Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selection date(s)

9 March 1997

Selected entrant

Marc Roberts

Selected song

"Mysterious Woman"

Finals performance

Final result

2nd of 25 (157 points)

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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For the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin, Ireland selected Marc Roberts to represent the country. His song "Mysterious Woman" won the national final selection, which was held in Waterford on 9 March 1997, and was hosted by Pat Kenny. The eight songs presented were then voted on by members of regional juries.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	"Good Life"	Tommy Quinn	59	5th
2	"I Am Here"	Miranda	48	7th
3	"Suddenly"	Darren Holden	91	2nd
4	"Never Far Away"	Michelle Costelloe	45	8th
5	"Uaigneas (Loneliness)"	Helen Uí Dhúnaird	54	6th
6	"Love and Understanding"	Gary O'Shaughnessy	87	3rd
7	"My Love"	Maggie Toal	67	4th
8	"Mysterious Woman"	Marc Roberts	99	1st

Roberts performed 5th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Mysterious Woman" went on to be placed 2nd with 157 points. To date, this was the last time Ireland's Eurovision entry placed in the top five.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland

Points Awarded to Ireland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
United Kingdom	Austria Denmark France Italy Portugal Sweden	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Estonia Germany Hungary	Poland Switzerland	Croatia Spain Turkey
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Russia	Netherlands	Norway		Slovenia

Points awarded by Ireland

12 points	United Kingdom
10 points	France
8 points	Estonia
7 points	Malta
6 points	Spain
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Hungary
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	Turkey
1 point	Italy

References

↑ "http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1997.html&date=2009-10-26+02:38:44

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 1997

Countries

Final (by final results)	United Kingdom (winner) Ireland Turkey Italy Cyprus Spain France Estonia Malta Slovenia Poland Greece Hungary Sweden Russia Denmark Croatia Germany Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Austria Switzerland Netherlands Norway Portugal

Artists

Final (by final results)	Katrina & The Waves Marc Roberts Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic Jalisse Hara & Andreas Konstantinou Marcos Llunas Fanny Maarja-Liis Ilus Debbie Scerri Tanja Ribič Anna Maria Jopek Marianna Zorba V.I.P. Blond Alla Pugacheva Kølig Kaj E.N.I. Bianca Shomburg Alma Čardžić Paul Oscar Bettina Soriat Barbara Berta Mrs. Einstein Tor Endresen Célia Lawson

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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