Singing "In Your Eyes" (words and music by Jimmy Walsh) she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 for Ireland. It was the best selling single in Ireland for 1993, and reached No. 24 in the United Kingdom. In Your Eyes is a ballad sung by Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 for Ireland with 187 points. ... Eurovision Song Contest logo The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held between active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries songs, in order to find... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
Previously she had performed as a lead and backing vocalist on the film soundtracks for The Commitments. The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. ...
She recently appeared on The Late Late Show's Eurovision edition to perform "In Your Eyes" along with Linda Martin and other past Irish Eurovision contestants.
Linda Martin is an Irish singer, and TV presenter who started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips in Belfast in 1969 while she was still in school. ... Eurovision Song Contest logo The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held between active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union, in which participating countries each submit a song to be performed on live television; then proceed to cast votes for the other countries songs, in order to find... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Paul Harrington is an Irish musician, who with Charlie McGettigan won the Eurovision Song Contest for the Republic of Ireland in 1994. ... Charlie McGettigan is an Irish singer. ...
Renowned for the strength and adaptability of her voice Niamh can produce in turn the depth and resonance of jazz, the pure clarity of the ballad, the power of rhythm and blues and the driving energy of the very best of soul music
Niamh has a natural and consummate on-stage presence, whether backed by a single guitar or piano or a full nine-piece rhythm and blues outfit in front of 50 or 500, or 5000
Niamh appears as vocalist on the now famous Commitments albums and was winner of the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1993
NiamhKavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes." This was Ireland's fifth victory, and equalled the tally of five Eurovision victories achieved by France in 1977 and Luxembourg in 1983.
In the run-up to this contest, the European Broadcasting Union finally started to grapple with the explosion in the number of potential participating countries, caused by the dissolution of the Eastern bloc, and also by the disintegration of Yugoslavia, which had traditionally been the only communist country that took part in the contest.
It looked to be a lost cause for second-placed Sonia of the UK after the penultimate jury voted and left her eleven points behind NiamhKavanagh.
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