Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Country |  Ireland | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | National Song Contest 1986 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 30 March 1986 | |||
| Selected entrant | Luv Bug | |||
| Selected song | "You Can Count on Me" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Kevin Sheerin | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 4th, 96 points | |||
| Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Ireland was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
Before Eurovision
National Song Contest 1986
The final was held on 30 March 1986 at the Radio Telefís Éireann Studios in Dublin, and was hosted by radio and television presenter Mike Murphy. Eleven regional juries across Ireland selected the winning song, "You Can Count on Me", performed by the group Luv Bug and composed by Kevin Sheerin.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fran Meen | "Here in the Night" | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Luv Bug | "You Can Count on Me" | 35 | 1 |
| 3 | Theresa Lowe | "Only the Lonely Survive" | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | The Rockets | "Life in the City" | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | John Spillane and Mandy Murphy | "Ringo" | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Honor Heffernan | "Honey" | 19 | 3 |
| 7 | Loudest Whisper | "Johnny, Where Are You Now?" | 22 | 2 |
| 8 | Linda Martin | "If I Can Change Your Mind" | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | Jim Walsh | "I'll Never Love Again" | 0 | 9 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Dublin County | Dundalk | Manorhamilton | Gweedore | Clifden | Dingle | Cobh | Kilkenny | Rosslare | Mullingar | Dublin Central | Total score | ||
| 1 | "Here in the Night" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||
| 2 | "You Can Count on Me" | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 35 | |||||
| 3 | "Only the Lonely Survive" | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | "Life in the City" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 5 | "Ringo" | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 | "Honey" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | ||||||
| 7 | "Johnny, Where Are You Now?" | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | ||||||
| 8 | "If I Can Change Your Mind" | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| 9 | "I'll Never Love Again" | 0 | |||||||||||||
At Eurovision
Luv Bug performed twelfth on the night of the contest, following Israel and preceding Belgium. At the close of the voting the song had received 96 points, placing 4th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] This high placing was the third of five straight top ten finishes, and was the run-up to Ireland's win in Brussels the next year.
Voting
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References
- ^ "Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Bergen 1986". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
External links
- Irish National Final 1986
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- Bambie Thug
- Black Daisy
- Brooke
- Nicky Byrne
- Can-linn
- Maria Christian
- Kiev Connolly
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- Dervish
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- Donna and Joe
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- Cathal Dunne
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- 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
- "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
