Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Ireland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National final | |||
| Selection date(s) | 14 March 1982 | |||
| Selected entrant | The Duskeys | |||
| Selected song | "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Sally Keating | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 11th, 49 points | |||
| Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The Irish National Final was held on 14 March 1982 by RTÉ in Dublin, Ireland.
Before Eurovision
National final
Eight finalists took part in the final on 14 March 1982 in Dublin, Ireland, with the winner being chosen by the votes of 11 regional juries.
The winner of the Irish National Contest, The Duskeys, previously took part in the 1981 national final performing as 'The Duskey Sisters' tying 3rd with Tony Kenny, coming behind Karen Black and The Nevada, and winners Sheeba.
The interval act was Bucks Fizz, the 1981 British entrants and winners of Eurovision 1981.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Duskeys | "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" | 19 | 1 |
| 2 | Iain Freeman | "Qu'il passe" | 14 | 4 |
| 3 | Chips | "Tissue of Lies" | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Tony Kenny | "Wherever You Go" | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | Heads | "Goodbye to Loneliness" | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | Deuce of Hearts | "All Over Again" | 15 | 3 |
| 7 | Jody McStravick | "Is There Anyone Out There?" | 17 | 2 |
| 8 | Sheeba | "Go raibh maith agat" | 3 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Dublin Regional | Letterkenny | Clonmel | Galway | Dundalk | Cork | Castlebar | Listowel | Cavan | Tullamore | Dublin Central | Total score |
| 1 | "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | "Qu'il passe" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | "Tissue of Lies" | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | "Wherever You Go" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 5 | "Goodbye to Loneliness" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | "All Over Again" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 7 | "Is There Anyone Out There?" | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |||||||
| 8 | "Go raibh maith agat" | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
At Eurovision
Ireland performed 17th at the end of the startfield. They finished 11th out of 18 with 49 points.[1]
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
External links
- Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Ireland 1982 - ESC-History.com (English)
- Eurovision Song Contest : Details : Ireland 1982 - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - The Duskeys -ESC-History.com
- Irish National Final - Geocities.com
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