Molly Sterling

Molly Sterling

Sterling in 2015
Background information
Born (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998
Puckane, Tipperary, Ireland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active 2011–present
Associated acts Greg French

Molly Sterling (born 8 March 1998) is an Irish singer and songwriter who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[1][2]

Biography

Molly Sterling grew up in Puckane, County Tipperary. She was educated at Kilkenny College [3] and then at St. Andrew's College, Dublin, where she is currently a 5th year student.[4]

Career

2011–14: Early beginnings

Molly Sterling first came to prominence after winning the Teen Idol contest in November 2011, winning a Popstar Studios recording prize.[5] She won a second-place award for Girl's Vocal Solo at the 2012 Kilkenny Music Festival[6] supported Runaway GO at a gig in Nenagh Arts Centre on 9 June 2012.[7] She finished second in TV3's All Ireland Schools’ Talent Se'arch in May 2014 and released her first EP, Strands of Heart, in November 2014.[4]

2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 27 February 2015 she was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Playing with Numbers".[3] She performed in the second semi-final, but missed out on qualification for the final. At 17 years old, she was the youngest ever entrant to perform for Ireland in their history of participation.

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Strands of Heart

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
IRE
"Playing with Numbers" 2015 77 TBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ Padraig Muldoon. "Molly Sterling wins Eurosong and will represent Ireland at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision 2015 Predictions, Polls, Odds, Rankings - wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Nenagh Guardian - Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". The Nenagh Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Byrne, Brian; Gittens, Geraldine (28 February 2015). "Teen pianist (16) to represent Ireland at 60th Eurovision Song Contest". The Irish Independent. Independent News and Media. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "The Nenagh Guardian - Puckane born Molly Sterling to perform in Terryglass". Nenaghguardian.ie. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Molly best in wonderful Tipp Teen Model finals - The Nationalist". Nationalist.ie. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Kilkenny Music Festival a huge success - Kilkenny People". Kilkennypeople.ie. 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  7. ↑ "Molly Sterling to support RunawayGo at Nenagh Arts Centre this Saturday : Tipp Tatler Magazine". Tipptatler.ie. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith
with "Heartbeat"		 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015
 Succeeded by
Nicky Byrne
with "Sunlight"
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