Irlanda 2011: Ganadores Jedward

Five songs for Ireland's quest in Dusseldorf

There was a time when Ireland winning the Eurovision was pretty much a sure thing. It's been 14 long years since Eimear Quinn won it with 'The Voice' however, and the past decade has seen us roundly trounced year-on-year.

In an attempt to reverse that trend, RTE has announced today that there will be a new selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The national broadcaster has enlisted five music industry professionals to develop and mentor five individual song entries, with the winner selected by a combination of a public vote and regional juries.

The five mentors will be:
Caroline Downey-Desmond - Director MCD and event producer
Ronan Hardiman – composer (Lord of Dance)
David Hayes – Musical Director and arranger (Tommy Fleming and Riverdance)
Willie Kavanagh - Chairman, EMI Music Ireland
Liam Lawton - composer and performer

All five entries will be performed for the first time on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2011 on February 11 with winner going on to represent Ireland in May. Speaking about the decision, RTÉ Eurovision Co-ordinator Julian Vignoles said: “Given our mixed results in recent years, we felt it was our duty to look again at our selection procedure to see what method could improve Ireland’s chances of winning on the Eurovision stage. Ireland has a vibrant and successful music industry and we want to find the best performer to represent our country."

1. Nikki Kavanagh
   
2. Jedward
   
3. The Vard Sisters
   
4. Don Mescall
   
5. Un Cuarteto de EMI, por anunciar
   

• Caroline Downey-Desmond - Director of MCD and event producer
  
• Ronan Hardiman - Composer (Lord of Dance)
  
• David Hayes - Musical Director and arranger (Tommy Fleming and Riverdance)
  
• Willie Kavanagh - Chairman, EMI Music Ireland
  
• Liam Lawton - Composer and performer
  

1. Don Mescall - Talking with
   Jennifer (Ronan Hardiman y Don Mescall )
   
2. Jedward - Lipstick (Dan
   Priddy, Lars Jensen y Martin Larson)
   
3. Mystery Act - Shine On
   (Patrick Mahoney)
   
4. The Vard Sisters - Send me
   an angel (Liam Lawton)
   
5. Nikki Kavanagh -
   Falling (Christina Schilling, Camilla Gottschalck, Jonas Gladnikoff y
   Hanif Sabzevari)