Marc Roberts

Marc Roberts
Birth name	Seán Hegarty
Born	June 25, 1968 (1968-06-25) (age 43) Crossmolina, County Mayo, Ireland
Genres	Easy listening,
Occupations	Singer /Songwriter, Radio broadcaster
Website	http://www.marcroberts.ie/, http://www.myspace.com/marcrobertsireland

Marc Roberts is a singer-songwriter, originally from Crossmolina, County Mayo, and now based in Galway. Prior to 1997, he fronted his own band doing own original work and American country classics. In May of that year he represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Mysterious Woman", finishing in second place.^[1] His debut single reached number two on the Irish pop charts.

Robert's debut album was released in 1998. It highlighted his writing skills with six original compositions featured. Producers Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy produced the album in Dublin . Meet Me Half Way and Once in your Life (title track co-written with Brian Kennedy) followed.

He performed in a tribute concert to the late John Denver, who is one of his influences along with other singer/songwriters James Taylor, David Gates, Dan Fogelberg, Janis Ian and Carole King. His shows have sold out the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Opera House, Cork and many other theatres in Ireland.

Roberts joined Galway Bay FM as a guest presenter. He has a three-hour afternoon show from 12pm to 3pm, Monday to Friday called the "Midday Breakaway" and a show from 12pm to 3pm on Saturdays called the "Feel Good Factor". He also presented a series on [RTE Radio One] called “Songmakers”.

Eurovision 2008

Roberts was one of six finalists in Eurosong 2008. He performed the final song of the night, his own composition, "Chances". The selection process was made by public vote during a live television broadcast from University Limerick on Saturday, February 23, on RTÉ television. The selected entry was "Dustin the Turkey".

The Promise

The Promise, The fourth studio album from Roberts was released on Friday 13 November 2010. It features 13 tracks including the title track, which he co-wrote with Darren Holden of The High Kings.

References

1. ^ "Ireland 1997". Eurovision Song Contest. http://www.esc-history.com/details.asp?key=798. Retrieved 22 August 2011. 

External links

Official site

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Eimear Quinn with "The Voice"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997	Succeeded by Dawn Martin with "Is Always Over Now?"

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