Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	14 March 1982
Selected entrant	The Duskeys
Selected song	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
Selected songwriter(s)	Sally Keating
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 49 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

The Irish National Final was held on 14 March 1982 by RTÉ in Dublin, Ireland.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

Eight finalists took part in the final on 14 March 1982 in Dublin, Ireland, with the winner being chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.

The winner of the Irish National Contest, The Duskeys, previously took part in the 1981 national final performing as 'The Duskey Sisters' tying 3rd with Tony Kenny, coming behind Karen Black and The Nevada, and winners Sheeba.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	The Duskeys	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"	19	1
2	Iain Freeman	"Qu'il passe"	14	4
3	Chips	"Tissue of Lies"	2	8
4	Tony Kenny	"Wherever You Go"	8	6
5	Heads	"Goodbye to Loneliness"	10	5
6	Deuce of Hearts	"All Over Again"	15	3
7	Jody McStravick	"Is There Anyone Out There?"	17	2
8	Sheeba	"Go raibh maith agat"	3	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Dublin Regional	Letterkenny	Clonmel	Galway	Dundalk	Cork	Castlebar	Listowel	Cavan	Tullamore	Dublin Central	Total score
1	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"		2	2		5	1		2	3		4	19
2	"Qu'il passe"	2	1	1		1	2	2	5				14
3	"Tissue of Lies"		1				1						2
4	"Wherever You Go"		1	1			3	2		1			8
5	"Goodbye to Loneliness"		1	1			1	3		2	1	1	10
6	"All Over Again"	2	2	1	2			1	1	1	2	3	15
7	"Is There Anyone Out There?"	4			6	2					5		17
8	"Go raibh maith agat"			2						1			3

At Eurovision[]

Ireland performed 17th at the end of the startfield. They finished 11th out of 18 with 49 points.^[1]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points	Yugoslavia
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Switzerland
5 points	Cyprus Denmark Sweden
4 points
3 points	Germany Israel Spain
2 points	Norway
1 point	Portugal Turkey

Points awarded by Ireland^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Luxembourg
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	United Kingdom
6 points	Norway
5 points	Austria
4 points	Belgium
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Portugal
1 point	Denmark

References[]

^ "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

External links[]

[1] "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[1982detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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