three contests
Ireen Sheer
Ireen Sheer sang at three Eurovision Song Contests, in 1974, 1978 and 1985, for Luxembourg and Germany. The best result was 4th place in 1974, with “Bye Bye I Love You”.
- who
- British-born German singer
- born
- 25 February 1949, Romford, United Kingdom
- contests
- 1974, 1978, 1985
- best result
- 4th, 1974
- music
- pop, schlager
- active
- since 1971
- studied at
- The Billericay School
- sang for
- Luxembourg Germany
Biography
Ireen Sheer is a German-English singer whose first big hit was “Hey Pleasure Man” in 1970, followed by a German top-five single, “Goodbye Mama”, in 1973. Sheer sang at the contest three times: “Bye Bye I Love You” finished joint fourth for Luxembourg in Brighton in 1974, “Feuer” sixth for Germany in Paris in 1978, and in 1985 Sheer was one of six singers on Luxembourg’s “Children, Kinder, Enfants”, 13th in Gothenburg.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Ireen Sheer”.
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At Eurovision
Three songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1974 Brighton
“Bye Bye I Love You”
4th of 17 Finished 4th of 17, with 14 points.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Humbert Ibach, Michael Kunze, Ralph Siegel
- Conductor
- Charles Blackwell
- Running order
- 9th of 17
- Age on the night
- 25
- Won that year
- Sweden: ABBA, “Waterloo”
The story of Eurovision 1974: Waterloo, a funeral and a song that started a coup
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1978 Paris
“Feuer”
6th of 20 Finished 6th of 20, with 84 points.
- Sung in
- German
- Written by
- Jean Frankfurter, John Möring
- Conductor
- Jean Frankfurter
- Running order
- 13th of 20
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- Israel: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)”
The story of Eurovision 1978: A-Ba-Ni-Bi, a bunch of daffodils and the first nul points
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1985 Gothenburg
“Children, Kinder, Enfants”
13th of 19 Finished 13th of 19, with 37 points.
- Billed as
- Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- Jean-Michel Bériat, Bernd Meinunger, Ralph Siegel
- Conductor
- Norbert Daum
- Running order
- 18th of 19
- Age on the night
- 36
- Won that year
- Norway: Bobbysocks, “La det swinge”
The story of Eurovision 1985: Norway, at last, and a skirt that came off on live television
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Goldene Stimmgabel 1981, 1993
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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