52-525: Maribelle (born Marie Kwakman on 4 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest . In 1981, Maribelle performed two songs, "Marionette" and "Fantasie", in the Dutch Eurovision pre-selection, only to finish second and third, behind Linda Williams . She had better luck in 1984, when her two songs finished first and second, with " Ik hou van jou " ("I Love You") edging out "Vanavond", and going forward as
104-599: A TV commentator was sent to the contest in Tallinn. RTÉ has hosted the contest on seven occasions; all were held in the Irish capital Dublin except for the 1993 contest , which was staged in Millstreet , a town in north-west County Cork with a population of 1,500 people. All of Ireland's entries have been performed in English with the exception of the 1972 entry, " Ceol an Ghrá ", which
156-451: A soloist in 1973 and as part of Sheeba in 1981 ) and Jedward in 2011 and 2012 . Eight people have written and composed more than one Irish entry: Brendan Graham (1976, 1985, 1994, 1996), Johnny Logan (1984, 1987, 1992), Jonas Gladnikoff (2009, 2010, 2014), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (1975, 1977), Liam Reilly (1990, 1991), Joe Burkett (composer 1972, lyricist 1981), Niall Mooney (2009, 2010) and Jörgen Elofsson (2017, 2023). In
208-488: A suitable venue to host the contest and eventually settled on the Grand Théâtre , which was smaller compared to the venue used at the 1983 contest. The theatre's main auditorium usually holds an audience around 950 people, however this was reduced with the addition of technical equipment and commentator's boxes. As a result, only press, members of each country's delegation and diplomatic representatives were allowed to watch
260-561: A troupe of actors referred to during the contest as "the Tourists", and focused on the various cultural stereotypes of each of the competing countries and portrayed these a humorous context, often with heavy use of computer animation . The contest was held on 5 May 1984, beginning at 21:00 ( CEST ) and lasting 2 hours and 12 minutes. The event was presented by the Luxembourgish television presenter and actress Désirée Nosbusch , who compèred
312-445: Is one of the few countries to have achieved consecutive wins (along with Spain, Luxembourg and Israel) and the only country to win consecutively three times, and the nation won again in 1996, thereby accumulating four victories in five years. Ireland is the only country to host the contest consecutively and is one of eight countries never to turn down the chance to host the event. Out of 55 appearances and 45 finals, Ireland has reached
364-424: Is shown in bold. Sweden received the maximum score of 12 points from five of the voting countries, with Ireland receiving four sets of 12 points, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Sweden each receiving two sets of 12 points, and Cyprus and France receiving one maximum score each. Each participating broadcaster was required to relay the contest via its networks. Non-participating member broadcasters were also able to relay
416-695: Is the only country to have hosted multiple contests in succession; three in a row between 1993 and 1995. Six of the seven contests held in Ireland have been held in Dublin ; three at the Point Theatre , two at the RDS Simmonscourt and one at the Gaiety Theatre . In addition, the 1993 contest was held in Millstreet , County Cork . Dublin holds the record for hosting the most contests of any Eurovision host city. For
468-642: The Théâtre Municipal in Luxembourg City , Luxembourg . Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL), the contest was held in Luxembourg following the country's victory at the 1983 contest with the song " Si la vie est cadeau " by Corinne Hermès . The event was presented by Désirée Nosbusch , who, at 19 years old, remains
520-438: The 1975 and 1976 contests. During the traditional winner's reprise performance, the group sung part of the winning song in English, with lyrics written by Per Herrey. Each country nominated a spokesperson, connected to the contest venue via telephone lines and responsible for announcing, in English or French, the votes for their respective country. Known spokespersons at the 1984 contest are listed below. Jury voting
572-458: The 1984 entry " Terminal 3 ", performed by Linda Martin , which finished second. In 1987 , Logan returned to the contest as a performer, and became the first entrant to win the contest twice, achieving his second victory with the self-penned " Hold Me Now ". Ireland's most successful decade to date is the 1990s, beginning with Liam Reilly finishing joint second in 1990 . Ireland subsequently achieved an unequalled three consecutive victories in
