The All Ireland Talent Show (series 3)

Gráinne Seoige returned as presenter in her only role on the channel. Aidan Power & Dustin returned to present The All Ireland Talent Show Backstage on RTÉ Two

Original Dublin judge, Shane Lynch announced his departure from the show. Amanda Brunker took his place. The judges for this series are: Amanda Brunker (Dublin), 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner and conservative politician Dana (North), broadcaster John Creedon (South), television presenter and Irish language enthusiast Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh (East) and television personality and weather forecaster Dáithí Ó Sé (West). Backstage presenter Aidan Power filled in for Bláthnaid during the heat six results show as she was ill.

Head judge:
Dáithí Ó Sé
Assistant judges:
Síle Seoige & Pádraic Breathnach
Final eight:
Aoife and Paul Moroney
Karate Pencil Case
Jacks Angels
Sean Nós ar an tSionnan
Cosa Beoga
Richard Cunningham
Politically Correct
Don Stiffe

Head judge:
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Assistant judges:
Cormac Battle & Brenda Donahue
Final eight:
Jackson 3
Lil' Dukebox
Daniel Furlong
The Myth
Claire Mulholland
Arlene Caffrey
Feverfelt
Bernadette Spain

Head judge:
Amanda Brunker
Assistant judges:
Shane Lynch and Larry Gogan
Final eight:
Kyle Kennedy
Anthony White
Wallis Hamilton
Dan Dennehy
Owen Gerrard
Shauna Buckingham
Must Try D 'N' D
Síle Keogh

Head judge:
John Creedon
Assistant judges:
Emma O'Driscoll & Joe O'Shea
Final eight:
Seamus & Tomas
Halo
Johnny Mack
Mad 4 Road
Darragh Merrit
Fitzy Chicks
2 Day Nation
Shane Doonan

Head judge:
Dana
Assistant judges:
Joe Lindsay & Majella O'Donnell
Final eight:
The Virginia Gospel Choir
Áine Hassan
Fox 'N' Crew
Louise Florence
Brian Sheerin
The Ward Sisters
Maggie Ferris
Jim Devine

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Virginia Gospel Choir	1		9	7	-	8	7	31	Joint 1st	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
Johnny Mack	2		8	-	7	9	7	31	Joint 1st	2nd/3rd:Lost judges wildcard vote
Sean Nós ar an tSionann	3		6	6	7	-	9	28	3rd	1st:Through to semi-final
Owen Gerrard	4		-	5	9	6	6	26	5th	4th:Eliminated
Arlene Caffrey	5		5	8	6	8	-	27	4th	5th:Eliminated

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Amanda Brunker: The Virginia Gospel Choir
• Dáithí Ó Sé: Johnny Mack
• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: Virginia Gospel Choir

The Virginia Gospel Choir were sent to the wildcard show with 2-1 majority.

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Bernadette Spain	1		8	8	8	9	-	33	Joint 1st	4th:Eliminated
Anthony White	2		-	8	7	8	8	31	Joint 3rd	5th:Eliminated
Karate Pencil Case	3		9	7	7	-	8	31	Joint 3rd	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
Louise Florence	4		7	8	-	9	7	31	Joint 3rd	2nd/3rd:Lost judges wildcard vote
Fitzy Chicks	5		8	-	8	10	7	33	Joint 1st	1st:Through to semi-final

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Amanda Brunker: Karate Pencil Case
• John Creedon: Louise Florence
• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: Karate Pencil Case

Karate Pencil Case were sent to the wildcard show with 2-1 majority.

Guest Performer: Tommy Fleming

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Don Stiffe	1		8	9	9	-	7	33	Joint 2nd	1st:Through to semi-final
Séamus & Tomás	2		7	-	7	7	8	29	4th	2nd/3rd:Lost judges wildcard vote
The Ward Sisters	3		7	7	-	7	6	27	5th	5th:Eliminated
Wallis Hamilton	4		-	8	8	8	9	33	Joint 2nd	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
The Myth	5		9	8	9	8	-	34	1st	4th:eliminated

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: Wallis Hamilton
• Dáithí Ó Sé: Wallis Hamilton
• Dana: was not required to vote as there was already a majority

Wallis Hamilton was sent to the wildcard show with 2-0 majority.

