Ireland: RTE confirms Eurovision 2023 participation

Ireland: RTE confirms Eurovision 2023 participation
Monday, 05 September 2022

  • The Irish broadcaster, RTE, will be taking part in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in the United Kingdom next year.

    RTE has confirmed to ESCTOday that Ireland will be participating in Eurovision 2023, marking the country's 56th appearance in the contest. 

    Last year Ireland selected their Eurovision entrant via a national final. However, for 2023 RTE hasn't yet confirmed which formula they will use to determine their Eurovision hopeful. More details on RTE's plans for Eurovision 2023 will be revealed over the coming weeks. 

     

    Ireland in Eurovision

    Ireland is a country of records when it comes to the Eurovison Song Contest. It has participated 54 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples and has won the competition 7 times, more than any other country. (1970, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996). It is the only country that has won the contest three successive years (1992, 1993, 1994) while Dublin is the only city to have hosted the event two consecutive years. (1994,1995).

    During the decade of 90’s the country had a row of 4 vicotries in a 5 year time  (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997) and Dublin became host city three times.Irish act Johnny Logan is the only one to have won the contest twice (1980, 1987).

    In 2018 the country selected internally  Ryan O’Shaughnessy to represent the country with his song Together, which finished 16th in the grand final, marking the country's first qualification to the final since 2013. 

    Lesley Roy was selected to represent the nation in Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story of my life" but never reached the stage as the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Lesley was reinvited for the 2021 edition in Rotterdam where she performed "Maps" which sadly finished in the last place of the 1st Semi Final. 

    This year, Brooke won the national final 'Eurosong 2022' with her song 'That's Rich' which competed in the second semi-final in Turin without achieving to reach the Grand final. 

     

    News Source: ESCToday

    Image: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett

     

     

AUTHORS

  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.