Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
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Ireland was represented by Tina Reynolds, with the song "Cross Your Heart", at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton, England. "Cross Your Heart" was chosen as the Irish entry at the national final on 9 February.
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Country | Ireland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: National final | |||
Selection date(s) | 10 February 1974 | |||
Selected entrant | Tina Reynolds | |||
Selected song | "Cross Your Heart" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Paul Lyttle | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 7th, 11 points | |||
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For the first time since joining Eurovision in 1965, broadcaster RTÉ pre-selected Reynolds as their performer rather than holding a multi-artist selection. It is generally believed that this was in acknowledgement of Reynolds' co-operation with RTÉ during the well-publicised controversies and disagreements which had dogged Ireland's Eurovision participation in 1973.