Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	You're a Star 2005
Selection date(s)	Auditions; 11 September 2004; 18 September 2004; 25 September 2004; 12 October 2004; 16 October 2004; Live shows; 9 January 2005; 16 January 2005; 23 January 2005; 30 January 2005; 6 February 2005; 13 February 2005; 20 February 2005; 27 February 2005; 5 March 2005; Final; 6 March 2005
Selected entrant	Donna and Joe
Selected song	"Love?"
Selected songwriter(s)	Karl Broderick
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (14th, 53 points)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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.

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)
Donna and Joseph McCaul	N/A	2nd	N/A	7th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st
Jade	N/A	3rd	N/A	6th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd
The Henry Girls	N/A	N/A	4th	1st	2nd	5th	5th	1st	3rd	3rd	Eliminated (Show 10)
Peter Fagan	N/A	N/A	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	Eliminated (Show 9)
Aine O'Doherty	N/A	N/A	2nd	3rd	5th	6th	2nd	5th	Eliminated (Show 8)
Lorraine Maher	Qualified	N/A	1st	5th	6th	3rd	6th	Eliminated (Show 7)
Ann Harrington	Qualified	5th	N/A	8th	7th	7th	Eliminated (Show 6)
Sinéad Mulvey	N/A	N/A	5th	4th	8th	Eliminated (Show 5)
David Hope	N/A	1st	N/A	9th/10th	Eliminated (Show 4)
George	N/A	4th	N/A	9th/10th	Eliminated (Show 4)
Fran King	N/A	N/A	6th	Eliminated (Show 3)
Sinéad Hand	N/A	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)

Wildcard round[]

Show 1 – 2 January 2005
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

Elimination shows[]

Show 2 – 9 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	Jade	"Beautiful Thing"	3	Advanced
2	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"So Strong"	2	Advanced
3	George	"Lady Marmalade" (Labelle)	4	Advanced
4	Sinéad Hand	"You're So Vain" (Carly Simon)	6	Eliminated
5	David Hope	"You Can Call Me Al" (Paul Simon)	1	Advanced
6	Ann Harrington	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Frankie Valli)	5	Advanced

Show 3 – 16 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	The Henry Girls	"I'm Like a Bird" (Nelly Furtado)	4	Advanced
2	Sinéad Mulvey	"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (The Arrows)	5	Advanced
3	Fran King	"Heart of Glass" (Blondie)	6	Eliminated
4	Aine O'Doherty	"Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell)	2	Advanced
5	Peter Fagan	"She's Always a Woman" (Billy Joel)	3	Advanced
6	Lorraine Maher	"Good Riddance" (Green Day)	1	Advanced

Show 4 – 23 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	Jade	"Dragon"	6	Advanced
2	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"It Takes Two" (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston)	7	Advanced
3	Lorraine Maher	"All Me"	5	Advanced
4	David Hope	"On That Train"	9-10	Eliminated
5	George	"You Might Need Somebody" (Turley Richards)	9-10	Eliminated
6	Ann Harrington	"Everytime" (Britney Spears)	8	Advanced
7	Aine O'Doherty	"Piece of My Heart" (Erma Franklin)	3	Advanced
8	The Henry Girls	"Long Time Gone" (The Everly Brothers)	1	Advanced
9	Peter Fagan	"Walking in Memphis" (Marc Cohn)	2	Advanced
10	Sinéad Mulvey	"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)	4	Advanced

Show 5 – 30 January 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	Sinéad Mulvey	"Seven Nation Army" (The White Stripes)	8	Eliminated
2	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"I'll Stand by You" (The Pretenders)	4	Advanced
3	Peter Fagan	"Take Your Mama" (Scissor Sisters)	1	Advanced
4	Jade	"Obviously" (cMcFly)	3	Advanced
5	Lorraine Maher	"Cannonball" (Damien Rice)	6	Advanced
6	Ann Harrington	"Left Outside Alone" (Anastacia)	7	Advanced
7	The Henry Girls	"Vertigo" (U2)	2	Advanced
8	Aine O'Doherty	"Mr. Brightside" (The Killers)	5	Advanced

Show 6 – 6 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	The Henry Girls	"Soak Up the Sun" (Sheryl Crow)	5	Advanced
2	Peter Fagan	"Lovely Day" (Bill Withers)	1	Advanced
3	Aine O'Doherty	"Heyday"	6	Advanced
4	Lorraine Maher	"July"	3	Advanced
5	Jade	"Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys)	4	Advanced
6	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"My Girl" (The Temptations)	2	Advanced
7	Ann Harrington	"Holiday" (Madonna)	7	Eliminated

Show 7 – 13 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	The Henry Girls	"Stop! In the Name of Love" (The Supremes)	5	Advanced
2	Lorraine Maher	"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (Jimmy Ruffin)	6	Eliminated
3	Aine O'Doherty	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye)	2	Advanced
4	Jade	"Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)	4	Advanced
5	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"End of the Road" (Boyz II Men)	1	Advanced
6	Peter Fagan	"Let's Stay Together" (Al Green)	3	Advanced

Show 8 (Elvis Presley songs) – 20 February 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Place	Result
1	Donna and 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
Draw	Artist	First Song (original artists)	Second Song (original artists)	Place	Result
1	The Henry Girls	"Down in the River to Pray" (traditional)	"A Little Peace" (Nicole)	3	Advanced
2	Peter Fagan	"Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi)	"Somewhere in Europe" (Liam Reilly)	4	Eliminated
3	Jade	"Just Like Jesse James" (Cher)	"Hold Me Now" (Johnny Logan)	2	Advanced
4	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes)	"Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan)	1	Advanced

Artist and song selection[]

Show 10 – 5 March 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters(s)	Place	Result
1	The Henry Girls	"Will I Be Dreaming"	Fran King, Larry Hogan	3	Eliminated
2	Donna and Joseph McCaul	"Love?"	Karl Broderick	1	Advanced
3	Jade	"Pink Champagne"	Ray Traynor	2	Advanced

Show 11 (Final) – 6 March 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Place
1	Donna and 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 Irish dance routine. The song did not manage to make it to the final, placing 14th in the semi-final.^[5]

The spokesperson who revealed Ireland's votes for other countries was Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner Dana.^[6]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Ireland[]

Points awarded to Ireland (Semi-final)^[7]
Score	Country
12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	Hungary
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points	Croatia Malta Romania
4 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey
3 points
2 points	Andorra Estonia Poland
1 point	Bulgaria Cyprus

Points awarded by Ireland[]

Points awarded by Ireland (Semi-final)^[7]
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Norway
8 points	Romania
7 points	Israel
6 points	Latvia
5 points	Lithuania
4 points	Netherlands
3 points	Moldova
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Estonia

Points awarded by Ireland (Final)^[8]
Score	Country
12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Denmark
6 points	Israel
5 points	Romania
4 points	Norway
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Greece
1 point	Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.
^ "Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[:0-1] "RTÉ's You're A Star goes for third series". RTÉ. 1 September 2004.

[2] Roxburgh, Gordon (14 November 2004). "RTE Tonight: You're A Star". Esctoday.

[3] "Ireland 2005".

[4] Bakker, Sietse (3 January 2005). "Ireland selected wildcards national selection". Esctoday.

[5] "Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[6] Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

[2005semi-7] "Results of the Semi-Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[2005final-8] "Results of the Grand Final of Kyiv 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

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