanced |
3 | George | "Lady Marmalade" | 4 | Advanced |
4 | Sinéad Hand | "You're So Vain" | 6 | Eliminated |
5 | David Hope | "You Can Call Me Al" | 1 | Advanced |
6 | Ann Harrington | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | 5 | Advanced |
Show 3 (16 January 2005)
Show 3 – 16 January 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | The Henry Girls | "I'm Like a Bird" | 4 | Advanced |
2 | Sinéad Mulvey | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | 5 | Advanced |
3 | Fran King | "Heart of Glass" | 6 | Eliminated |
4 | Aine O'Doherty | "Big Yellow Taxi" | 2 | Advanced |
5 | Peter Fagan | "She's Always a Woman" | 3 | Advanced |
6 | Lorraine Maher | "Good Riddance" | 1 | Advanced |
Show 4 (23 January 2005)
Show 4 – 23 January 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | Jade | "Dragon" | 6 | Advanced |
2 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "It Takes Two" | 7 | Advanced |
3 | Lorraine Maher | "All Me" | 5 | Advanced |
4 | David Hope | "On That Train" | 9-10 | Eliminated |
5 | George | "You Might Need Somebody" | 9-10 | Eliminated |
6 | Ann Harrington | "Everytime" | 8 | Advanced |
7 | Aine O'Doherty | "Piece of My Heart" | 3 | Advanced |
8 | The Henry Girls | "Long Time Gone" | 1 | Advanced |
9 | Peter Fagan | "Walking In Memphis" | 2 | Advanced |
10 | Sinéad Mulvey | "Don't Speak" | 4 | Advanced |
Show 5 (30 January 2005)
Show 5 – 30 January 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | Sinéad Mulvey | "Seven Nation Army" | 8 | Eliminated |
2 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "I'll Stand By You" | 4 | Advanced |
3 | Peter Fagan | "Take Your Mama" | 1 | Advanced |
4 | Jade | "Obviously" | 3 | Advanced |
5 | Lorraine Maher | "Cannonball" | 6 | Advanced |
6 | Ann Harrington | "Left Outside Alone" | 7 | Advanced |
7 | The Henry Girls | "Vertigo" | 2 | Advanced |
8 | Aine O'Doherty | "Mr. Brightside" | 5 | Advanced |
Show 6 (6 February 2005)
Show 6 – 6 February 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | The Henry Girls | "Soak Up the Sun" | 5 | Advanced |
2 | Peter Fagan | "Lovely Day" | 1 | Advanced |
3 | Aine O'Doherty | "Heyday" | 6 | Advanced |
4 | Lorraine Maher | "July" | 3 | Advanced |
5 | Jade | "Surfin' U.S.A." | 4 | Advanced |
6 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "My Girl" | 2 | Advanced |
7 | Ann Harrington | "Holiday" | 7 | Eliminated |
Show 7 (13 February 2005)
Show 7 – 13 February 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | The Henry Girls | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | 5 | Advanced |
2 | Lorraine Maher | "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" | 6 | Eliminated |
3 | Aine O'Doherty | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | 2 | Advanced |
4 | Jade | "Ain't No Sunshine" | 4 | Advanced |
5 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "End of the Road" | 1 | Advanced |
6 | Peter Fagan | "Let's Stay Together" | 3 | Advanced |
Show 8 (20 February 2005)
Show 8 – 20 February 2005 | ||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place | Result |
1 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "Blue Suede Shoes"/"Jailhouse Rock" | 2 | Advanced |
2 | The Henry Girls | "That's All Right" | 1 | Advanced |
3 | Aine O'Doherty | "Always on My Mind" | 5 | Eliminated |
4 | Jade | "Suspicious Minds" | 4 | Advanced |
5 | Peter Fagan | "Burning Love" | 3 | Advanced |
Show 9 (27 February 2005)
Show 9 – 27 February 2005 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | First Song | Second Song | Place | Result |
1 | The Henry Girls | "Down in the River to Pray" | "A Little Peace" | 3 | Advanced |
2 | Peter Fagan | "Livin' on a Prayer" | "Somewhere in Europe" | 4 | Eliminated |
3 | Jade | "Just Like Jesse James" | "Hold Me Now" | 2 | Advanced |
4 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" | "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" | 1 | Advanced |
Show 10 (5 March 2005)
Show 10 – 5 March 2005 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Composer(s) | Place | Result |
1 | The Henry Girls | "Will I Be Dreaming" | Fran King, Larry Hogan | 3 | Eliminated |
2 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "Love?" | Karl Broderick | 1 | Advanced |
3 | Jade | "Pink Champagne" | Ray Traynor | 2 | Advanced |
Show 11: Final (6 March 2005)
Final – 6 March 2005 | |||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Place |
1 | Donna & Joseph McCaul | "Love?" | 1 |
2 | Jade | "Pink Champagne" | 2 |
At Eurovision
Because Ireland placed 22nd at the 2004 contest, Donna and Joseph were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. At Eurovision, Donna and Joseph remained in the middle of the stage while dancers added to their performance in the background. Eventually the dancers came to the front and did a well received clogging routine. The song did not manage to make it to the final, placing 14th in the semi-final. Therefore, Ireland had to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006.
The spokesperson who revealed Ireland's votes for other countries was Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner Dana.[5]
Points awarded by Ireland
Semi-Final
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Final
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Points awarded to Ireland
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
- ^ a b "RTÉ's You're A Star goes for third series". RTÉ. 1 September 2004.
- ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (14 November 2004). "RTE Tonight: You're A Star". Esctoday.
- ^ "Ireland 2005".
- ^ Bakker, Sietse (3 January 2005). "Ireland selected wildcards national selection". Esctoday.
- ^ Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.