Sunlight (Nicky Byrne song)

"Sunlight"
Single by Nicky Byrne
from the album Sunlight
Released	12 February 2016
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2015
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	2:59
Label	Studz Limited Universal Music Ireland
Writer(s)	Nicky Byrne Wayne Hector Ronan Hardiman
"Sunlight" Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry Country Ireland Artist(s) Nicky Byrne Language English Composer(s) Nicky Byrne, Wayne Hector, Ronan Hardiman Lyricist(s) Nicky Byrne, Wayne Hector, Ronan Hardiman Finals performance Semi-final result 15th Semi-final points 46 Appearance chronology ◄ "Playing with Numbers" (2015)

"Sunlight" is a song performed by Irish singer Nicky Byrne. Written by Byrne along with Wayne Hector and Ronan Hardiman, the song represented Ireland in the second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2016..^[1] It was released as a digital download on 12 February 2016 through Studz Limited and Universal Music Ireland as the lead single from his debut studio album Sunlight (2016).^[2]

Eurovision Song Contest

Byrne was first rumoured to be the Irish Eurovision entrant on 7 January 2016, and on 13 January the Irish broadcaster RTÉ revealed that he would represent the country with the song "Sunlight".^[3][4] A lyric video for the song was posted on YouTube the same day. Byrne performed the song live for the first time on 13 February on The Ray D'Arcy Show.^[5] He performed it also on Eurovision Ukraine Finals in February 2016. On May 12, 2016, Byrne performed in the first half of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016,^[6] but failed to qualify to the May 14 finals.

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References

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1960s 1960 to 1964 Butch Moore Dickie Rock Sean Dunphy Pat McGeegan Muriel Day 1970s Dana Angela Farrell Sandie Jones Maxi Tina Reynolds The Swarbriggs Red Hurley The Swarbriggs Plus Two Colm 'C.T.' Wilkinson Cathal Dunne 1980s Johnny Logan Sheeba The Duskeys 1983 Linda Martin Maria Christian Luv Bug Johnny Logan Jump the Gun Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers 1990s Liam Reilly Kim Jackson Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan Eddie Friel Eimear Quinn Marc Roberts Dawn Martin The Mullans 2000s Eamonn Toal Gary O'Shaughnessy 2002 Mickey Harte Chris Doran Donna and Joe Brian Kennedy Dervish Dustin the Turkey Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy 2010s Niamh Kavanagh Jedward Ryan Dolan Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith Molly Sterling Nicky Byrne Brendan Murray
Songs 1960s 1960 to 1964 "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Come Back to Stay" "If I Could Choose" "Chance of a Lifetime" "The Wages of Love" 1970s "All Kinds of Everything" "One Day Love" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Do I Dream" "Cross Your Heart" "That's What Friends Are For" "When" "It's Nice To Be In Love Again" "Born to Sing" "Happy Man" 1980s "What's Another Year?" "Horoscopes" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" 1983 "Terminal 3" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "You Can Count On Me" "Hold Me Now" "Take Him Home" "The Real Me" 1990s "Somewhere In Europe" "Could It Be That I'm In Love" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Dreamin'" "The Voice" "Mysterious Woman" "Is Always Over Now?" "When You Need Me" 2000s "Millennium of Love" "Without Your Love" 2002 "We've Got the World" "If My World Stopped Turning" "Love?" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Et Cetera" 2010s "It's for You" "Lipstick" "Waterline" "Only Love Survives" "Heartbeat" "Playing with Numbers" "Sunlight"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete)