After a national final, the winner from Ireland was finally decided just less than 2 weeks away from the contest date. Zena Donnelly came out on top, and will be singing the song Bríce Ar Bhríce, which translates to Brick by Brick.
32 acts in total competed for the right to represent Ireland for their second participation in Junior Eurovision, and the acts were judged by an expert panel, which included 5 previous Eurovision artists. These were:
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Jedward (2011, 2012)
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Niamh Kavanagh (1993, 2010)
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Linda Martin (1984, 1992)
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Dustin the Turkey (2008)
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Sadie Jones (1972)