Jedward's Eurovision hopes under threat

Jedward may face a tough time in qualifying to the Eurovision final.

Jedward may face a tough time in qualifying to the Eurovision final.

Ireland's normal voting partner, the UK who get an automatic qualification to the final, are not eligible to vote in Ireland's semi final on May 12th, they instead are voting in the first semi-final on May 10th.

They gave Ireland 12 points last year which helped Niamh Kavanagh qualify to the final in Norway.

So Jedward will have to impress the rest of Europe in order to get to the Final on May 14th.

Each country submits it's results through a 50/50 system of combined Jury and public televoting.

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