Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection; Song: National Final
Selection date(s)	9 February 1975
Selected entrant	The Swarbriggs
Selected song	"That's What Friends Are For"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tommy Swarbrigg; Jimmy Swarbrigg;
Finals performance
Final result	9th, 68 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was represented by The Swarbriggs, with the song "That's What Friends Are For", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. "That's What Friends Are For" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February.

Before Eurovision[]

National final[]

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. For a second year, RTÉ pre-selected their representatives and The Swarbriggs performed eight songs which were voted on by ten regional juries.^[1]

Final – **9 February 1975**
Draw	Song	Points	Place
1	"This Is Our Very Own Song"	10	4
2	"Butterfly Morning"	1	8
3	"Bláithín"	3	6
4	"Lady in Blue"	6	5
5	"Come and Keep Me Warm"	19	3
6	"That's What Friends Are For"	36	1
7	"Baberó Dederó"	3	6
8	"Goodbye to Goodbye"	22	2

At Eurovision[]

On the night of the final The Swarbriggs performed second in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding France. At the close of voting "That's What Friends Are For" had picked up 68 points (including a maximum 12 from Belgium), placing Ireland 9th of the 19 entries.^[2]^[3]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ireland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	Sweden
8 points
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	France Netherlands United Kingdom
5 points
4 points	Italy Malta Norway Portugal
3 points	Spain
2 points
1 point	Finland Yugoslavia

Points awarded by Ireland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Luxembourg
8 points	Netherlands
7 points	Spain
6 points	Italy
5 points	Finland
4 points	Yugoslavia
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Israel

References[]

^ ESC National Finals database 1975
^ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Ireland 1975
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1975

[2] "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Ireland 1975

[1975detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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