Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	27 March 1985
Selected entrant	Maria Christian
Selected song	"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
Selected songwriter(s)	Brendan Graham
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 91 points
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland was represented by

1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden

. "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 27 March.

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Gay Byrne. Eight songs took part, with the winner chosen by voting from 11 regional juries. One of the contenders was Marion Fossett, who was a member of Ireland's 1981 representatives Sheeba.^[1]

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Carol Ann	"Two Hearts"	20	2
2	Marion Fossett	"Only a Fantasy"	7	6
3	Jody McStravick	"Couldn't Live My Life"	15	4
4	Jacinta Whyte	"The Circus Song"	6	7
5	Jane Cassidy	"Long Before"	16	3
6	Mike Sherrard	"Hearts"	3	8
7	Trish O'Brien	"Hold Her Now"	15	4
8	Maria Christian	"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"	28	1

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Dublin Regional	Castleblaney	Donegal	Westport	Galway	Birr	Limerick	Kenmare	Cork	Waterford	Dublin Central	Total score
1	"Two Hearts"		2	3			1	4	1	1	4	4	20
2	"Only a Fantasy"			3		2		1		1			7
3	"Couldn't Live My Life"	6	1		3		4				1		15
4	"The Circus Song"	2		1		1	1					1	6
5	"Long Before"	1				1			7		3	4	16
6	"Hearts"		3										3
7	"Hold Her Now"		1	1	2			4	2	2	2	1	15
8	"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"	1	3	2	5	6	4	1		6			28

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Christian performed first in the running order, preceding Finland. At the close of voting "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" had picked up 91 points, placing Ireland 6th of the 19 entries.^[2] Only the two final juries, Greece and Luxembourg failed to award the song any points at all. The Irish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Norway.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Italy
10 points	Austria
8 points	Belgium Israel Portugal
7 points	Cyprus Sweden
6 points
5 points	Switzerland Turkey
4 points	Spain
3 points	Denmark France Norway United Kingdom
2 points
1 point	Finland

Points awarded by Ireland^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Norway
10 points	Sweden
8 points	Israel
7 points	Turkey
6 points	Finland
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Germany
3 points	Austria
2 points	Spain
1 point	Cyprus

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1985
^ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Ireland 1985
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1985

[2] "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Ireland 1985

[1985detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 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 Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Adelaide Al Bano and Romina Power Roger Bens Takis Biniaris Bobbysocks! Maria Christian Izhar Cohen Kikki Danielsson Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini Hot Eyes Linda Lepomme Sonja Lumme Gary Lux Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Ireen Sheer, Malcolm Roberts and Chris Roberts MFÖ Paloma San Basilio Vikki Lia Vissi Wind
Songs	"Bra vibrationer" "Children, Kinder, Enfants" "Didai didai dai" "Eläköön elämä" "Femme dans ses rêves aussi" "La fiesta terminó" "Für alle" "Kinder dieser Welt" "La det swinge" "Laat me nu gaan" "Love Is..." "Magic Oh Magic" "Miazoume" "Olé, Olé" "Penso em ti, eu sei" "Piano, piano" "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" "To katalava arga" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"

Before Eurovision

National final

At Eurovision

Voting

References