#TOP250: Ireland’s story

You may have been slightly confused over the two polls establishing a Top 250 for 2023. We’re not going to go through the reasons why there were two polls. There are other avenues for that. But at Eurovision Ireland we thought we’d look how Ireland’s songs fared. Now the full results from the ESCRadio poll aren’t available just yet but we will cover what we know.

First though, here’s what scored from the Songfestival.be/ERF12 poll came up with. Five Irish entries made the Top 250, four of which are winners. Is your favourite Irish song in here?

116 – Hold me now – Johnny Logan – 977 points

119 – In your eyes – Niamh Kavanagh – 956 points

134 – The voice – Eimear Quinn – 902 points

243 – That’s rich – Brooke Scullion – 519 points

248 – Rock ‘n’ roll kids – Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – 503 points

And here are the other Irish songs that made the Top 1000

334 – Maps – Lesley Roy

359 – What’s another year – Johnny Logan

361 – Playing with numbers – Molly Sterling

370 – Together – Ryan O’Shaughnessy

386 – Lipstick – Jedward

453 – We are one – Wild youth

529 – Why me – Linda Martin

560 – All kinds of everything – Dana

575 – Terminal 3 – Linda Martin

712 – Heartbeat – Can-Linn ft Kasey Smith

720 – Story of my life – Lesley Roy

742 – 22 – Sarah McTernan

765 – Irelande douze points – Dustin the Turkey

768 – Mysterious woman – Marc Roberts

795 – Somewhere in Europe – Liam Reilly

810 – Ceol an ghrá – Sandie Jones

818 – Waterline – Jedward

910 – Et cetera – Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy

926 – Only love survives – Ryan Dolan

930 – If I could choose – Sean Dunphy

Turning to the ESCRadio poll, the initial results gave Ireland four songs in the top 250 – all winners. Brooke appears to have missed out, but here’s which songs made it:

69 – Hold me now – Johnny Logan

107 – In your eyes – Niamh Kavanagh

116 – Rock ‘n’ Roll kids – Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan

128 – The voice – Eimear Quinn

From these polls, the fans of our favourite TV programme appear to like Hold me now and In your eyes best. Proof that these songs really are Eurovision classics.

Do you agree with the polls? Should another Irish song have placed higher? Or lower? Tell us what you think.

Author: John Stanton

Source: Songfestival.be, ESCradio.com