Black Daisy

Irish-Lithuanian band

Black Daisy
Black Daisy with Sinéad Mulvey in Moscow (2009)
Background information
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Alternative rock, Pop-rock, powerpop
Years active	2008-2009

Past members	Lesley-Ann Halvey Asta Millerienė Nicole Billings

Black Daisy was an Irish-Lithuanian band that, along with Sinéad Mulvey represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song Et Cetera.^[1]^[2]

Biography

The band originated from Dublin, and was formed by Steff Caffrey (lead guitar and backing vocals), Nicole Billings (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Asta Millerienė (drums), and Lesley-Ann Halvey (lead vocals and bass guitar). Steff Caffrey was asked to leave the band in February 2009 as RTÉ, the Irish national Broadcaster, felt that a 4 piece backing band was too large for the Eurovision stage.

Eurovision 2009

On the 20 February 2009, the band, performing with Irish singer Sinéad Mulvey, won the Irish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. They competed in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009,^[3] failing to reach the final.

Videos

Date	Name	Link
February, 2008	Disturbing New Fashion	[2]
March, 2009	Et Cetera	[3]

References

^ Esco today article Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Official Eurovision.tv article". Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
^ [1] Archived February 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

RTÉ Eurovision website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dustin the Turkey with "Irelande Douze Pointe"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Sinéad Mulvey) 2009	Succeeded by Niamh Kavanagh with "It's for You"

You're a Star

Series

Main: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

Celebrity: Charity You're a Star

Winners

Main series: Mickey Joe Harte; Chris Doran; Donna and Joseph McCaul; Lucia Evans; David O'Connor; Leanne Moore

Celebrity series: David Mitchell; John Aldridge; The All-Stars (David Beggy, Barney Rock, Jack O'Shea)

Winners' songs

Runners-up

Main series: Simon Casey; James Kilbane; Jade; The Sullivan Brothers; 21 Demands; Robyn Kavanagh

Celebrity series: Finian McGrath; Áine Ní Dhroigneáin; Seán Bán Breathnach

Other notable contestants

v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong You're a Star Discography
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts 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

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Countries

Final	Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Israel Lithuania Malta Moldova Norway Portugal Romania Russia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Hungary Ireland Latvia Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland
Withdrawn	Georgia

Artists

Final	Alex Swings Oscar Sings Soraya Arnelas Aysel and Arash Niels Brinck Chiara Nelly Ciobanu Igor Cukrov feat. Andrea Elena Malena Ernman Jade Ewen Flor-de-Lis Hadise Inga and Anush Patricia Kaas Svetlana Loboda Noa and Mira Awad Anastasia Prikhodko Regina Sakis Rouvas Alexander Rybak Sasha Son Kejsi Tola Urban Symphony Waldo's People Yohanna
Semi-finals	Zoli Ádok Krassimir Avramov Intars Busulis Copycat Andrea Demirović Petr Elfimov Susanne Georgi Gipsy.cz Marko Kon and Milaan Lidia Kopania Lovebugs Christina Metaxa Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy Next Time Quartissimo feat. Martina The Toppers
Withdrawn	Stephane and 3G

Songs

Final	"Always" "The Balkan Girls" "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" "Believe Again" "Bistra voda" "Carry Me in Your Dreams" "Düm Tek Tek" "Et s'il fallait le faire" "Fairytale" "Hora din Moldova" "Is It True?" "It's My Time" "Jan Jan" "Lijepa Tena" "Lose Control" "Love" "Mamo" "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" "La noche es para mí" "Rändajad" "There Must Be Another Way" "This Is Our Night" "Todas as ruas do amor" "La Voix" "What If We"
Semi-finals	"Aven Romale" "Cipela" "Copycat" "Dance with Me" "Et Cetera" "Eyes That Never Lie" "Firefly" "The Highest Heights" "I Don't Wanna Leave" "Illusion" "Just Get Out of My Life" "Leť tmou" "Love Symphony" "Nešto što kje ostane" "Probka" "Shine" "La teva decisió (Get a Life)"
Withdrawn	"We Don't Wanna Put In"