Ireland in the Eurovision Song Festival 4

Ireland participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 4 with the song "Bon appétit" written by Danny Lockwood, Kim Dellara, and Nathan Scherrer. The song was performed by Katy Perry and Migos. The Irish entry for the fourth contest in Helsinki, Finland was selected through the national final Is é seo cad is maith linn 4, 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, "Bon appétit" performed by Katy Perry and Migos 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 	Celtic Woman ft Oonagh	"Tír na nóg" 	3 	12 	5 	3 	5 	5 	33 	6
02 	Tulisa 	"Living without you" 	10 	7 	10 	10 	12 	8 	57 	2
03 	Katy Perry ft Migos 	"Bon appétit" 	12 	10 	12 	12 	10 	12 	68 	1
04 	The Saturdays 	"What about us" 	6 	4 	4 	7 	4 	4 	29 	7
05 	Rea Garvey 	"War" 	2 	3 	3 	4 	3 	3 	18 	8
06 	Kygo feat. Kodaline 	"Raging" 	7 	2 	2 	2 	2 	2 	17 	9
07 	Walking On Cars 	"Hand in hand" 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	6 	10
08 	Aine Cahill 	"The pictures" 	8 	8 	8 	6 	7 	10 	47 	3
09 	Clare Maguire 	"The shield and the sword"	4 	5 	7 	8 	8 	7 	39 	4
10 	Phildel ft Sleepthief 	"Dust and cloud" 	5 	6 	6 	5 	6 	6 	34 	5