Sarah McTernan

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Sarah McTernan

Sarah McTernan at a Eurovision pre-party

Background information
Born|  (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
Origin| Scarriff, County Clare, Ireland
Genres| Pop
Occupation(s)| Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument| Vocals
Years active| 2014–present

Musical artist

Sarah McTernan (born 11 March 1994) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Scarriff, County Clare. She is known for taking third place in the fourth season of The Voice of Ireland in April 2015. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "22".

## Early and personal life

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McTernan is an only child. After graduating in 2011, she took a pre-nursing course in Ennis, County Clare. She then went on to study music technology at Limerick Institute of Technology for several months. She took a break from education and continued to work as a retail employee in Penneys. She plays guitar, piano and tin whistle.[1] In September 2014, she enrolled in University of Limerick to study Voice and Dance, but had to defer until September 2015.

## Music career

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### The JEDS

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In November 2014, after getting through the blind auditions on The Voice of Ireland without ever doing any gigs, McTernan set up a band to gain experience with performing. The four-piece band was made up of guitarist Dwayne Mann, drummer John Moroney, bassist Declan Larkin and McTernan on vocals.

### The Voice of Ireland

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McTernan entered The Voice of Ireland in 2015. At her blind audition, she sang "Who You Are", for which all four judges turned their chairs. She then chose to go on S Club 7 star, Rachel Stevens' team. For "The Battle" show she competed against Tara Gannon Carr. They performed "Changing" by Sigma, featuring Paloma Faith. Stevens decided to send McTernan through to the Live Knockouts. McTernan sang "Ghost" by Ella Henderson and was up against Paul Taylor and Cian O'Melia. Stevens decided to send Sarah through to the Live Shows while Taylor and O'Melia got sent home. In the first live show, McTernan sang "What I Did For Love" by David Guetta featuring Emeli Sande. McTernan came third,[2] losing out to Emma Humber in second place and Patrick James in first.

In 2018 McTernan applied to be part of an online vote to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest. At the time McTernan said, "Obviously you want to represent your own country but this is a massive opportunity, it would be amazing to be part of the Eurovision."[3]

### Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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On 8 March 2019, McTernan was announced by RTÉ as the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2] She performed the song "22" in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the final.[4] It was later revealed that she finished last (18th out of 18) in the semi-final, scoring 16 points.[5]

### Later projects

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With plans to release an EP in the future, McTernan released her new single "Loving You" on 5 February 2021. The song is a collaboration with HalfTraxx, and was played for the first time on Spin South West Radio. The song received positive reviews, reaching number 2 on iTunes (number 1 on iTunes pop charts) and peaked at number 14 on the official Irish homegrown charts. McTernan is credited with writing the song's lyrics, as well as the vocals.

## Discography

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### Singles

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Title  | Year  | Album

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"Eye of the Storm"  | 2016  | Non-album singles
"22"  | 2019
"Loving You"
(with HalfTraxx) | 2020
"Close My Eyes"  | 2021
"Heavy on My Heart"
"Gotta Get Out"  | 2022
"Let You In"
"You Don't Know Me"
(with MARTYY)

## References

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1. ^ Moran, Hannah (8 March 2019). "Everything you need to know about Ireland's Eurovision 2019 star Sarah McTernan". evoke.ie. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. ^ a b Daly, Adam (8 March 2019). "This Co Clare singer will represent Ireland in the Eurovision in Israel". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. ^ "Eurovision 2019: Five facts about Ireland's entrant Sarah McTernan". Official Charts. 12 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
4. ^ Kelly, Aoife (16 May 2019). "Eurovision 2019: 'Things don't always go your way' - Sarah McTernan emotional as Ireland fails to qualify for final". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. ^ "Eurovision 2019 Semi-final 2 Results". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

## External links

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* McMahon, Páraic. "Mixed Fortunes For Clare Contestants In The Voice". The Clare Herald. Retrieved 31 March 2015.[permanent dead link‍]

Preceded by

Ryan O'Shaughnessy
with "Together"

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2019 | Succeeded by

Lesley Roy
with "Story of My Life"

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* "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"
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* "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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| Final|

* Albania
* Australia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Israel
* Italy
* Malta
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom

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Semi-finals|

* Armenia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Finland
* Georgia
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Moldova
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania

Withdrawn|

* Ukraine

Artists|

| Final|

* Nevena Božović
* Chingiz
* Victor Crone
* Katerine Duska
* Luca Hänni
* Bilal Hassani
* Hatari
* Keiino
* Zala Kralj and Gašper Šantl
* Lake Malawi
* Duncan Laurence
* Sergey Lazarev
* Leonora
* John Lundvik
* Mahmood
* Jonida Maliqi
* Kobi Marimi
* Michela
* Miki
* Kate Miller-Heidke
* Michael Rice
* Serhat
* Sisters
* Tamta
* Tamara Todevska
* Zena

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Semi-finals|

* Carousel
* D mol
* Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman
* Eliot
* Sarah McTernan
* Oto Nemsadze
* Anna Odobescu
* Conan Osíris
* Paenda
* Joci Pápai
* Ester Peony
* Roko
* Srbuk
* Tulia
* Jurij Veklenko

Songs|

| Final|

* "Arcade"
* "Better Love"
* "Bigger than Us"
* "Chameleon"
* "Friend of a Friend"
* "Hatrið mun sigra"
* "Home"
* "Kruna"
* "Ktheju tokës"
* "Like It"
* "Love Is Forever"
* "Proud"
* "Replay"
* "Roi"
* "Say Na Na Na"
* "Scream"
* "Sebi"
* "She Got Me"
* "Sister"
* "Soldi"
* "Spirit in the Sky"
* "Storm"
* "Too Late for Love"
* "Truth"
* "La venda"
* "Zero Gravity"

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* "22"
* "Az én apám"
* "The Dream"
* "Heaven"
* "Keep On Going"
* "Limits"
* "Look Away"
* "On a Sunday"
* ""Fire of Love (Pali się)"
* "Run with the Lions"
* "Stay"
* "Telemóveis"
* "That Night"
* "Wake Up"
* "Walking Out"

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