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Ireland placed 12th in Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Anna Kearney performed Banshee at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Anna Kearney performed Banshee at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland has come 12th in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with hosts Poland winning for the second year in a row.

Dubliner Anna Kearney, who sang Banshee, took to Twitter after the contest saying:

"Wow! What a journey! I want to thank everyone so much for the amazing support from home and around the world.Over 110,000 online votes!! Not bad for a song as Gaeilge on a European stage! We put up a good fight and hope everyone enjoyed getting to know the Banshee."

Viki Gabor from Poland won with her song Superhero.

In second place was Kazakhstan.

And the bookies' favourite Spain took third place.

Dublin teen Anna Kearney after she performed said that she was really happy with how her performance went at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Poland.

Anna sent this video to RTÉ Entertainment to let us know how her performance went.

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The teenager's song, Banshee, was written with Niall Mooney, Fiachna Ó Braonáin of the Hot House Flowers and Anna Banks. It was composed by Cyprian Cassar, Jonas Gladnikoff and Daniel Caruana.

The talented teen has performed with The Rockettes on Broadway, played Annie at the National Concert Hall, danced for the Pope, and won plenty of feiseanna.

The teen sang against a winter landscape at the event

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