winner, 1994
Charlie McGettigan
Charlie McGettigan represented Ireland at Eurovision 1994 in Dublin with “Rock 'n' Roll Kids”, and won.
- who
- Irish singer
- born
- 7 December 1950, Ballyshannon, Ireland
- contest
- 1994
- win
- 1994
- music
- pop
- active
- 1986 to 2010
- sang for
- Ireland
Biography
Charlie McGettigan is an Irish singer from Ballyshannon in County Donegal. With Paul Harrington, McGettigan won the 1994 contest in Dublin with “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”. It was Ireland’s third win in a row, a record.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Charlie McGettigan”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1994 Dublin
“Rock 'n' Roll Kids”
Winner Won the contest with 226 points, ahead of 24 other songs.
- Billed as
- Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan
- With
- Paul Harrington
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Brendan Graham
- Running order
- 3rd of 25
- Age on the night
- 43
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Charlie McGettigan, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1994 The result
The song was "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", written by Brendan Graham and performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan without the orchestra — the first winner to do without it. It scored 226 points, the first time any song had passed 200.
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