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A school in West Cork has won ‘Schoolovision’, a primary school version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Twenty-three students from the Cappabue National School in Bantry recorded and released the rap song about climate change three months ago.
“One Small Change” went viral on social media and the director was invited to participate in rap at the Schoolovision competition.
Schoolovision has been held on the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest for the past 12 years, with primary schools from up to 30 countries participating annually.
Votes were cast online this morning and Ireland was announced as the winner.
Norway came in second and Austria’s entry came in third.
Norma Healy, principal of the Cappabue National School, said everyone is delighted to have won the competition.
She said it has been an exciting few months for the students who are now working on a second rap.
Ms. Healy said they were supposed to appear on Good Morning America via Skype on World Earth Day, but the appearance was canceled due to Covid-19.
She said that winning Schoolovision is the perfect consolation prize.
The students decided to make the video after being shocked by the amount of trash they found when they went to help clean up local beaches.
Music producer, songwriter, and rapper Garry McCarthy came to school to help students, some as young as five, hear their voices.
Former student, cameraman Elaine Lucey, recorded the video.
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