Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processEurosong 2024
Selection date(s)26 January 2024
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2023 • 2024

Ireland is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, is organising the national final Eurosong 2024 in order to select the Irish entry for the 2024 contest.

Background

Prior to the 2024 contest, Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since its first entry in 1965.[1] Ireland has won the contest a record seven times in total, only equalled by Sweden in 2023. The country's first win came in 1970, with then-18-year-old Dana winning with "All Kinds of Everything". Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter). In 2011 and 2012, Jedward represented the nation for two consecutive years, managing to qualify to the final both times and achieve Ireland's highest position in the contest since 1997 Marc Roberts, placing eighth in 2011 with the song "Lipstick". Since 2013, only two Irish entries managed to qualify for the final: Ryan Dolan's "Only Love Survives" which placed 26th (last) in the final in 2013, and Ryan O'Shaughnessy's "Together" which placed 16th in the final in 2018. The Irish entry in 2023, "We Are One" performed by Wild Youth, once again failed to qualify to the final.[1]

The Irish national broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), broadcasts the event within Ireland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Upon failing to qualify for the 2023 final, Irish head of delegation Michael Kealy revealed that RTÉ was considering changing their song selection process for 2024.[2] The national final was later confirmed as the intended selection method for the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[3]

Before Eurovision

Eurosong 2024

Eurosong 2024 is set to be the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. It will be held on 26 January 2024, once again during a special edition of The Late Late Show, broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.[4][5] Details on the format are to be released at a later stage.[3]

Competing entries

On 15 June 2023, RTÉ opened a submission period where artists and composers would be able to submit their entries for the competition until 29 September 2023; shortly before the closing, the deadline was extended until the following 20 October.[3][6] In late November 2023, head of delegation Michael Kealy revealed that around 378 entries had been received.[7]

The competing entries were selected by a jury panel with members appointed by RTÉ among music industry professionals and Eurovision fans and presided by Kealy, both from the received submissions and by direct invitation of established artists.[3][6] In the first phase of the process, less than 60 entries were shortlisted. Four finalists were selected from these based on the ten favourites of each jury member, and an additional two through a "fast-track" procedure.[7] They were revealed daily between 8 and 12 January 2024 on The Ray D'Arcy Show, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Artist Song Language Songwriter(s)
Ailsha "Go Tobann" Irish, English
  • Ailsha Davey
  • Peadar Connolly-Davey
Bambie Thug[lower-alpha 1] "Doomsday Blue" English
Erica-Cody "Love Me like I Do" English[lower-alpha 2]
Isabella Kearney "Let Me Be the Fire" English
JyellowL[lower-alpha 3] "Judas" English
Next in Line "Love like Us" English Bill Maybury

Calls for boycott

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw will be held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country will perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Features uncredited vocals by Cassyette
  2. ↑ Contains phrases in Irish
  3. ↑ Features uncredited vocals by Toshín

References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Granger, Anthony (11 May 2023). "Ireland: RTÉ Will Assess Options For Eurovision Selection Going Forward". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Submit your entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024". RTÉ. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (26 October 2023). "Ireland: Eurovision 2024 Selection Likely on The Late Late Show". Eurovoix. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (5 January 2024). "Ireland: Eurosong 2024 Final on January 26". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 Farren, Neil (26 September 2023). "Ireland: Eurovision 2024 Submission Window Extended to October 20". Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 Argyropoulos, Dimitris (29 November 2023). "Ireland: 380 submission for Eurovision 2024!". Eurovisionfun. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Granger, Anthony (31 December 2023). "Ireland: Eurosong 2024 Songs to be Revealed from January 8". Eurovoix. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Erica Cody revealed as Ireland's first Eurosong hopeful". RTÉ. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ailsha revealed as Ireland's second Eurosong hopeful". RTÉ. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "JyellowL is third act confirmed for Ireland's Eurosong". RTÉ. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Isabella Kearney revealed as fourth Eurosong hopeful". RTÉ. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Bambie Thug revealed as fifth Eurosong hopeful". RTÉ. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Next in Line revealed as final act in running to represent Ireland at Eurovision". RTÉ. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  15. ↑ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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