Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Ireland was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by the brother-and sister-act Donna and Joseph McCaul with their song "Love?", which written and composed by Karl Broderick.

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country Ireland
National selection
Selection processYou're A Star
Selection date(s)6 March 2005
Selected entrantDonna and Joe
Selected song"Love?"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 53 points)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005 • 2006►

Donna and Joseph McCaul are from the town of Athlone in Co. Westmeath, in the centre of Ireland. Donna is a full-time singer with The Doc Carroll Band and her ambition is to duet with Shania Twain. Her younger brother Joe was a full-time school student.

Before Eurovision

You're A Star

RTÉ, the Irish state broadcaster once again ran the You're A Star talent contest to choose the act. The national competition was also open to contestants from Northern Ireland and was held on 6 March 2005.

Finalists
Contestant Place finished
(Overall ranking)
Donna & Joseph McCaul 1st
Jade 2nd
The Henry Girls 3rd
Peter Fagan 4th
Aine O'Doherty 5th
Lorraine Maher 6th
Ann Harrington 7th
Sinéad Mulvey 8th
David Hope 9th
George 9th
Fran King 11th
Sinéad Hand 12th

Final

The final was held on 6 March 2005 at the Helix Centre in Dublin, hosted by Ray D'Arcy. On 5 March 2005, the 3 finalists each sang a potential ESC song, with televoting eliminating one of them so that 2 finalists remained for the final on 6 March 2005, where the winner was chosen by another round of televoting.

First Round – 5 March 2005
DrawArtistSong Songwriter(s)Place Result
1The Henry Girls"Will I Be Dreaming" Fran King, Larry Hogan 3 Eliminated
2Donna & Joseph McCaul"Love?" Karl Broderick 1 Advanced
3Jade"Pink Champagne" Ray Traynor 2 Advanced
Second Round – 6 March 2005
DrawArtistSongPlace
1Donna & Joseph McCaul"Love?"1
2Jade"Pink Champagne"2

At Eurovision

Because Ireland placed 22nd at the 2004 contest,Donna and Joseph were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. At Eurovision, Donna and Joseph remained in the middle of the stage while dancers added to their performance in the background. Eventually the dancers came to the front and did a well received clogging routine. The song did not manage to make it to the final, placing 14th in the semi-final. Therefore,Ireland will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2006

The spokesperson who revealed Ireland's votes for other countries was Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner Dana.[1]

Points awarded by Ireland

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

References
  1. Philips, Roel (17 May 2005). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
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