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#1732858204184624-405: The 1987 " Hold Me Now ". Co-host of the 1997 contest Ronan Keating appeared. Johnny Logan performed his single "When a Woman Loved a Man". Irish winners Eimear Quinn , Charlie McGettigan and Linda Martin performed as backing singers to most of the songs with Jakob Sveistrup who represented Denmark in 2005. Marty Whelan provided commentary of the contest for Ireland on RTÉ . Ireland
676-537: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest . They have participated representing Ireland since RÉ's first entry in the tenth edition of the contest in 1965. RTÉ broadcasts the semi-finals on RTÉ2 , and the final on RTÉ One . Ireland has sent 57 entries to the Eurovision Song Contest; of these, seven have won and eighteen have finished in
728-901: The United Kingdom 's Belle and the Devotions , had previously performed in the 1983 contest as a backing vocalist for the British entry Sweet Dreams ; and Gary Lux , who had represented Austria in 1983 as a member of the group Westend , returned as a backing vocalist for the Austrian singer Anita . The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was produced by the Luxembourgish public broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL). Ray van Cant served as executive producer, Hubert Terheggen [ nl ] served as producer, René Steichen served as director, Roland de Groot [ nl ] served as designer, and Pierre Cao served as musical director, leading
780-559: The iTunes charts in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Sweden. Jedward represented Ireland again in 2012 with " Waterline ", but after making it through to the final, they were awarded only 46 points, finishing in 19th place. In 2013 , Ireland came last in the final for the second time. In 2018, Ireland qualified for the final for the first time since 2013 with Ryan O'Shaughnessy and " Together ", but four more non-qualifications followed in 2019 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023 . The country returned to
832-505: The qualifying stage of the 1984 European Championship , the use of off-stage backing vocalists during the UK's performance which gave an impression that members of Belle and the Devotions were lip syncing , and allegations that their song, " Love Games ", which was heavily inspired by 1960s Motown tracks, had plagiarised previous tracks by the Supremes . The winner was Sweden represented by
884-507: The 1992 winning entry. Ireland, who also finished second with "If I Could Choose" by Sean Dunphy ( 1967 ), " Terminal 3 " by Linda Martin ( 1984 ), "Somewhere in Europe" by Liam Reilly ( 1990 ), and "Mysterious Woman" by Marc Roberts ( 1997 ), has a total of 18 top five results. Since the introduction of the qualifying round in 1994 , Ireland has won the contest twice. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004 , Ireland has failed to reach
936-521: The Dutch language market, having been covered successfully by Gordon Heuckeroth , Dana Winner, Thomaz and Roxeanne Hazes. Maribelle continues to record, and has placed several singles on the Dutch chart, most recently "Ik geef me over", a top 40 hit in October 2009. Eurovision Song Contest 1984 The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest , held on 5 May 1984 in
988-573: The Netherlands' representative to the 29th Eurovision Song Contest , held in Luxembourg City on 5 May. Prior to the contest, "Ik hou van jou" had been fancied to do well so its final placing of 13th out of the 19 entries was very disappointing. (Although Maribelle had given a confident performance, there was considerable criticism afterwards of the unflattering outfit in which she had appeared on stage.) Despite its poor Eurovision performance, "Ik hou van jou" has gone on to be an enduring and popular song in
1040-456: The afternoon and evening of 4 May and one final rehearsal in the afternoon of 5 May, with an invited audience present for the second dress rehearsal. Dutch designer Roland de Groot was in charge of the set design of the contest for the fourth time, having previously done so 1970 , 1976 and 1980 , the three previous contests staged in the Netherlands. For the 1984 contest, de Groot's design centred around various shapes which were suspended over
1092-523: The broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples , missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002 . The current Irish participant broadcaster in
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#17328582041841144-405: The contest as "passive participants". Broadcasters were able to send commentators to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language and to relay information about the artists and songs to their viewers. These commentators were typically sent to the venue to report on the event, and were able to provide commentary from small booths constructed at the back of the venue. Known details on
