Ireland

Brendan Murray

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameBrendan John Francis Murray Born16 November 1996 Nationality🇮🇪 Irish National SelectionEurosong 2022Internal selection 2017 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv SongDying to try Biography Brendan Murray is an Irish singer. He was born in 1996 in Tuam, County Galway.When he was 18 years old, in 2014, Brendan became a member of the band Home Town. Their debut single “Where I belong” reached the first place in the Irish charts. The follow up “Cry for help” did the same in 2015. In the same year, “The night we met” also reached the charts, but their single “Roses” in 2016 did not. The band announced to take a break to concentrate on other projects. One of the projects was Brendan Murray’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song “Dying to try”. Unfortunately, Brendan didn’t manage to reach the final. In June 2018, the follow up of his Eurovision song, “Way too fast” was released. Later in 2018, Brendan took part in the X-Factor UK. He managed to reach the semifinals there. It resulted in a tour he could do through Ireland and the United Kingdom in June 2019. But before that, in April, he released a new single, “If I’m honest”. In 2019 and 2020, Brendan uploaded videos of several cover songs, a.o. “Nothing compares 2U” and “You are the reason”. On 21 February, 2020, Brendan released a new original song, “Teardrops”. Another cover, “Falling”, became the new single in May 2020. On 24 July of the same year, a new single called “Let go” came out, followed in September by “500 days”. A Christmas song, “Wishing you here for Christmas”, came out too. Brendan traveled to the Maldives to perform there at and around New Years Eve at a special Moonlight Concert. In March 2021 a new single called “Here To Stay” was released, followed in June by “Deep Fake” and in October by “Little Island”. In February 2022, Brendan Murray took part in Eurosong 2022, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. He sang the song “Real love”. The song didn’t win but was released on single right after the contest. Entries Dying To Try Country🇮🇪 Ireland Year2023 LanguageEnglish LyricsJames NewmanJörgen Elofsson MusicJames NewmanJörgen Elofsson BackingsAlison Vard MillerMargot DalyShane McDaidJules EdwardGraham Kelly Results Semi Points: 86Position: 13Running order: 9 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/EOpZikqrfOA

Ryan O’Shaughnessy

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameRyan O’Shaughnessy Born27 September 1992 Nationality???????? Irish National SelectionInternal selection 2018 In Eurovision2018 Lisbon SongTogether (2018) Biography Ryan O’Shaughnessy is an Irish singer, songwriter and actor. He was born in Loughshinny, county Dublin. Between 2001 and 2010, he played one of the main roles in the very popular tv-series Fair city. In 2012, Ryan participated in The Voice of Ireland. Meanwhile, he also participated in Brittain’s Got Talent. In fact, he was disqualified there: due to his participation in The Voice, he had a contract with Universal Music. When he was released from this contract, he returned to Brittain’s Got Talent, reached the final and became 5th. His debut single “No name” was released right after this. In 2013 O’Shaughnessy took part in a songwriting competition, The Hit, where he also reached the final. In 2016, his debut album “Back to square one” was released on Ryan’s own label Bayview. In 2018, Ryan O’Shaughnessy was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. He sang the song “Together”, which became a hit in Ireland. He reached the final in Eurovision. The follow up of “Together” was the song “Civil war”. In 2020, Ryan released no less than 5 singles. In 2022 he performed at the Eurovision related event J’aime la Vlie. Entries Together Country???????? Ireland Year2018 LanguageEnglish LyricsRyan O’ShaughnessyMark CapliceLaura Elizabeth Hughe MusicRyan O’ShaughnessyMark CapliceLaura Elizabeth Hughe BackingsJanet GroganRemy NaidooClaire-Ann VarleyKevin O’DwyerAlan McGrath Results Semi Points: 179Position: 6Running order: 18 Results Finals Points: 136Position: 16Running order: 24 https://youtu.be/QD1cQ2wZ1dk

Molly Sterling

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameMolly Jane Sterling Born08 March 1998 Nationality🇮🇪 Irish National SelectionEurosong 2015 In Eurovision2015 Vienna SongPlaying With Numbers (2015) Biography Molly Jane Sterling is an Irish singer and songwriter. Her upbringing took place in Puckane, County Tipperary. She received her education at Kilkenny College and later attended St. Andrew’s College in Dublin. In terms of her career, Sterling gained initial recognition by winning the Teen Idol contest in November 2011, which earned her a recording prize from Popstar Studios. She also achieved a second-place award for Girl’s Vocal Solo at the 2012 Kilkenny Music Festival. Furthermore, she supported Runaway GO during a performance at Nenagh Arts Centre on June 9, 2012. In May 2014, Sterling finished as the runner-up in TV3’s All Ireland Schools’ Talent Search. Later that year, she released her debut EP, titled “Strands of Heart,” in November 2014. Moving on to her involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest, on February 27, 2015, Sterling was chosen to represent Ireland in the 2015 edition of the competition with her song “Playing with Numbers.” Despite her participation in the second semi-final, she did not qualify for the final round. In January 2016 Molly released a new single, “Hands off”. In July of the same year she did a summer tour on Majorca. On 25 October of the same year, her solo single and video “Plain static” came out. It was on 1 August 2018 that the follow up, “Stripped down”, was released. On 22 March 2019 Molly Sterling gave a solo concert in a sold out Whelan’s in Dublin, a month after her new video “Feeble” was released. In 2020, during the COVID19 lockdowns, Molly came out as having a mental illness. She confesses she already suffered from it when she was at the Eurovision Song Contest. She also came out having been abused by someone in the music industry. Molly Sterling started the Reclaim Project in 2022, a community space for gender minorities and women who are challenging power abuse in the arts through creative collaboration. Entries Playing With Numbers Country🇮🇪 Ireland Year2015 LanguageEnglish LyricsGreg FrenchMolly Sterling MusicGreg FrenchMolly Sterling Backings Jimmy RainsfordDarren SweeneyNaomi ClarkePóilín LyncJessica Supple Results Semi Points: 35Position: 12Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/3B5sdNJF0lk

Sarah McTernan

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameSarah McTernan Born11 March 1994 Nationality???????? Irish National SelectionInternal selection 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv Song22 (2019) Biography Sarah McTernan is an Irish singer-songwriter. She was born in Scarriff, County Clare, Ireland. She started her music career by studying music thechnology in Limerick. She also worked as a make up artist in the same city. Her career really began after taking third place in the fourth season of The Voice of Ireland in 2015. In 2016, she released a single, “Eye of the sotrm”. In 2018, she submitted songs to the Irish and San Marinese national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest, but was not chosen. In 2019, it was a different situation: she wás chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “22”. The song unfortunately did not reach the final. In 2021, Sarah released a single in collaboration with HalfTraxx. The song became a hit and even reached the #2 spot in the iTunes list. The song was followed by another three singles: “Close my eyes” and “Heavy on my heart” in 2021, “Gotta get out” in 2022. Entries 22 Country???????? Ireland Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsJanieck van de PolderMarcia SondeijkerRoel Rats MusicJanieck van de PolderMarcia SondeijkerRoel Rats BackingsCiara O’ConnorFiona HarteMichael HopkinsAdele DempseyRhianna Binns Results Semi Points:Position:Running order: Results Finals Points:Position:Running order: https://youtu.be/lX7DT9GMHQM