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Brian Kennedy

Ireland · 2006 · Athens

“Every Song Is a Cry for Love”

Brian Kennedy

Language
English
Written by
Brian Kennedy
Broadcaster
RTÉ
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In context

How good was it, really?
21% of the most it could have scored in the final (93 of 444)
#582 of 1,461 final results ever on that share
40th entry for Ireland: its best result since 2000

The share compares eras fairly: points divided by the most one song could have scored that night, meaning the top mark from every other country.

Where the points came from

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Final

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10thof 24
93points
21in the running order

Points received

  1. 10 🇲🇨 Monaco
  2. 8 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
  3. 7 🇳🇴 Norway
  4. 6 🇪🇪 Estonia
  5. 6 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  6. 5 🇩🇰 Denmark
  7. 5 🇵🇹 Portugal
  8. 5 🇸🇪 Sweden
  9. 4 🇦🇩 Andorra
  10. 4 🇫🇮 Finland
  11. 4 🇩🇪 Germany
  12. 4 🇱🇻 Latvia
  13. 4 🇲🇹 Malta
  14. 4 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  15. 3 🇦🇲 Armenia
  16. 3 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  17. 2 🇭🇷 Croatia
  18. 2 🇵🇱 Poland
  19. 2 🇷🇴 Romania
  20. 2 🇺🇦 Ukraine
  21. 1 🇫🇷 France
  22. 1 🇮🇸 Iceland
  23. 1 🇸🇮 Slovenia

23 countries gave points, 0 of them the top mark.

Semi-final

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9thof 23 · qualified
79points
08in the running order

Points received

  1. 8 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
  2. 7 🇲🇨 Monaco
  3. 6 🇪🇪 Estonia
  4. 6 🇲🇹 Malta
  5. 6 🇳🇴 Norway
  6. 5 🇩🇰 Denmark
  7. 5 🇮🇱 Israel
  8. 4 🇫🇮 Finland
  9. 4 🇱🇻 Latvia
  10. 4 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  11. 4 🇵🇹 Portugal
  12. 3 🇧🇪 Belgium
  13. 3 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  14. 3 🇸🇮 Slovenia
  15. 2 🇮🇸 Iceland
  16. 2 🇵🇱 Poland
  17. 2 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  18. 1 🇦🇱 Albania
  19. 1 🇲🇩 Moldova
  20. 1 🇷🇺 Russia
  21. 1 🌍 Serbia and Montenegro
  22. 1 🇸🇪 Sweden

22 countries gave points, 0 of them the top mark.