Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995
Country	Ireland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	12 March 1995
Selected entrant	Eddie Friel
Selected song	"Dreamin'"
Finals performance
Final result	14th of 23 (44 points)
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1994 • 1995 • 1996►

Following three consecutive victories, the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest was once again held in Ireland. Eddie Friel was selected to represent his country after winning the national selection contest, which was held on 12 March 1995 at the Cork Opera House in Cork. For the fifth year running, Pat Kenny hosted the event. The eight songs presented were voted on by ten regional juries.^[1]

Draw	Song	Performer	Points	Rank
1	"Dreamin'"	Eddie Friel	99	1st
2	"The Night Time"	Mary Farrell	66	6th
3	"Ó Am Go hAm (From Time to Time)"	Annette Griffin	68	5th
4	"Now That Love Has Brought You Back Again"	Henry Winter	37	7th
5	"Rainy Day"	Joan Connolly	33	8th
6	"Little by Little"	Carl Corcoran	73	4th
7	"Come Back and Hold Me"	Maggie Toal	82	3rd
8	"Always You"	Naoimh Penston	92	2nd

"Dreamin'" went on to 14th place in the contest with 44 points, thus sparing Ireland the duty of hosting a fourth consecutive contest. Ireland won again, however, the following year.

Points Awarded to Ireland

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Russia  Slovenia  Turkey	Greece	Iceland  Spain		Denmark  France  Germany  Norway

References

1. "http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland1995.html&date=2009-10-26+02:38:39