"Ah there's no justice, lads." You said it, Marty Whelan.
Ireland might be the successful country in the history of the Eurovision, but we won't even have a contestant in the final this weekend after Nicky Byrne failed to qualify for the final.
Ten of the 18 countries that performed at Thursday night's second semi-final made it through to Saturday's Grand Final, but despite an accomplished performance, Nicky was, alas, not one of them.
Question marks surrounded the progression of some of the other countries (Australia in particular and not just because it isn't even in Europe anyway) and people were not slow to express their outrage, genuine or otherwise on social media.
https://twitter.com/jonathanhealy/status/730865897515188224
https://twitter.com/kenearlys/status/730866231432126469
https://twitter.com/Immikesheridan/status/730865805945114626
https://twitter.com/AlisonSpittle/status/730867306130247682
https://twitter.com/KennedyLucy/status/730867041297678336
https://twitter.com/nbrez/status/730867083219701760
https://twitter.com/HateChrisGreene/status/730866737684594688
https://twitter.com/RTE2fm/status/730866699600334848
https://twitter.com/hectorirl/status/730866431039033344
https://twitter.com/OShaughnessyK/status/730865965227999232
https://twitter.com/boringkearney/status/730866687684313088
