Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

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Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Participating broadcaster

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

National final

Selection date(s)

5 March 1978

Selected artist(s)

Colm C. T. Wilkinson

Selected song

"Born to Sing"

Selected songwriter(s)

Colm C. T. Wilkinson

Finals performance

Final result

5th, 86 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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1978

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Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "Born to Sing", written and performed by Colm C. T. Wilkinson. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) held the national final at its studios in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. Eight songs took part, with the winner chosen by voting from ten regional juries. Other participants included future Irish representatives Sheeba (1981), and Linda Martin (1984 and 1992) who performed as a member of the group Chips.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Reform	"You Gotta Get Up"	7	5
2	Jamie Stone	"Over Again"	4	7
3	Sheeba	"It's Amazing What Love Can Do"	6	6
4	Danny Doyle	"Lonely Now"	1	8
5	Chips	"Happy Days"	8	4
6	Colm C. T. Wilkinson	"Born to Sing"	46	1
7	Gemma Craven	"All Fall Down"	12	3
8	Stacc	"You Put the Love in My Heart"	16	2

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Wilkinson performed first in the running order, preceding Norway. At the close of voting "Born to Sing" had picked up 86 points, placing Ireland fifth of the 20 entries. The song seemed to have a polarising effect on the various national juries, with eight placing it in their top 5 while eight others had it outside their top 10 and failed to award it any points at all. The Irish jury awarded its 12 points to Belgium.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland
Score	Country
12 points	Norway
10 points	Belgium Greece Luxembourg Turkey
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria
5 points	France Germany
4 points
3 points	Finland
2 points
1 point

Points awarded by Ireland
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points	Italy
8 points	Israel
7 points	Greece
6 points	France
5 points	Sweden
4 points	Monaco
3 points	United Kingdom
2 points	Luxembourg
1 point	Germany

References

ESC National Finals database 1978
"Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
ESC History – Ireland 1978
^ "Results of the Final of Paris 1978". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy 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
Songs	"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

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Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Baccara Caline and Olivier Toussaint Co-Co Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Gemini Harmony Mabel Nilüfer and Nazar Joël Prévost Ricchi e Poveri Ireen Sheer Seija Simola Björn Skifs Springtime Jahn Teigen Tania Tsanaklidou Jean Vallée José Vélez Carole Vinci Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "The Bad Old Days" "Bailemos un vals" "Boom Boom" "Born to Sing" "Charlie Chaplin" "Dai li dou" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Feuer" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "Les Jardins de Monaco" "Mil etter mil" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Parlez-vous français ?" "Questo amore" "Sevince" "'t Is OK" "Vivre"

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