eurovision 1967
Sean Dunphy
Sean Dunphy represented Ireland at Eurovision 1967 in Vienna with “If I Could Choose”, finishing 2nd of 17.
Ireland
1967
- who
- Irish singer
- born
- 30 November 1937, Dublin, Ireland
- died
- 17 May 2011 (aged 73), Baldoyle, Ireland
- contest
- 1967
- best result
- 2nd, 1967
- music
- pop
- active
- from 1966
- record labels
- Pye Records
- sang for
- Ireland
Biography
Sean Dunphy, who died in 2011, was an Irish singer. “If I Could Choose” finished second in Vienna in 1967, the best result Ireland had had up to then.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sean Dunphy”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1967 Vienna
“If I Could Choose”
2nd of 17 Finished 2nd of 17, with 22 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Wesley Burrowes, Michael Coffey
- Conductor
- Noel Kelehan
- Running order
- 17th of 17
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- United Kingdom: Sandie Shaw, “Puppet on a String”
The story of Eurovision 1967: Mirrors, a muddled scoreboard and Britain's first win
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