Guest Performer: The High Kings

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Brian Sheerin	1		10	7	-	9	8	34	2nd	1st:Through to semi-final
Jack's Angels	2		7	6	7	-	7	27	5th	2nd/3rd: Lost judges wildcard vote
Jackson 3	3		8	7	7	7	-	29	4th	5th:Eliminated
Síle Keogh	4		-	7	8	8	7	30	3rd	4th:Eliminated
Darragh Merritt	5		9	-	10	9	9	37	1st	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Amanda Brunker: Darragh Merritt
• Dana: Darragh Merritt
• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: was not required to vote as there was already a majority

Darragh Merritt was sent to the wildcard show with 2-0 majority

Guest Performer: Imelda May

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Kyle Kennedy	1		-	9	9	9	9	36	1st	4th:Eliminated
Áine Hassin	2		9	8	-	8	10	35	Joint 2nd	2nd/3rd: Lost judges vote
Cosa Beoga	3		7	9	10	-	8	34	4th	1st:Through to semi-final
Shane Doonan	4		8	-	7	10	10	35	Joint 2nd	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
Lil' Dukebox	5		7	7	7	6	-	27	5th	5th:Eliminated

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Amanda Brunker: Aine Hassin
• Dáithí Ó Sé: Shane Doonan
• Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh: Shane Doonan - initially refused to vote and wanted to revert to the public vote, as she had given both acts the same score. However she was told this was not an option and voted.

Shane Doonan was sent to the wildcard show with 2-1 majority.

Guest Performer: Shayne Ward
Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh was present for the first show but was not present for the results show as she was ill. Backstage presenter Aidan Power filled in for her.

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid (Power)	Total	Ranking
Mad 4 Road	1		9	-	8	10	8	35	Joint 1st	1st:Through to semi-final
Shauna Buckingham	2		-	8	9	9	9	35	Joint 1st	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
Fever Felt	3		9	8	7	8	-	32	3rd	5th:Eliminated
Fox 'N' Crew	4		8	7	-	8	7	30	4th	4th:Eliminated
Aoife and Paul Moroney	5		7	8	7	-	7	29	5th	2nd/3rd: Lost judges wildcard vote

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• John Creedon:Shauna Buckingham
• Dana: Shauna Buckingham
• Aidan Power: was not required to vote as there was already a majority

Shauna Buckingham was sent to the wildcard show with 2-0 majority

Guest Performer: Majella O'Donnell featuring Daniel O'Donnell

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Daniel Furlong	1		9	9	8	9	-	35	1st	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote
Halo	2		8	-	7	8	7	30	5th	5th:Eliminated
Politically Correct	3		8	9	9	-	8	34	2nd	1st:Through to semi-final
Must Try D'n'D	4		-	8	9	8	8	33	3rd	4th:Eliminated
Jim Devine	5		8	8	-	9	7	32	4th	2nd/3rd: Lost judges wildcard vote

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Amanda Brunker: Daniel Furlong
• John Creedon: Daniel Furlong
• Dáithí O'Sé : was not required to vote as there was already a majority

Daniel Furlong was sent to the wildcard show with 2-0 majority

Guest Performer: Frankie Gavin with De Dannan

Contestants	Order		Judges' scores							Result
			Amanda	John	Dana	Dáithí	Bláthnaid	Total	Ranking
Maggie Ferris	1		8	7	-	8	6	29	4th	4th:Eliminated
2 Day Nation	2		10	-	9	10	10	39	1st	1st:Through to semi-final
Richard Cunningham	3		6	7	6	-	7	26	5th	2nd/3rd: Lost judges wildcard vote
Daniel Dennehy	4		-	9	8	9	8	34	3rd	5th:Eliminated
Claire Mulholland	5		9	9	8	9	-	35	2nd	2nd/3rd:Won judges wildcard vote

Judges' votes to send through to the wildcard show

• Dana: Claire Mulholland
• Amanda Brunker: Claire Mulholland
• John Creedon:was not required to vote as there was already a majority

Claire Mulholland was sent to the wildcard show with 2-0 majority

2 Day Nation received the highest judges vote in the three-year history of the show.

Guest Performer: Miracle Bell

Contestants	Order		Result
Daniel Furlong	1		Top 2: Through to semi-final
Daragh Merritt	2		8th: Eliminated
Wallis	3		7th: Eliminated
Virginia Gospel Choir	4		3rd: Eliminated
Karate Pencil Case	5		4th: Eliminated
Claire Mulholland	6		5th: Eliminated
Shane Doonan	7		6th: Eliminated
Shauna Buckingham	8		Top 2: Through to semi-final

Guest Performer: Sharon Shannon

Guest Performer: The Wanted