Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

  • Michael Coffey
  • Wesley Burrowes
Finals performanceFinal result2nd, 22 pointsIreland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1966 • 1967 • 1968►

Ireland was represented by Sean Dunphy, with the song "If I Could Choose", at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 April in Vienna. The song was chosen in the third National Song Contest held on 12 February 1967 by RTÉ TV in Dublin, Ireland.

Before Eurovision

National Song Contest

Competing Entries

RTÉ asked 30 composers to submit entries, from which 10 would be chosen to compete. RTÉ asked for songs with "a distinct Irish flavour with lyrics in Irish or English.[1] Ultimately, only 9 songs were chosen for the contest.[2]

Final

The third edition of the National Song Contest was hosted by Brendan O'Reilly on 12 February 1967 at the studios of RTÉ in Dublin. The winner was chosen by postcard voting and the results were revealed on 19 February 1967.[3][4]

Final - 12 February 1967
Draw Artist Song Songwriters Place Votes
1 Patricia Cahill "Back to the Hills" Sean Bonner 2 13,951
2 Johnny McEvoy "Over the Hill" Rick Walsh 5 2,920
3 Aedín Ní Choileáin "Inisheer" Gene Martin, Moira Moloney 8 457
4 Deirdre O'Callaghan "The World Outside" Bill Somerville-Large, Michael Bogdanov 7 1,182
5 Sean Dunphy "If I Could Choose" Wesley Burrowes, Michael Coffey 1 16,723
6 Patricia Cahill "Canavaun" Sheila Fawsitt-Stewart 4 3,172
7 Aedín Ní Choileáin "Never More Be Leaving" Bill Skinner, Carolyn Swift 6 1,677
8 Johnny McEvoy "Somebody of My Own" Jim Doherty 3 11,682
9 Deirdre O'Callaghan "Far Away" Ita Beausang 9 306

At Eurovision

Ireland performed in 17th position (after Italy) of the 17 entries and finished in 2nd place with 22 points.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland[5]
Score Country
4 points  Germany
3 points
2 points
1 point
Points awarded by Ireland[5]
Score Country
2 points
1 point

References

  1. ^ "Song Contest". The Irish Times. 17 December 1966. p. 11.
  2. ^ "Television". The Irish Times. 11 February 1967. p. 10.
  3. ^ Gray, Ken (16 February 1967). "The RTE Song Contest". The Irish Times. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Tomorrow". The Irish Times. 18 February 1967. p. 15.
  5. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Vienna 1967". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  • Eurovision Song Contest : National Final : Ireland 1967 - ESC-History.com
  • Irish National Final 1967 - Geocities.com
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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"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete
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Countries
Artists
Songs
  • "L'amour est bleu"
  • "Anouschka"
  • "Boum-Badaboum"
  • "Dukkemann"
  • "Hablemos del amor"
  • "If I Could Choose"
  • "Ik heb zorgen"
  • "Il doit faire beau là-bas"
  • "Non andare più lontano"
  • "Puppet on a String"
  • "Quel cœur vas-tu briser ?"
  • "Ring-dinge-ding"
  • "Som en dröm"
  • "Varjoon – suojaan"
  • "O vento mudou"
  • "Vse rože sveta"
  • "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"