Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

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Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Participating broadcaster

Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)

Country

Ireland

National selection

Selection process

Eurosong 2000

Selection date(s)

20 February 2000

Selected artist(s)

Eamonn Toal

Selected song

"Millennium of Love"

Selected songwriter(s)

Gerry Simpson
Raymond J. Smyth

Finals performance

Final result

6th, 92 points

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Millennium of Love", composed by Gerry Simpson, with lyrics by Raymond J. Smyth, and performed by Eamonn Toal. The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

Eurosong 2000

Eurosong 2000 was the national final format developed by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The competition was held at the RTÉ Television Centre in Dublin on 20 February 2000, hosted by Mary Kennedy who previously presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. Eight artists and songs were selected to compete and regional televoting determined the winner. After the combination of votes, "Millennium of Love" performed by Eamonn Toal was selected as the winner.

Final – 20 February 2000
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Eamonn Toal	"Millennium of Love"	Gerry Simpson, Raymond J. Smyth	76	1
2	Karl Power	"Why Did You Have to Go?"	Andy Jack	30	8
3	Liz Fletcher	"All in a Lifetime"	Liz Fletcher	48	4
4	Shimma	"When You Are Near"	Orla Keegan	55	3
5	Lisa Stanley	"Shine"	Lisa Stanley	34	6
6	Gavin McCormack	"Journey to the Centre of Your Heart"	Barry Grace, Gavin McCormack	31	7
7	Audrey Lynch	"Feel Good Emotion"	Audrey Lynch	47	5
8	John Hurley	"Crossroads"	John Ryan, John Hurley	64	2

Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw	Song	Waterford	Cork	Limerick	Galway	Sligo	Dundalk	Dublin	Total
1	"Millennium of Love"	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	76
2	"Why Did You Have to Go?"	4	5	5	4	3	3	6	30
3	"All in a Lifetime"	6	6	6	12	6	7	5	48
4	"When You Are Near"	8	7	8	7	7	10	8	55
5	"Shine"	3	3	3	5	12	5	3	34
6	"Journey to the Centre of Your Heart"	5	4	4	3	4	4	7	31
7	"Feel Good Emotion"	7	12	7	6	5	6	4	47
8	"Crossroads"	10	8	12	8	8	8	10	64

At Eurovision

Ahead of the contest Ireland were considered one of the favourites to win among bookmakers, alongside the entries from Estonia, Norway, and the Netherlands. Toal performed 23rd in the running order on the evening of the contest, following Turkey and preceding Austria. At the close of voting, "Millennium of Love" received 92 points, finishing 6th out of 24 countries. The Irish televoting awarded its 12 points to the contest winners Denmark.

Voting

Points awarded to Ireland
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Malta United Kingdom
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Cyprus Turkey
6 points	Norway
5 points	Croatia Denmark
4 points	Austria Belgium Estonia France Sweden
3 points	Netherlands Spain
2 points	Iceland Israel Romania
1 point	Finland Latvia

Points awarded by Ireland
Score	Country
12 points	Denmark
10 points	Russia
8 points	Latvia
7 points	Estonia
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Germany
4 points	Norway
3 points	Malta
2 points	Austria
1 point	Netherlands

References

"https://web.archive.org/web/20091022125750/http://geocities.com/national_finals_90s_00s/Ireland2000.html
"Эстонская европесня лидирует в Британской букмекерской фирме". Baltic News Service (in Russian). No. 643. 9 May 2000.
"Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "Results of the Final of Stockholm 2000". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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National selections: Eurosong You're a Star (former)
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Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"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. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest. See also: Irish Eurovision discography

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Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alsou Nina Åström August and Telma Pınar Ayhan and the SOS Jane Bogaert Brainstorm Charmed Nicki French Ines Goran Karan Sofia Mestari Olsen Brothers Claudette Pace PingPong Roger Pontare Stefan Raab The Rounder Girls Nathalie Sorce Taxi Eamonn Toal Voice Linda Wagenmakers XXL Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"100% te ljubam" "All to You" "Colgado de un sueño" "Desire" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Envie de vivre" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "A Little Bit" "Millennium of Love" "The Moon" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Star" "No Goodbyes" "Nomiza" "On aura le ciel" "Once in a Lifetime" "Sameach" "Solo" "Tell Me!" "La vita cos'è?" "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Yorgunum Anla"

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