Eurovision 2015: Ireland and Portugal out

Ireland, the most successful country in Eurovision history, has crashed out of this year's competition after failing to make it through the semi-final, BBC News reported.

The seven-time winners couldn't muster enough votes for their youngest ever entrant, 17-year-old Molly Sterling.

Iceland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Portugal and San Marino also failed to make the cut.
Sweden, the bookmakers' favourite, sailed through to Saturday's grand final in Vienna.

Its act, Mans Zelmerlow, joins automatic qualifiers Austria, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and special guests Australia.

The full list of 10 acts to qualify from Thursday's semi-final is as follows:

 Lithuania - Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila: This Time

 Poland - Monika Kuszynska: In The Name Of Love

 Slovenia- Maraaya: Here For You

 Sweden - Mans Zelmerlow: Heroes

 Norway - Morland: A Monster Like Me

 Montenegro - Knez: Adio

 Cyprus - John Karagiannis: One Thing I Should Have Done

 Azerbaijan - Elnur Huseynov: Hour of the Wolf

 Latvia - Aminata: Love Injected

Despite Ireland's historical success at Eurovision, it has struggled in the 21st Century.

It has taken last place twice, in 2007 and 2013, and failed to progress beyond the semi-finals five times
since they were introduced in 2004.

However, Ireland has fared better than the Czech Republic, which has never made it to the grand final.

The UK will be represented at Saturday's show by duo Electro Velvet, whose song, Still In Love With You, has been described as an "electro swing" track.