Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 8

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 8 with the song "Échame la culpa" written by Demi Lovato and Luis Fonsi. The song was performed by Demi Lovato and Luis Fonsi themselves. The Irish entry for the eighth contest in Lviv, Ukraine was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 8, organised by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). An initial 10 entries competed in the national final which consisted of one show: the final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a five-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. In the final, "Échame la culpa" performed by Demi Lovato and Luis Fonsi was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==Is é seo cad is maith linn==
===Final===
Draw	Artist 	Song 	N. Byrne	Can-Linn	J. Logan	B. Kennedy	Jedward	Public	Total	Result
01 	Tulisa 	"Young" 	6 	1 	2 	1 	3 	5 	18 	9
02 	Bonzai 	"I did" 	7 	2 	4 	3 	1 	2 	19 	8
03 	Alice Merton 	"No roots" 	10 	8 	10 	8 	10 	10 	56 	2
04 	Aine Cahill 	"The pictures" 	1 	5 	1 	2 	4 	1 	14 	10
05 	Demi Lovato ft. Luis Fonsi	"Échame la culpa" 	12 	7 	12 	12 	12 	12 	67 	1
06 	ENYA 	"May it be" 	5 	10 	7 	7 	6 	7 	42 	4
07 	Janet Devlin 	"Wonderful" 	4 	4 	6 	5 	7 	3 	29 	6
08 	The Saturdays 	"Not giving up" 	8 	6 	8 	10 	8 	8 	48 	3
09 	Aisling 	"For the longest time"	2 	12 	3 	6 	5 	4 	32 	5
10 	Leona Lewis 	"I see you" 	3 	3 	5 	4 	2 	6 	23 	7