Niamh Kavanagh

Niamh Kavanagh at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo (2010)

Niamh Kavanagh (born February 13, 1968 ) is an Irish singer .

Life

Niamh Kavanagh was a bank clerk before she was discovered as a singer. She had her first success in 1991 when she recorded songs for the soundtrack of the film The Commitments as lead and background singer. In 1993 she took part in the Irish preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest , which she won by a long way ahead of the second-placed group Champ. Her song was called In your eyes and was written by Jimmy Walsh. Niamh Kavanagh won the Millstreet competition with 187 points ahead of the representatives from Great Britain and Switzerland . She was the second consecutive Irish winner. The song was a huge commercial hit in Ireland and became the best-selling single of the year. In other countries, the title was less successful, but was able to place in some countries in the charts.

After her appearance at the competition, Kavanagh recorded more singles and albums, but could not build on the success of In your eyes . In 1994 and 1997 she had short guest appearances at the Eurovision Song Contest (1994 to present the prize to the following winners), in 2006 she appeared in the Irish preliminary round of the competition after her winning song was voted one of the top 10 most popular Irish entries. In 1999 she recorded a new version of her winning title.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

In your eyes   IE 1 05/13/1993 (15 weeks)   DE 83 08/23/1993 (2 weeks)   UK 24 06/12/1993 (5 weeks) Red Roses for Me (with The Dubliners )   IE 13 October 27, 1994 (3 weeks) It's for you   IE 8th 03/11/2010 (5 weeks)

2010 Kavanagh came again to the Irish preliminary decision. Her song It's for you reached the maximum number of points, so that she competed again for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 after announcing the points in 2008. It started in the second semifinals on May 27, 2010 and reached the final two days later. There she finished 23rd out of 25 starters.

In 2017, Kavanagh won the Irish cooking show Celebrity MasterChef , which is broadcast on the private broadcaster TV3 .

Discography

Albums

• The Commitments (Soundtrack)
• The Commitments Vol. 2 (Soundtrack)
• Flying blind
• Together Alone (With Gerry Carney)
• Wonderdrug
• The Shanley Sessions
• Meeting place
• Live at the Meeting Place

Singles

• In your eyes
• Romeo's twin
• Flying blind
• Sometimes love
• Red Roses for Me
• It's for you

Web links

• Niamh Kavanagh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Website by Niamh Kavanagh
• Text for In your eyes (with pictures)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK IE1 IE2
2. ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/singer-niamh-kavanagh-wins-celebrity-masterchef-2017-1.3003955