"That's Rich" is a song by Irish singer
Brooke Scullion
Brooke Scullion (born 31 March 1999), sometimes performing under the mononym Brooke, is an Irish singer. She was a contestant on series 9 of ''The Voice UK'', finishing in third place. She represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 202 ...
. The song
represented Ireland in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Måneskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and ...
in
Turin
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, Italy.
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong 2022
On 16 September 2021, Ireland's national broadcaster,
Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition until 22 October 2021. The finalists were presented between 17 and 21 January 2022 on ''
The Ryan Tubridy Show
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'' broadcast on
RTÉ Radio 1
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.
Eurosong 2022 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The competition was broadcast during a special edition of ''
The Late Late Show
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'' held on 4 February 2022.
Following the combination of votes from the studio jury, an international jury and public televoting, "That's Rich" was selected as the winner.
At Eurovision
The
66th edition of the
Eurovision Song Contest took place in
Turin
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, Italy and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 May and 12 May 2022, and the grand final on 14 May 2022. According to
Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "
Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The
European Broadcasting Union
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(EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. Scullion performed in 10th position out of the 18 acts in semi-final 2 on 12 May.
Despite her performance being described as "brilliant" by national media,
"That's Rich" failed to qualify for the final.
Charts
References
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2022 songs
2022 singles
Eurovision songs of 2022
Eurovision songs of Ireland
V2 Records singles