Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

  • Tommy Swarbrigg
  • Jimmy Swarbrigg
Finals performanceFinal result9th, 68 pointsIreland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ireland was represented by The Swarbriggs, with the song "That's What Friends Are For", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 March in Stockholm. "That's What Friends Are For" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February.

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

Competing Entries

RTÉ internally selected The Swarbriggs in October 1974 and opened song submissions.[1] They received 335 entries from public submissions, 295 in English and 40 in Irish. RTÉ chose seven entries from the public submissions and another song was required to be composed by Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg, which was "That's What Friends Are For".[2]

Final

The eleventh National Song Contest was held at the studios of broadcaster RTÉ in Dublin, hosted by Mike Murphy. This was the first edition of the National Song Contest to be broadcast in colour.[3] For a second year, RTÉ pre-selected their representatives and The Swarbriggs performed eight songs which were voted on by ten regional juries.[4]

Final – 9 February 1975
Draw Song Points Place
1 "This Is Our Very Own Song" 10 4
2 "Butterfly Morning" 1 8
3 "Bláithín" 3 6
4 "Lady in Blue" 6 5
5 "Come and Keep Me Warm" 19 3
6 "That's What Friends Are For" 36 1
7 "Baberó Dederó" 3 6
8 "Goodbye to Goodbye" 22 2

At Eurovision

On the night of the final The Swarbriggs performed second in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding France. At the close of voting "That's What Friends Are For" had picked up 68 points (including a maximum 12 from Belgium), placing Ireland 9th of the 19 entries.[5][6]

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland[7]
Score Country
12 points  Belgium
10 points  Sweden
8 points
7 points   Switzerland
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points  Spain
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Ireland[7]
Score Country
12 points  France
10 points  Luxembourg
8 points  Netherlands
7 points  Spain
6 points  Italy
5 points  Finland
4 points  Yugoslavia
3 points  United Kingdom
2 points   Switzerland
1 point  Israel

References

  1. ^ "Brothers Chosen For Song Contest". The Irish Times. 5 October 1974. p. 1.
  2. ^ "R.T.E. Stays Quiet On Song Contest Costs". The Irish Times. 20 January 1975. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Swarbriggs win with own song". The Irish Times. 10 February 1975. p. 1.
  4. ^ ESC National Finals database 1975
  5. ^ "Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ ESC History - Ireland 1975
  7. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Stockholm 1975". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "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"
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Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "At Va'Ani"
  • "Une chanson c'est une lettre"
  • "Dan ljubezni"
  • "Ding-a-dong"
  • "Era"
  • "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"
  • "Gelukkig zijn"
  • "Jennie, Jennie"
  • "Let Me Be the One"
  • "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
  • "Madrugada"
  • "Mikado"
  • "Old Man Fiddle"
  • "Seninle Bir Dakika"
  • "Singing This Song"
  • "That's What Friends Are For"
  • "Toi"
  • "Touch My Life (with Summer)"
  • "Tú volverás"