Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Mullans represented Ireland in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with the song "When You Need Me".

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processNational Final
Selection date(s)7 March 1999
Selected entrantThe Mullans
Selected song"When You Need Me"
Finals performance
Final result17th, 18 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1998 • 1999 • 2000►

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held on 7 March 1999, at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. Pat Kenny hosted the event for the ninth consecutive year. This was the first year in which televoting was used to determine the winner, though the votes were split into seven televoting regions, each of which awarded points in the same way the regional juries had in years past.[1] "When You Need Me" received top points from all seven televoting regions.

Final – 7 March 1999
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place
1 Nigel Connell "I Believed" Danny Sheerin, Des Sheerin 37 6
2 Brendan Keeley "You Must Have Been Crazy" Brendan Keely, Graham Murphy 66 2
3 Barry Doyle "Run to Me" Barry Doyle 22 8
4 Tommy Quinn "You Can't Fight It" John Fitzpatrick 27 7
5 Maggie Toal & Andy McComish "I Won't Ever Let You Go" Stephen Nimmon 57 3
6 Doona "An Bon Bon Carr" Proínsias Mac An Tuile, Bríd Ní Mhurchú 48 4
7 Gary O'Shaughnessy "I'll Be There" Denise Reynolds 44 5
8 The Mullans "When You Need Me" Bronagh Mullan 84 1

At Eurovision

The Mullans performed 17th in the running order on the night of the contest, a draw on which three previous Irish entries had won ("What's Another Year?" in 1980, "Why Me?" in 1992 and "The Voice" in 1996). Despite taking an early lead with twelve points from the first voting country Lithuania, "When You Need Me" picked up only six additional points, finishing in 17th place.

Points awarded to Ireland
Points awarded to Ireland
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Ireland
12 points Slovenia
10 points Belgium
8 points Estonia
7 points Denmark
6 points Croatia
5 points Sweden
4 points Iceland
3 points Norway
2 points France
1 point Netherlands
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See also

References
  1. "https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1999.html&date=2009-10-26+02:38:51
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