1196-576: The contest in French , German , Luxembourgish and English; at 19 years old, Nosbusch remains the youngest individual to have hosted the Eurovision Song Contest as of 2024 . Among the invited guests present in the audience was Prince Henri , then heir to the Luxembourger throne . The contest's interval act featured a performance by the Prague Theatre of Illuminated Drawings. The medallions awarded to
1248-691: The contest is Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Ireland shares a joint record total of seven wins with Sweden , and is the only country to have won three times consecutively. Ireland has finished second four times, while Sweden has done that just once. Ireland's seven wins were achieved by the following songs: " All Kinds of Everything " performed by Dana ( 1970 ), " What's Another Year ?" ( 1980 ) and " Hold Me Now " ( 1987 ) both by Johnny Logan , " Why Me ?" by Linda Martin ( 1992 ), " In Your Eyes " by Niamh Kavanagh ( 1993 ), " Rock 'n' Roll Kids " by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan ( 1994 ), and " The Voice " by Eimear Quinn ( 1996 ). Logan also wrote
1300-442: The contest: in 1992 , the 1984 runner-up Linda Martin returned to win with " Why Me ?" – penned once again by Johnny Logan, giving him a total of three victories as either a performer or writer; in 1993 , Niamh Kavanagh was victorious over the United Kingdom 's Sonia with " In Your Eyes "; and in 1994 , Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan won with Brendan Graham 's " Rock 'n' Roll Kids ". The winning streak
1352-427: The country's performance and then tallied by the non-voting jury chairperson to determine the points to be awarded. In any cases where two or more songs in the top ten received the same number of votes, a show of hands by all jury members was used to determine the final placing. Rehearsals for the participating artists began on 30 April 1984. Two technical rehearsals were conducted for each participating delegation in
1404-595: The country's top ten, with countries unable to vote for their own entry. The points awarded by each country were determined by an assembled jury of 11 individuals, who were all required to be members of the public with no connection to the music industry, with a recommendation that there should be a balance between the sexes and that half should be under 25 years old. Each jury member voted in secret and awarded between one and five votes to each participating song, excluding that from their own country and with no abstentions permitted. The votes of each member were collected following
1456-423: The end of Irish domination of the contest. In the 21st century, Ireland has fared less well, achieving considerably poorer results in comparison to the 1990s. The country's only top 10 placement of the 2000s came when Brian Kennedy finished tenth in 2006 . At the 2007 contest , Ireland's representatives were Irish folk group Dervish performing " They Can't Stop The Spring "; having automatically qualified for
1508-468: The final 11 times, and has twice finished last in the final, in 2007 and 2013 . Ireland's only top 10 results between 2007 and 2024 were an eighth-place finish with " Lipstick " by Jedward in 2011 , and a sixth-place finish with " Doomsday Blue " by Bambie Thug in 2024 . Radio Éireann (RÉ) in 1965 and 1966, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) between 1967 and 2009, and Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) since 2010, have been consecutively full members of
1560-570: The final in 2024 with Bambie Thug and " Doomsday Blue ", and finished in sixth place with 278 points, achieving Ireland's best result since 2000 and breaking Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan 's record for the most points achieved by an Irish entry in the final. Seven singers have represented Ireland more than once at the contest: Johnny Logan ( 1980 , 1987 ), Linda Martin ( 1984 , 1992 ), Niamh Kavanagh ( 1993 , 2010 ), Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg (as "The Swarbriggs" in 1975 and part of "The Swarbriggs Plus Two" in 1977 ), Maxi (as
1612-637: The final, the group finished last with five points (all from Albania , whose jury votes prevented Ireland from achieving its first no-point score), becoming the first Irish entrants to come last in a final. In 2008 , Dustin the Turkey failed to qualify for the final with his song " Irelande Douze Pointe "; the same fate befell Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy in 2009 . In 2011 , Ireland's luck changed when X Factor finalists Jedward finished in eighth place with 119 points, thus making them Ireland's most successful entry in 11 years. Their song " Lipstick " topped
