Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sunlight" written by Nicky Byrne, Wayne Hector and Ronan Hardiman. The song was performed by Nicky Byrne, who was internally selected in January 2016 by the Irish broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) to represent the nation at the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. "Sunlight" was presented as the Irish entry during the announcement of Byrne's internal selection on 13 January 2016.
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| Country | Ireland | |||
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| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 January 2016 | |||
| Selected entrant | Nicky Byrne | |||
| Selected song | "Sunlight" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (15th) | |||
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Ireland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 7, "Sunlight" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Ireland placed fifteenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 46 points.