Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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Donna and Joseph McCaul represented Ireland at Eurovision.
Donna and Joseph McCaul represented Ireland at Eurovision.

RTÉ, the Irish state broadcaster once again ran the You're A Star talent contest to choose an act. The act technically represented only the Republic of Ireland (though entered in the Eurovision under the official name of Ireland), but similarly to its previous entries, the You're A Star competition was open to all of Ireland, the winner of which, announced on March 6, 2005, were Donna and Joseph McCaul with the song "Love?". The song is written and composed by Karl Broderick.

Donna and Joseph McCaul are from the town of Athlone in Co. Westmeath, in the centre of Ireland. Donna (20) is a full-time singer with The Doc Carroll Band and her ambition is to duet with Shania Twain. She enjoys learning about music and playing hockey. Her younger brother Joe (17) was a full-time school student. He is a fan of Paddy Casey, Maroon 5 and Liverpool football club.

At Eurovision, Donna and Joseph remained in the middle of the stage while dancers added to their performance in the background. Eventually the dancers came to the front and did a well received clogging routine.

Final - March 6

№ Song Singer Place
1 Love? Donna and Joseph McCaul 1st
2 Pink champagne Jade 2nd
Individual Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Albania - Andorra - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Latvia - Lithuania - Republic of Macedonia - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Note: Countries in italics are semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.
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