Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selection date(s)

12 March 1989

Selected entrant

Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

Selected song

"The Real Me"

Finals performance

Final result

18th, 21 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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For the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne, the song "The Real Me," written, composed and performed by Kiev Connolly, was chosen to represent Ireland after it won the national final selection. Held on 12 March at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, the national final was hosted by Ronan Collins. Eight songs competed in the event, and the winner was selected by twelve members of the public.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	The Real Me	Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers	104	1st
2	"Easy"	Honor Heffernan	97	2nd
3	"This isn't War (It's Revolution)"	Nicola Kerr	79	3rd
4	"Uaigneach"	Barry Ronan	48	8th
5	"Here We Go"	Linda Martin	71	6th
6	"Angel Eyes"	Jenny Newman	77	5th
7	"Song for You"	Dave Lalor	68	7th
8	"It was Meant to Be"	Noelle	79	3rd

Nicola Kerr had represented Ireland in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, as a member of The Swarbriggs Plus Two. That entry, "It's Nice To Be In Love Again," came in third place behind France and the United Kingdom.

Linda Martin's appearance in the national final selection was her third time as a soloist, and her seventh overall. She was runner-up to Sweden in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, and would win the contest in 1992.

"The Real Me" was performed third in the running order on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Netherlands. At the close of the voting sequence, Ireland had received only 21 points, ranking them in a disappointing 18th place. At the time, this was Ireland's worst result in the contest, and would remain so until 2001.^[2]

Points Awarded to Ireland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Germany	Belgium Norway	Luxembourg Yugoslavia

References

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ~~1983~~ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day

1970s	Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne

1980s	Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys ~~1983~~ Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers

1990s	Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans

2000s	Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy ~~2002~~ Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

2010s	Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne

Songs

1960s	~~1960 to 1964~~ "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love"

1970s	"All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man"

1980s	"What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" ~~1983~~ "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me"

1990s	"Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me"

2000s	"Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" ~~2002~~ "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera"

2010s	"It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Countries

Final (by final results)	Yugoslavia (winner) United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Austria Spain Finland France Italy Greece Cyprus Israel Switzerland Germany Netherlands Portugal Norway Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Turkey Iceland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Riva Live Report Birthe Kjær Tommy Nilsson Thomas Forstner Nina Anneli Saaristo Nathalie Pâque Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali Mariana Efstratiou Fani Polymeri & Yiannis Savvidakis Gili and Galit Furbaz Nino de Angelo Justine Pelmelay Da Vinci Britt Synnøve Johansen Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers Ingeborg Park Café Pan Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Rock Me" "Why Do I Always Get it Wrong?" "Vi maler byen rød" "En dag" "Nur ein Lied" "Nacida para amar" "La dolce vita" "J'ai volé la vie" "Avrei voluto" "To Dhiko Su Asteri" "Apopse As Vrethoume" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Viver senza tei" "Flieger" "Blijf zoals je bent" "Conquistador" "Venners nærhet" "The Real Me" "Door de wind" "Monsieur" "Bana Bana" "Það sem enginn sér"

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