The Irish performance featured a band set-up with Nicky Byrne performing together with a drummer , keyboard player and guitarist who were on raised platforms . The LED screens displayed bright red patterns and fireball images of the sun with the stage lighting in red and white . The creative team that worked on producing Ireland 's performance was led by Tim Byrne , former Creative Director of Syco Entertainment at Sony Music and included Lee Lodge , whose production credits include the 87th Academy Awards and the MTV Music Video Awards , and Michael Kealy , the Irish Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest . Byrne was joined on stage by five backing vocalists , some of which were also playing instruments : Janet Grogan , Jay Boland , Ian White , Jennifer Healy and Johan Sundvall
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016