Northern Ireland in Regiovision Song Contest

Northern Ireland is a region in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in Regiovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in the first edition of the contest.

History
Northern Ireland debuted in the first edition. They immediately announced to participate with an Irish song. Later on, they selected the song Óró sé do bheatha 'bhaile. After all the votes were in, Northern Ireland finished better than expected with a 2nd place and six points away from the victory.

For the second edition, BBC Norhtern Ireland selected the song Súile glasa to compete in the contest. After all the votes were in, the song received 116 points, which was enough to win the contest. Northern Ireland got 12 points from four regions (Artsakh, England, Scotland and Wales), which was a record at that time.

The third edition of the contest was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland due to their victory in the previous edition. The famous actor Jamie Dornan hosted the show. Despite the high expectations from BBC Northern Ireland, they only reached a 9th place during the festival. For the next edition the Northern Irish broadcaster decided to participate with a totally different song, parly sung in English. The region finished 7th out of 14 participants. Wales awarded their 12 points to Northern Ireland.

During the fifth edition, Northern Ireland was one of the favourites to win the contest, but at the end the region finished 5th with 81 points. The next two editions the region archieve good average results with an 8th and a 5th place.