Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

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Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Participating broadcaster| Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
Country|  Ireland
National selection
Selection process| National final
Selection date(s)| 12 March 1995
Selected artist(s)| Eddie Friel
Selected song| "Dreamin'"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Richard Abbott
* Barry Woods

Finals performance
Final result| 14th, 44 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Dreamin'", written by Richard Abbott and Barry Woods, and performed by Eddie Friel. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final. In addition, RTÉ was also the host broadcaster –for the third year in a row– and staged the event at the Point Theatre in Dublin –for the second time in a row–, after winning the previous edition with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan.

## Before Eurovision

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### National final

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Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) held its national final on 12 March 1995 at the Cork Opera House in Cork. For the fifth year running, Pat Kenny hosted the event. The eight songs presented were voted on by ten regional juries.[1]

Draw  | Performer  | Song  | Points  | Place

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1 | Eddie Friel | "Dreamin'" | 99 | 1
2  | Mary Farrell  | "The Night Time"  | 66  | 6
3  | Annette Griffin  | "Ó Am go hAm"  | 68  | 5
4  | Henry Winter  | "Now That Love Has Brought You Back Again"  | 37  | 7
5  | Joan Connolly  | "Rainy Day"  | 33  | 8
6  | Carl Corcoran  | "Little by Little"  | 73  | 4
7  | Maggie Toal  | "Come Back and Hold Me"  | 82  | 3
8  | Naoimh Penston  | "Always You"  | 92  | 2
Detailed Regional Jury Votes  Draw  | Song  |

Athlone

Buncrana

Castlebar

Cork

Dublin

Dundalk

Galway

Kilkenny

Limerick

Waterford

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1  | "Dreamin'" | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 99
2  | "The Night Time" | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 66
3  | "Ó Am go hAm" | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68
4  | "Now That Love Has Brought You Back Again" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37
5  | "Rainy Day" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 33
6  | "Little by Little" | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 73
7  | "Come Back and Hold Me" | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 82
8  | "Always You" | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 92

Following its victory, the winning song "Dreamin'" caused some controversy following plagiarism allegations due to similarities to a Julie Felix song called "Moonlight". The second-placed song in the national final, "Always You", was for a while considered as a potential replacement for Friel, however an agreement with Felix allowed the song to continue in the contest.[2]

## At Eurovision

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"Dreamin'" went on to take 14th place in the contest with 44 points, breaking Ireland's record three-year-long winning streak.[3] Ireland won again, however, the following year.

### Voting

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Points awarded to Ireland[4] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |
10 points  |  Sweden
8 points  |
7 points  |
6 points  |
5 points  |

* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Turkey

4 points  |  Greece
3 points  |

* Iceland
* Spain

2 points  |
1 point  |

* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Norway

Points awarded by Ireland[4] | Score  | Country

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12 points  |  Sweden
10 points  |  Norway
8 points  |  Slovenia
7 points  |  Denmark
6 points  |  Iceland
5 points  |  France
4 points  |  Malta
3 points  |  Croatia
2 points  |  Spain
1 point  |  United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "https://web.archive.org/web/20091022133216/http://geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1995.html
2. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2020). Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Four: The 1990s. UK: Telos Publishing. p. 213\. ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
3. ^ "Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1995". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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* Discography

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* Dickie Rock
* Lesley Roy
* Sheeba
* Kasey Smith
* Molly Sterling
* The Swarbriggs
* Eamonn Toal
* Wild Youth
* Colm C.T. Wilkinson

Songs|

* "22"
* "All Kinds of Everything"
* "Born to Sing"
* "Ceol an Ghrá"
* "Chance of a Lifetime"
* "Come Back to Stay"
* "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
* "Cross Your Heart"
* "Do I Dream"
* "Doomsday Blue"
* "Dreamin'"
* "Dying to Try"
* "Et Cetera"
* "Every Song Is a Cry for Love"
* "Happy Man"
* "Heartbeat"
* "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
* "Hold Me Now"
* "Horoscopes"
* "If I Could Choose"
* "If My World Stopped Turning"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Irelande Douze Pointe"
* "Is Always Over Now?"
* "It's for You"
* "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
* "Lipstick"
* "Love?"
* "Maps"
* "Millennium of Love"
* "Mysterious Woman"
* "One Day Love"
* "Only Love Survives"
* "Playing with Numbers"
* "The Real Me"
* "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
* "Somewhere in Europe"
* ~~"Story of My Life"~~
* "Sunlight"
* "Take Him Home"
* "Terminal 3"
* "That's Rich"
* "That's What Friends Are For"
* "They Can't Stop the Spring"
* "Together"
* "The Voice"
* "The Wages of Love"
* "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
* "Walking the Streets in the Rain"
* "Waterline"
* "We Are One"
* "We've Got the World"
* "What's Another Year"
* "When"
* "When You Need Me"
* "Why Me?"
* "Without Your Love"
* "You Can Count On Me"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

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Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Malta
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Anabel Conde
* Tó Cruz
* Arzu Ece
* Frédéric Etherlinck
* Eddie Friel
* Bo Halldórsson
* Jan Johansen
* Stella Jones
* Justyna
* Philipp Kirkorov
* Elina Konstantopoulou
* Liora
* Love City Groove
* Magazin and Lidija
* Alexandros Panayi
* Davor Popović
* Nathalie Santamaria
* Secret Garden
* Mike Spiteri
* Stone and Stone
* Darja Švajger
* Csaba Szigeti
* Aud Wilken

Songs|

* "Amen"
* "Baunilha e chocolate"
* "Dreamin'"
* "Dvadeset prvi vijek"
* "Fra Mols til Skagen"
* "Il me donne rendez-vous"
* "Keep Me in Mind"
* "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana"
* "Love City Groove"
* "Nocturne"
* "Nostalgija"
* "Núna"
* "Pia prosefhi"
* "Prisluhni mi"
* "Sama"
* "Se på mig"
* "Sev!"
* "Sti fotia"
* "Új név egy régi ház falán"
* "Verliebt in Dich"
* "La Voix est libre"
* "Vuelve conmigo"
* "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"

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