Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001

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Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Country Flag of Ireland Ireland
National preselection
Preselection process National Final
Preselection date(s) 25 February 2001
Selected entrant Gary O'Shaughnessy
Selected song Without Your Love
Finals performance
Semi-final result N/A
Final result 21st of 23 (6 points)


Gary O'Shaughnessy represented Ireland in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen after winning the national final selection. O'Shaughnessy had previously competed in the 1997 and 1999 national selections, coming in 3rd and 5th place respectively. His song "Without Your Love" was one of seven songs presented in the national final, which was held on 25 February 2001 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. Louise Loughman hosted the event, and regional televoting was used to determine the winner.[1]

Draw Song Performer Points Rank
1 Who Said I Pray James Peake 41 5th
2 Every Kiss is a Lie InFocus 70 2nd
3 I'll Be With You Gavin McCormack 34 6th
4 Katie Lovely David Murphy 31 7th
5 Undertow Fe-Mail 63 3rd
6 Without Your Love Gary O'Shaughnessy 74 1st
7 The Innocent Days Emma Reynolds 51 4th

Though O'Shaughnessy won with the most points from the televoting regions, he only received the third highest number of televotes overall, with 11,653. Runners-up InFocus received the most votes, with 13,356, and third-placed Fe-Mail received 12,271. O'Shaughnessy performed 12th in the running order on the night of the contest. "Without Your Love" went on to place 21st with 6 points, and was Ireland worst result in the contest at the time. This poor result led to Ireland's relegation from the 2002 contest in Estonia.

Points Awarded to Ireland
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points

 

5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
0 points

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