Molly Sterling

Irish singer and songwriter (born 1998)

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Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2011–presentWebsite
  • mollysterlingmusic.com
Musical artist

Molly Sterling (born 8 March 1998) is an Irish singer and songwriter who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[1][2]

Biography

Sterling grew up in Puckane, County Tipperary. She was educated at Kilkenny College[3] and then at St. Andrew's College, Dublin.[4]

Career

2011–14: Early beginnings

Molly Sterling first came to prominence after winning the Teen Idol contest in November 2011, winning a Popstar Studios recording prize.[5] She won a second-place award for Girl's Vocal Solo at the 2012 Kilkenny Music Festival[6] and supported Runaway GO at a gig in Nenagh Arts Centre on 9 June 2012.[7] She finished second in TV3's All Ireland Schools' Talent Search in May 2014 and released her first EP, Strands of Heart, in November 2014.[4]

2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 27 February 2015 she was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[3] She performed in the second semi-final, but missed out on qualification for the final. At 17 years old, she was the youngest ever entrant to perform for Ireland in their history of participation.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Strands of Heart
  • Released: November 2014
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
IRE
"Playing with Numbers" 2015 77 Non-album singles
"Fake the Cost" —
"Plain Static" 2017 —
"Stripped Down" 2018 —
"Feeble" 2019 —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

See also

References

  1. ^ Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings – wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ^ "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Byrne, Brian; Gittens, Geraldine (28 February 2015). "Teen pianist (16) to represent Ireland at 60th Eurovision Song Contest". The Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "The Nenagh Guardian – Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". Nenaghguardian.ie. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Molly best in wonderful Tipp Teen Model finals – The Nationalist". Nationalist.ie. 18 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Kilkenny Music Festival a huge success – Kilkenny People". Kilkennypeople.ie. 18 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Molly Sterling to support RunawayGo at Nenagh Arts Centre this Saturday : Tipp Tatler Magazine". Tipptatler.ie. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith
with "Heartbeat"
 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015
 Succeeded by
Nicky Byrne
with "Sunlight"
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  • "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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  • "De la capăt"
  • "Face the Shadow"
  • "Golden Boy"
  • "Goodbye to Yesterday"
  • "Grande amore"
  • "Here for You"
  • "Heroes"
  • "Hour of the Wolf"
  • "I Am Yours"
  • "I'm Alive"
  • "In the Name of Love"
  • "Love Injected"
  • "A Million Voices"
  • "A Monster Like Me"
  • "N'oubliez pas"
  • "One Last Breath"
  • "One Thing I Should Have Done"
  • "Rhythm Inside"
  • "Still in Love with You"
  • "This Time"
  • "Tonight Again"
  • "Warrior" (Georgia)
  • "Wars for Nothing"
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