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It's for you
Ireland sends Niamh Kavanagh to Eurovision
Niamh Kavanagh has already won the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 for Ireland with the song In your eyes. Niall Mooney and Jonas Gladnikoff also co-wrote Et cetera, the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Complete results
| No. | Performer | Cork jury | Dundalk jury | Limerick jury | Sligo jury | Dublin jury | Galway jury | Televote | Total |
| 1 | Niamh Kavanagh | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 72 | 144 |
| 2 | Michael Graham | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 60 | 120 |
| 3 | Monika Ivkic | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 98 |
| 4 | Leanne Moore | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 78 |
| 5 | Lee Bradshaw | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 50 |
Purchase the song
The song "It's for you" is now available to purchase (€0.95) on download here.
esctoday.com poll results
The esctoday.com poll voters agreed with the choice: Niamh Kavanagh was the runaway poll winner with 63.9% of the votes.
esctoday.com national final awards 2010
The 2010 esctoday.com National Final Awards will be held between April and May, which means between the national final season and the Eurovision Song Contest. We will repeat the same format with two rounds for nominations which was used this year - you can read how it works here. However, this time the individual polls for each country will always be held right after the national final, when the entries are still fresh. You can vote for your favourite performance not to qualify in the Irish national final here and for your favourite song not to qualify here.
Niam Kavanagh will compete for Ireland in the second half of the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held on May 27th.
The winning performance in the Irish national final 2010:
Niamh Kavanagh winning for Ireland in 1993:
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A very nice typical Irish song, I love the flute. 
Congratulations on a good choice Ireland, may you feel welcome to Norway and Oslo in May, and have the best of luck in ESC 2010 
poor ireland...
Work on the entire song and performance Niamh if you want to make the final. Very disappointed on the choices (none) we were given last Friday. It was a no-brainer who was going through as the rest were so blatantly bad. Lets hope there are poor choices in Oslo too then we might even win.
I didn't notice that Ireland sends again Niamh.
In 1993 I was realy happy that she won. She deserved it.
But this song is nothing special to me. But at least is much much better than last years song.
Every year and I mean every year I was waiting the Irish entry to see something good.
I wish you all the best!!
Kisses from Greece.
guess ill be changing my name ireland8tmes next year!!!
Best of luck Niamh
Work on the last part and you''ll be exceptional on the night
We have been extremely patient as a nation we desrve to hear the famous ...and Ireland Twilve points and a big roar from the crowd........so ecited already
o dear richard m is back talking how people look again obviousley his mirror has been broke for a long time its a song contest get over yourself
For me we have yet a winner in Oslo, congratulations Ireland. Good Luck from Spain
Wow - what a dull song. That aside, I've never forgiven her beating little Sonia in 1993
Not a memorable ballade from Ireland either....
Can't understand the complaints about her looking her age now. I mean she obviously did not see a plastic surgery and a lot of women do look like that in her early 40's. Only on TV every star has done some surgery and so we lose the realistic view on aging. Nevertheless the dress and the hairdo were dreadful, but that's not nature, that's a question of taste ;-)
Haven't heard the other entries Karl so if they suck like you say then Niamh stands a great chance of actually making the final. Gosh perhaps she may even run away with it as the other 4 songs in our 'Open' National Song Contest (yeah right) sucked too and she...em... won that. Perhaps she and her backing singers should dress up as leprechauns to keep the authentic 'oirsh' feeling going along with the flute.
Finally! All that praying and leprachaun dancing paid off! Ireland would definitely go into the finals for this one! I think Ireland's going to win this year, because after seeing most of the entries being sent from other countries, most of them kinda sucked. Oh well, we'll see later this May.
on écrit en anglais ici mon chérie ...
Oh dear - Mr time and Mr gravity have been very unkind to Niamh ..... ruined her voice.
J adore cette chanson elle me fait planer ça releve un peu le niveau d ecette année!!!! je trouve que rares sont les bonnes chansons
my opinion Ireland gona be for sure in the final this year but no because the song is so good, just because of her
Oh dear Niamh 'It's For You' is not for me and it is not for the top spot in Oslo either. If you somehow reach the final then you can count your lucky stars or nostaglic votes from those re-living 1993. I nearly fell asleep towards the end of the song. You'll need to replace the flute with a big bass drum to keep the voters awake.
Well done Niamh! I think this has what it takes, the song certainly gives me goosebumps! As the UK is allowed to vote in Ireland's semifinal, It should certainly make the final. Good to hear Ireland stepping up a gear!
*& meaningfull
Gosh Tony you must be related to Niahmh to take it so personally. Everyone is entitled to their opinion you know. Some here will like the singer/song and some won't so get used to it.
Poppycock to the lot of you....What a great song and a what an even more super singing performance,i think it will be very popular on the night...Well done Niamh,will speak soon x
Unfortunately Irish eyes will not be smiling come May as Niamh and her tiresome balad will fail miserably. Even if by some miracle she gets in to the top ten it will still be a failure for her as she has won it before so the only way is down. Remember too Niamh it is not the 'Rocky Horror Show' so please make some effort with your appearance for Oslo.
A really beautiful, melodic and % meaningfull song! 
Good luck Eire/Emerald Isle! 
oooh very irish, so big ups for that. not my cup of tea but best of luck dear Eire, would love to see u up there again
Well done Niamh a solid performance which am sure you'll get even more confident with as you perform it more and more! Definitely the best song on the night (I also loved Fashion Queen as it was different and quite fun but the other three songs were dross. Goodness knows how bad the other 300 or so songs must have been for them to be picked or did the panel of Linda Martin (yawn) & co actually listen to them all? Hopefully Lee Bradshaw will get the message and not bother anymore as he's not good enough and has no appeal - get back to your restaurant fella)
Now for 'It's For You'. A bit of tweaking is definitely needed before Oslo in order tp make it stand out (ie as Johnny Logan said,try for an extra key change (but only if it is possible and she can deliver) to make the song's build up to the finale really stand out, make the lighting change as she does the key change to give a more dramatic effect, Please RTE team make sure the staging is right and well lit throughout the performance (think Iceland last year), Make sure the backing singers don't sound so shrill. and finally but most imprtantly, get a decent stylist in to do Nimah's hair,make-up and a more flattering dress (last night she looked dreadful am sorry to say) and keep the camera focused aove the waist limiting those wide/long shots as they didn't work last night. With these elements adressed and perfected I think Niamh could actually do well.
Now go sell it girl!
I love ballads and I enjoy Ireland's entries usually, but this is dreary. No structure in the melody and the bridges are weak.
Unlike many others, I don't think this will get past the semi-finals unless a LOT of work is done on arrangement and presentation.
Sounds really good. Nice to see Niam back in the game, love her song from 1993. Good luck Ireland!
good luck irland
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