Junior Eurovision Éire

The jury members in the first edition of Junior Eurovision Éire were Stiofán Ó Fearail (singer, songwriter, musician and television presenter), Niamh Kavanagh (singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1993 winner), and Brian Kennedy (singer, Irish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006).

Aimee Banks

Aimee Banks (born 14 February 2002)^[6] is a young soprano from Moycullen, in County Galway. She represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with "Réalta na Mara", (lit. Star of the sea), a song which she co-wrote and composed with Niall Mooney, Jonas Gladnikoff and Brendan McCarthy.

Réalta na Mara

"Réalta na Mara" (English: Star of the Sea) is a song performed by Aimee Banks, which represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, placing 12th in a field of 17 countries.

Final

The staging consisted of a deep purple background with a multitude of stars. The 'star of the sea' also appeared in bright light towards the end of the song. The other important notice was that the waves in the sea behind Aimee were less rough, becoming as the song progressed to match with the lyrics. The stage for the performance was covered in dry ice, giving a mystical effect to the performance.

At the end of the voting, Ireland finished 12th with 36 points.^[8]

Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Ireland had placed 10th with the public televote and 14th with the jury vote. In the public vote, Ireland scored 43 points, while with the jury vote, Ireland scored 19 points.^[9]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Ireland and awarded by Ireland in the final and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the final.

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Points awarded to Ireland[10] Score Country 12 points[lower-alpha 1] 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points  Malta 5 points  Australia 4 points  Slovenia 3 points 2 points  Bulgaria  Georgia  Netherlands  Russia 1 point  San Marino

Points awarded by Ireland[10] Score Country 12 points  Bulgaria 10 points  Malta 8 points  Armenia 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Slovenia 5 points  Albania 4 points  Georgia 3 points  Serbia 2 points  Australia 1 point  Ukraine

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Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Irish jury:^[11]

• Caitríona Ní Cheannabáin
• Gearóid Ó Murchú
• Aoife Scott
• Morgan Cooke
• Keith Ó Briain

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Detailed voting results from Ireland^[11]

Draw	Country	C. Ní Cheannabáin	G. Ó Murchú	A. Scott	M. Cooke	K. Ó Briain	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Serbia	4	2	6	1		3	4	3
02	Georgia				6			10	4
03	Slovenia	2	6	5		8	5	7	6
04	Italy	1	5			4	1
05	Netherlands	3		1	5
06	Australia	5			3	6	4		2
07	Ireland
08	Russia		1		2
09	Macedonia		3	3	4	1	2
10	Belarus	12	7	7	8	3	7	6	7
11	Armenia	10	8	10	12	12	12	5	8
12	Ukraine							2	1
13	Bulgaria	7	4	4		7	6	12	12
14	San Marino			2				1
15	Malta	8	10	8	10	10	10	8	10
16	Albania	6	12	12	7	5	8	3	5
17	Montenegro					2

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