Tonight Ireland has continued their search for their Junior Eurovision 2024 representative as a new episode of Junior Eurovision Éire aired. In tonight’s episode, we saw the ten participants perform in the studio, where we said goodbye to two of the participants.
The first performances of the ten participants
After the auditions, the ten participants sang in the studio for the first time, and we saw the participants singing Irish language covers of entries. The running order and the results of tonight’s shows are as follows:
| Running Order | Artist | Song and Original Artist | Result |
| 1 | Enya Cox Dempsey | “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo | Advanced |
| 2 | Isla McManus | “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran | Advanced |
| 3 | Kiefer Byrne | “Valerie” by Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse | Advanced |
| 4 | Abiha Mansoor | “Only Love Can Hurt Like This” by Paloma Faith | Advanced |
| 5 | Robin Doyle | “New York” by Paloma Faith | Advanced |
| 6 | Lottie O’Driscoll Murray | “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” by Jennifer Holiday | Advanced |
| 7 | Charlotte Mackay | “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston | Advanced |
| 8 | Katelyn Harrington | “Spotlight” by Jennifer Hudson | Advanced |
| 9 | Safiya Devlin | “If I Could Turn Back Time” by Cher | Did Not Advance |
| 10 | Harry Greaney | “Eyes Closed” by Ed Sheeran | Did Not Advance |
Tonight’s show was judged by permanent judges Niamh Ní Chróinín and Tadhg Ó Gríofa, with Ireland’s Eurovision 2022 representative Brooke Scullion.
The competition will run over the next three 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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