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At the Dublin theatre where "A Song for Ireland" was being hosted, Ted and Dougal listened to Dick Byrne's entry, "The Miracle Is Mine". It was extremely impressive, with a full choir, huge band and a passionate performance from Byrne.
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The episode begins with Ted humming to himself and Mrs. Doyle asking him to sing something else, which unimpresses her. Dougal has "Eurosong fever", months ahead of the competition. Initially rejecting Dougal's suggestion that they write a song to represent Ireland in the competition on the grounds that they are not skilled in songwriting, Ted disc...
Neil Hannon, who wrote the title music for the show, wrote the music for "My Lovely Horse" and co-wrote the lyrics with Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan. The band name "Nin Hugen & The Hugen Note...According to the writer's commentary, the video for "My Lovely Horse" was based on a 1975 lifestyle video for "That's What Friends are For" by The Swarbriggs, Ireland's entry for the 1975 Eurovisio...It has been widely claimed that this episode was inspired by real events surrounding the country's selection of its entry for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Faced with the daunting (and financia...A month after this episode was first broadcast, the country won the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest held in Oslo, Norway to secure its fourth victory in five years and a record-breaking seventh overal...Main Cast
1. Dermot Morgan as Ted Crilly 2. Ardal O'Hanlon as Dougal McGuire 3. Frank Kelly as Jack Hackett 4. Pauline McLynn as Mrs. Doyle
Guest Cast
1. Maurice O'Donoghue as Dick Byrne 2. Don Wycherley as Cyril MacDuff 3. Peter Caffrey as Charles Hedges 4. Jon Kenny as Fred Rickwood
The scene in which Ted loses his temper at Dougal's failure to play the correct note is a reference to "The Troggs Tapes", a notorious out-take from a recording session by The Troggs. In the Father...Ted mentions that there was a priest named Father Benny Cakewho scored a Number 1 hit single in England - after changing his name so nobody would know he was a priest - with a song titled "Vienna"....Ted mentions Icy-Tea and Scoopy Scoopy Dog Dog, a reference to US rappers Ice-T and Snoop Doggy Dogg.Jack does not have a single line in this episode, though he does have a memorable moment when he reacts to the initial performance of "My Lovely Horse" by blasting Ted's guitar to pieces with a saw...Steve Coogan was intended to play compère Fred Rickwood, but couldn't make it so Irish comic Jon Kenny stepped in. Kenny had appeared on the show previously as Michael the cinema owner in "The Pass...Declan Lowney, who directed most of the Father Tedepisodes, was also director of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin.At the Dublin theatre where "A Song For Ireland" is being hosted, Ted has some trouble talking to the Judge as he finds he is gay, which the Catholic Church is against. Ted and Dougal listen to Dick Byrne's entry, "The Miracle Is Mine".
Didn't Think This Through: Ted and Dougal are listening to a B-side from a previous EuroSong entrant, and realise that its music matches the lyrics of their song perfectly. They then decide to plagiarise the song's music for their lyrics without checking its history.
At the Dublin theatre where "A Song for Ireland" is being hosted, Ted has some trouble talking to the show's producer Charles Hedges (who is deciding the winning entry) as he finds he is gay. Ted and Dougal listen to Dick Byrne's entry, "The Miracle Is Mine".
Along with his rival Father Dick Byrne Ted is encouraged to write a song to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest and comes up with the dreadful 'My Lovely Horse' but when it is derided he plans to substitute his version of an obscure Norwegian song whose writers are dead.
At the Dublin theatre where "A Song for Ireland" is being hosted, Ted and Dougal listen to Dick Byrne's entry, "The Miracle Is Mine". It is extremely impressive, with a full choir, huge band and a passionate performance from Byrne.