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1664-455: The group Herreys . This was Sweden's second contest victory, coming ten years after ABBA 's win in the 1974 contest . Ireland finished as runner-up, Spain and Denmark placed third and fourth, respectively, and Belgium and Italy tied for fifth place. The 1984 contest took place in Luxembourg City , Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the 1983 contest with the song " Si la vie est cadeau " performed by Corinne Hermès . It
1716-420: The highest average, two points above the United Kingdom . During the first semi-final of the 2014 contest, it was revealed that the duo Jedward hold two Eurovision records: the highest hair (18.9 cm) and the biggest shoulder pads. Ireland was one of two countries to have two entries entered into Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest , with the 1980 entry " What's Another Year ?" and
1768-422: The live show at the venue. Entries from a total of 19 countries participated in the event. Ireland returned to the contest after a one-year absence, however Israel and Greece decided not to participate. Israel declined to enter as the date of the contest coincided with Yom HaZikaron , while Greece, which had originally planned to participate in the contest, reportedly withdrew its planned participation as
1820-455: The orchestra. A separate musical director could be nominated by each country to lead the orchestra during their performance, with the host musical director also available to conduct for those countries which did not nominate their own conductor. On behalf of the contest organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the event was overseen by Frank Naef as executive supervisor . Each participating broadcaster submitted one song, which
1872-419: The performance area on a series of pulleys and which could be moved around the stage in between the competing acts; this allowed for different backdrops to be created for each entry. Each entry was preceded by a video postcard which served as an introduction to that country, as well as creating a transition between entries to allow stage crew to make changes on stage. The postcards for the 1984 contest featured
1924-584: The quality of the songs submitted to the Greek broadcaster for consideration was deemed to be of too low a quality. A number of the participating artists in this year's event had previously competed in past editions of the contest. Germany 's Mary Roos had finished third in 1972 and made a second appearance for the country in 1984; Izolda Barudžija , who had been a member of the group Aska that represented Yugoslavia in 1982 , participated again this year alongside Vlado Kalember ; Kit Rolfe , lead singer of
1976-613: The show's broadcast on RTÉ, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the English language . At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen. Over the years RTÉ commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Larry Gogan , Jimmy Greeley , Gay Byrne , Ronan Collins , Pat Kenny , and Mike Murphy . Marty Whelan has provided
2028-407: The song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley ", composed by Torgny Söderberg , written by Britt Lindeborg and performed by Herreys , comprising brothers Per , Richard and Louis Herrey. It was Sweden's second contest win, ten years after ABBA 's victory in 1974 . It was also the third – and, as of 2024 , last – time that the winning entry was the first to be performed, following
2080-410: The sound of instruments featured on stage being mimed by the performers . The results of the 1984 contest were determined through the same scoring system as had first been introduced in 1975 : each country awarded twelve points to its favourite entry, followed by ten points to its second favourite, and then awarded points in decreasing value from eight to one for the remaining songs which featured in
2132-657: The top five, making Ireland the most successful country in the contest overall as of 2021. Since its debut in 1965 , the country has missed only two contests: the 1983 contest in Munich and the 2002 contest in Tallinn . A strike at RTÉ in 1983 meant that the station lacked the resources to send a participant, so it broadcast the contest with the BBC commentary feed. Ireland was relegated in 2002, but in keeping with EBU rules since they intended to return in 2003, RTÉ broadcast that year's event and
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2184-407: The top ten 31 times and the top five 18 times. As of 2024, Ireland has not reached the top five since 1997. Ireland holds the record for most points from one country in a year (alongside France) in the 'one point per juror' voting system, achieving nine votes out of a possible ten from Belgium (in 1970 ). France had achieved this same feat in 1958 . Ireland has an average of 74 points per contest,
