Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National Final

Selection date(s)

25 February 2001

Selected entrant

Gary O'Shaughnessy

Selected song

"Without Your Love"

Finals performance

Final result

21st, 6 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

◄2000 •

2001

• 2003►

Gary O'Shaughnessy represented Ireland in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen after winning the national final selection. O'Shaughnessy had previously competed in the 1997 and 1999 national selections, coming in 3rd and 5th place respectively. His song "Without Your Love" was one of seven songs presented in the national final, which was held on 25 February 2001 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. Louise Loughman hosted the event, and regional televoting was used to determine the winner.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	"Who Said I Pray"	James Peake	41	5th
2	"Every Kiss is a Lie"	InFocus	70	2nd
3	"I'll Be With You"	Gavin McCormack	34	6th
4	"Katie Lovely"	David Murphy	31	7th
5	"Undertow"	Fe-M@il	63	3rd
6	"Without Your Love"	Gary O'Shaughnessy	74	1st
7	"The Innocent Days"	Emma Reynolds	51	4th

Though O'Shaughnessy won with the most points from the televoting regions, he only received the third highest number of televotes overall, with 11,653. Runners-up InFocus received the most votes, with 13,356, and third-placed Fe-M@il received 12,271. O'Shaughnessy performed 12th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Without Your Love" went on to place 21st with 6 points, and was Ireland worst result in the contest at the time.

For the 2002 contest, the EBU abandoned the qualifying scheme it had used since 1997, in which countries were allowed to participate based on their average scores from the previous five years. Instead, only the thirteen highest scoring countries were invited to compete in Tallinn, along with the "Big Four" and the countries relegated from the 2001 contest. Under the five-year averages method, Ireland would have qualified for the 2002 contest, but the 21st place ranking was not good enough under the new qualifying method. As a result of relegation, however, Ireland was given a guaranteed spot in the 2003 contest.

Points Awarded by Ireland
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Estonia
8 points	Sweden
7 points	France
6 points	Germany
5 points	Greece
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Spain
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Lithuania

Points Awarded to Ireland
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points

5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
United Kingdom				Portugal

References

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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 2001

Countries

Final (by final results)	Estonia (winner) Denmark Greece France Sweden Spain Slovenia Germany Malta Croatia Turkey Russia Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom Israel Portugal Netherlands Latvia Poland Ireland Iceland Norway

Artists

Final (by final results)	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, 2XL Rollo & King Antique Natasha St-Pier Friends David Civera Nuša Derenda Michelle Fabrizio Faniello Vanna Sedat Yüce Mumiy Troll SKAMP Nino Pršeš Lindsay Dracass Tal Sondak MTM Michelle Courtens Arnis Mednis Piasek Gary O'Shaughnessy Two Tricky Haldor Lægreid

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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