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Dublin ___MASK51___ University ( abbreviated as DCU ) is a university situated on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland . Created as the " National Institute for Higher Education , Dublin ", it enrolled its first students in 1980 and was elevated to university status ( along with the University of Limerick ) in 1989 by statute . In September 2016 , DCU completed the process resulting in the incorporation of three Dublin institutions : Church of Ireland College of Education ; Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick ' s College . The Gulf of Riga , ___MASK35___ of Riga , or Gulf of Livonia is a ___MASK35___ of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia . Raidió Teilifís Éireann (" Radio [ and ] Television of ___MASK9___ "; abbreviated as RTÉ ) is a semi - state company and the national public service broadcaster of the Republic of ___MASK9___ . It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television , radio and the ___MASK27___ . The radio service began on 1 January 1926 , while regular television broadcasts began on 31 ___MASK22___ 1961 , making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world . RTÉ also publishes a weekly magazine called the RTÉ Guide which is orientated around RTÉ television and radio . " We ' ve Got the World " was the Irish entry in the ___MASK42___ 2003 , performed in English by Mickey Harte . The ___MASK42___ 2003 was the 48th annual ___MASK42___ . The contest took place in Riga , Latvia on 24 May 2003 , following Marie N ' s win in the 2002 contest with the song " I Wanna ". It was the first win and hosting of the competition for Latvia with only their third participation after debuting at the 2000 contest . Latvijas Televzija ( LTV ) chose the Skonto Hall as the venue after conducting a bidding process among several cities and venues in Latvia . The hosts for the contest were the previous year ' s winner Marie N and former Latvian representative at the 2000 contest , Renrs Kaupers , who competed in the contest as part of the band Brainstorm . The design of the contest was built around the theme " Magical rendez - vous ", which represented the meeting of the various European nations coming to Latvia and encountering Latvia ' s versatile landscapes . Twenty - six countries participated , which saw the return of Iceland , Ireland , Netherlands , Norway and Poland after having been relegated from competing the previous year , Portugal returning to the contest after withdrawing the previous year , while Ukraine participated in the contest for the first time . Denmark , Finland , Lithuania , Macedonia and Switzerland were required to withdraw due to their poor results in the 2002 contest . ___MASK32___ is an American singing competition ___MASK66___ created by Simon Fuller , produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment , and distributed by FremantleMedia North America . It began airing on Fox on ___MASK37___ 11 , 2002 , and ended on April 7 , 2016 . It started off as an addition to the " Idols " format based on the British series " Pop Idol ", and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television . The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents , with the winner determined by the viewers in America through telephones , Internet , and SMS text voting . Winners chosen by viewers in its fifteen seasons were Kelly Clarkson , Ruben Studdard , Fantasia Barrino , Carrie Underwood , Taylor Hicks , Jordin Sparks , David Cook , Kris Allen , Lee DeWyze , Scotty McCreery , Phillip Phillips , Candice Glover , Caleb Johnson , Nick Fradiani , and Trent Harmon . ___MASK9___ has participated in the ___MASK42___ 50 times since making its debut at the 1965 Contest in Naples . Since then , they have missed only two contests , in 1983 in Munich and 2002 in Tallinn . ___MASK9___ is the most successful country in the contest , with a total of seven wins . Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) is ___MASK9___ ' s representative broadcaster at the contest , the semi - finals are broadcast on RTÉ Two and the final on RTÉ One . All of the Irish entries have been performed in English with the exception of the 1972 entry , " Ceol an Ghrá ", which was sung in Irish . ___MASK9___ have hosted the contest on seven occasions , all but one of these in the capital Dublin , while the 1993 ___MASK42___ was staged in Millstreet , a town in north - west County Cork with a population of 1 , 500 people . Michael Joseph " Mickey Joe " Harte ( born ___MASK47___ ), now simply known as Mickey Harte , is an Irish singer - songwriter . He represented ___MASK9___ in the ___MASK42___ in 2003 with the song " We ' ve Got the World ". Latvia , officially ___MASK10___ of Latvia , is a ___MASK78___ in the Baltic region of Northern Europe , one of the three Baltic states . It is bordered by Estonia to the north , Lithuania to the south , Russia to the east , and ___MASK13___ to the southeast , as well as a maritime border to the west alongside Sweden . Latvia has 1 , 957 , 200 inhabitants and a territory of . The ___MASK78___ has a temperate seasonal climate . Riga is the capital and the largest ___MASK51___ of Latvia . With 696 , 593 inhabitants ( 2015 ), Riga is the largest ___MASK51___ of the Baltic states and home to one third of Latvia ' s population . The ___MASK51___ lies on the Gulf of Riga , at the ___MASK87___ of the Daugava . Riga ' s territory covers and lies between above sea level , on a flat and sandy plain . After a disappointing 21st placing in the 2001 contest , ___MASK9___ was relegated from the 2002 contest . For the 2003 contest in Riga , ___MASK9___ abandoned the `` National Song Contest '' format , and set up a reality show called You ' re A Star . The winner was Mickey Joe Harte , with the song We ' ve Got The World . You ' re a Star was a singing contest in ___MASK9___ , similar to " The ___MASK75___ " in the United Kingdom and " American Idol " in the USA . Created by Screentime ShinAwiL and Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) in 2002 , it was shown weekly on RTÉ One over the winter months of each year . The show was broadcast live from The Helix theatre in Dublin City University ( DCU ). The Baltic states , also known as the Baltic countries , Baltic republics , Baltic nations , or simply , the ___MASK23___ , are the three countries in northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic ___MASK96___ : Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The Baltic states cooperate on a regional level in several intergovernmental organizations .