Ireland 2016
Nicky Byrne - "Sunlight"
Written by:
Wayne Hector, Ronan Hardiman & Nicky Byrne
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Despite the artist actually talking about it on Twitter, it turned out the rumours were true, and ex-Westlife cutiepie Nicky Byrne is Ireland's first ever fully internally selected Eurovision entry.
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History of Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
As the Irish never fail to remind the world, they are the winning record holders with seven golds, the last of which was in 1996.
The Naughties have seen ups and downs in terms ESC success, with the title of this Irish NF song summing up their ESC fortunes of late:
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Semi 1
| Song |  | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Finland | Sing It Away | Sandhja | Sandhja Kuivalainen, Milos Rosas, Heikki Korhonen, Petri Matara & Markus Savijoki | |
 | Greece | Utopian Land | Argo | Vladimiros Sofianides | |
 | Moldova | Falling Stars | Lidia Isac | Sebastian Lestapier, Gabriel Alares, Ellen Berg & Leonid Gutkin | |
 | Hungary | Pioneer | Freddie | Z� Szab� & Borb�la Csarnai | |
 | Croatia | Lighthouse | Nina Kraljić | Andreas Grass & Nikola Paryla | |
 | Netherlands | Slow Down | Douwe Bob | Douwe Bob Posthuma, Jan Peter Hoekstra, Jeroen Overman & Matthijs van Duijvenbode | |
 | Armenia | LoveWave | Iveta Mukuchyan | Lilith Navasardyan, Levon Navasardyan, Iveta Mukuchyan & Stephanie Crutchfield | |
 | San Marino | I Didn't Know | Serhat | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz & Nektarios Tyrakis | |
 | Russia | You Are The Only One | Sergey Lazarev | Phillip Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos, John Ballard & Ralph Charlie | |
 | Czech Republic | I Stand | Gabriela Gunč�kov� | Aidan O'Connor, Sara Biglert & Christian Schneider | |
 | Cyprus | Alter Ego | Minus One | Thomas G:son & Minus One | |
 | Austria | Loin d'ici | Zo� | Zo� Straub & Christoph Straub | |
 | Estonia | Play | J�ri Pootsmann | Fred Krieger, Stig R�sta & Vallo Kikas | |
 | Azerbaijan | Miracle | Səmra Rəhimli | Amir Aly, Jakke Erixson & Henrik Wikstr�m | |
 | Montenegro | The Real Thing | Highway | Srđan Sekulović Skansi, Maro Market & Luka Vojvodić | |
 | Iceland | Hear Them Calling | Greta Sal�me | Greta Sal�me Stef�nsd�ttir | |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ljubav je | Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala | Almir Ajanović & Jasmin Fazlić | |
 | Malta | Walk On Water | Ira Losco | Lisa Desmond, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren, Molly Pettersson-Hammar & Ira Losco |
Semi 2
| Song | | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Latvia | Heartbeat | Justs | Aminata Savadogo | |
 | Poland | Color of Your Life | Michał Szpak | Andy Palmer & Kamil Varen | |
 | Switzerland | The Last of Our Kind | Rykka | Christina Maria Rieder, Mike James, Jeff Dawson & Warne Livesey | |
 | Israel | Made of Stars | Hovi Star | Doron Madalie | |
 | Belarus | Help You Fly | Ivan | Viktor Drobysh & Mary Susan Applegate | |
 | Serbia | Goodbye | Sanja Vučić | Ivana Peters | |
| Ireland | Sunlight | Nicky Byrne | Wayne Hector, Ronan Hardiman & Nicky Byrne | |
 | Macedonia | Dona | Kaliopi | Romeo Grill & Kaliopi | |
 | Lithuania | I've Been Waiting For This Night | Donny Montell | Jonas Thander & Beatrice Robertsson | |
 | Australia | Sound of Silence | Dami Im | Dami Im, Anthony Egizii & David Musumeci | |
 | Slovenia | Blue and Red | ManuElla | Manuela Brečko, Marjan Hvala & Leon Oblak | |
 | Bulgaria | If Love Was A Crime | Poli Genova | Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Joacim Persson & Poli Genova | |
 | Denmark | Soldiers of Love | Lighthouse X | Sebastian F. Ovens, Daniel Lund J�rgensen, Katrine Klith Andersen & Lighthouse X | |
 | Ukraine | 1944 | Jamala | Susana Jamaladinova | |
 | Norway | Icebreaker | Agnete | Agnete Johnsen, Gabriel Alares & Ian Curnow | |
 | Georgia | Midnight Gold | Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz | Kote Kalandadze & Thomas G:son | |
 | Albania | Fairytale | Eneda Tarifa | Olsa Toqi | |
 | Belgium | What's The Pressure | Laura Tesoro | Sanne Putseys, Louis Favre & Birsen U�ar |
Direct Finalists
| Song | | Performer(s) | Writer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | France | J'ai cherch� | Amir | Amir Haddad, Nazim Khaled & Johan Errami | |
 | Germany | Ghost | ���Jamie-Lee Kriewitz� | Thomas Burchia, Anna Leyne & Conrad Hensel | |
 | Italy | No Degree Of Separation | Francesca Michielin | Cheope, Fabio Gargiulo, Federica Abbate, Francesca Michielin & Norma Jean Martine | |
 | United Kingdom | You're Not Alone | Joe & Jake | Matt Schwartz, Justin J. Benson & Siva Kaneswaran | |
 | Spain | Say Yay! | Barei | B�rbara Reyz�bal, Rub�n Villanueva & Victor P�a Viv� | |
 | Sweden | If I Were Sorry | Frans | Oscar Fogelstr�m, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson & Frans Jeppsson Wall |