2236-401: The week approaching the contest, with countries rehearsing in the order in which they would perform. The first rehearsals of 40 minutes were held on 30 April and 1 May 1984, followed by a press conference for each delegation and the accredited press. Each country's second rehearsals were held on 2 and 3 May and lasted 20 minutes total. Three dress rehearsals were held with all artists, two held in
2288-413: The winners were presented by the previous year's winning artist Corinne Hermès . The 1984 contest featured one of the first instances of booing to be heard at the Eurovision Song Contest, which occurred immediately after the UK's entry. Various reasons for the booing have been proposed: these include being a response to football hooliganism which occurred in Luxembourg by English football fans during
2340-449: The years when the live orchestra was present in the contest, almost all of Ireland's Eurovision entries were conducted by Noel Kelehan . The exceptions were 1965 (Italian host conductor Gianni Ferrio ), 1970 (Dutch host conductor Dolf van der Linden ), from 1972 to 1975 ( Colman Pearce ), 1979 (Proinnsias Ó Duinn), 1994 (no conductor, although Kelehan conducted three other entries from Romania, Greece and Poland) and in 1997 ( Frank McNamara
2392-401: The youngest person to have hosted the contest as of 2024 . Nineteen countries participated in the contest, with Ireland returning after a one-year absence, and Greece and Israel , which had participated in the previous year's event, declining to enter. The winner was Sweden with the song " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley ", composed by Torgny Söderberg , written by Britt Lindeborg and performed by
2444-440: Was broken in 1995 when Hiberno-Nordic group Secret Garden , representing Norway, won with the almost entirely instrumental "Nocturne". The group does contain an Irish member, Naas -born Fionnuala Sherry . The decade would see yet another victory for Ireland in 1996 when Eimear Quinn won with another successful Brendan Graham composition, " The Voice "; Marc Roberts would also finish second for Ireland in 1997 , which marked
2496-401: Was required to be no longer than three minutes in duration and performed in the language, or one of the languages, of the country which it represented. A maximum of six performers were allowed on stage during each country's performance. Each entry could utilise all or part of the live orchestra and could use instrumental-only backing tracks , however any backing tracks used could only include
2548-672: Was sung in Irish . Seán Dunphy finished second at the 1967 contest , behind Sandie Shaw , followed by Pat McGeegan finishing fourth in 1968 , before Dana gave Ireland its first victory in 1970 with " All Kinds of Everything ". The country's next best result of the 1970s was in 1977 , when The Swarbriggs Plus Two finished third. This was followed by fifth-place finishes for both Colm C.T. Wilkinson ( 1978 ) and Cathal Dunne ( 1979 ). Johnny Logan brought Ireland its second victory in 1980 with " What's Another Year ?". Girl group Sheeba then finished fifth in 1981 . Logan went on to write
2600-527: Was the fourth time that Luxembourg had hosted the event, following the contests held in 1962 , 1966 and 1973 . The chosen venue was the Grand Théâtre , also known as the Nouveau Théâtre or Théâtre Municipal , an arts venue inaugurated in 1964, and which had previously hosted the contest in 1973. Luxembourgish broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL) initially had difficulty in finding
2652-553: Was the musical director for the contest staged in Dublin, but the Irish entry was played with a backing track with no orchestra). Ronan Keating (who presented the 1997 contest) collaborated on the 2009 entry for Denmark . RTÉ presenter Marty Whelan has been the national commentator since 2000 . Ireland holds the record for the most victories (joint with Sweden): seven wins including three consecutive wins. The country has also achieved second place four times and third once. Ireland
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#17328582041842704-470: Was used to determine the points awarded by all countries. The announcement of the results from each country was conducted in the order in which they performed, with the spokespersons announcing their country's points in English or French in ascending order. The detailed breakdown of the points awarded by each country is listed in the tables below. The below table summarises how the maximum 12 points were awarded from one country to another. The winning country
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