Tonight Ireland has commenced their search for their Junior Eurovision 2024 representative as a new season of Junior Eurovision Éire has commenced, where we saw the show take us around Ireland for auditions.
The lucky ten that are still in the running
As we have previously reported this year’s edition saw a change in the format where, instead of having numerous weeks of shows where a certain number of participants each week, TG4 did open auditions, where at the end of the first episode ten participants advanced to the next stage of the competition.
The auditions were judged by permanent judges Niamh Ní Chróinín and Tadhg Ó Gríofa, with Ireland’s Eurovision 2022 representative Brooke Scullion. The participants that are still in the running are as follows:
- Abiha Mansoor
- Charlotte Mackey
- Enya Cox Dempsey
- Harry Greaney
- Katelyn Harrington
- Kiefer Byrne
- Robyn Doyle
- Lottie O’Driscoll Murray
- McManus Island
- Safiya Devlin
The competition will run over the next four weeks, with the finale set to be on 13th October, and will be presented once again by radio host Louise Cantillon.
Ireland’s Junior Eurovision journey
Ireland first participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. Débuting alongside Australia, Ireland was represented by Aimee Banks singing ” Réalta na Mara”. At the close of voting, Ireland finished in 12th place, receiving 36 points. Ireland has since participated a further eight times. Their best placement came in 2022, when Sophie Lennon finished in fourth place with her song “Solas”.
In 2023, Jessica McKean represented Ireland in Nice with her song “Aisling”. She finished 16th in a field of 16, earning 42 points: 8 from professional juries, and 34 from the online vote.
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News Source: TG4
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