Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 5

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 5 with the song "Living without you" written by Tulisa. The song was performed by Tulisa. The Irish entry for the fifth contest in Cluj-Napoca, Romania was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 5, 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, "Living without you" performed by Tulisa 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 	Bonzai 	"I did" 	4 	4 	8 	4 	2 	7 	29 	7
02 	Rea Garvey 	"War" 	1 	2 	1 	1 	3 	1 	9 	10
03 	Clare Maguire 	"The shield and the sword"	10 	6 	7 	8 	10 	8 	49 	3
04 	Tulisa 	"Living without you" 	12 	8 	12 	12 	12 	12 	68 	1
05 	Phildel ft Sleepthief 	"Dust and cloud" 	5 	12 	5 	5 	4 	4 	35 	6
06 	Aine Cahill 	"The pictures" 	8 	7 	10 	10 	8 	10 	53 	2
07 	HomeTown 	"Where I belong" 	2 	1 	2 	2 	5 	2 	14 	9
08 	The Saturdays 	"Not giving up" 	7 	5 	6 	7 	7 	6 	38 	4
09 	Celtic Woman ft Oonagh	"Tír na nóg" 	6 	10 	4 	6 	6 	5 	37 	5
10 	Markus Feehily 	"Love is a drug" 	3 	3 	3 	3 	1 	3 	16 	8