#BIRTHDAY: Rita Guerra from Portugal is 53 today We mentioned yesterday about Portugal finally getting a win. But before Salvador did his stuff in Kyiv, those Lusophones have had some cracking little songs. We can’t put our finger on why Portugal hasn’t done that well (apart from one […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Artsvik from Armenia is 36 today Which country would you like to see win for the first time? For many years, it was probably Portugal, but now the field could be wide open. For somewhere a bit ‘exotic’, you may want our friends in Armenia to win. […]
Over the last weeks , we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look at the fates and fortunes of the many performers and hosts who have graced our beloved contest over the years. Once all that pre-contest preparation was over and the actual contest had taken place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stefan Raab from Germany is 54 today Every country has its Mr Eurovision. And, of course, its Mrs/Ms Eurovision too. But some national claims to title are easier to judge. In Germany, you may think it can only be a certain Mr Siegel, with perhaps a Mr […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Interkultur have confirmed to Eurofestivales that Belgium will not be hosting Eurovision Choir 2021 alongside the World Choir Games next year. The Contest is normally held alongside the European Choir Games, however due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the World Choir Games was moved from 2020 to 2021. Henriette […]
#BIRTHDAY: Loukas Giorkas is 34 today Our friends in the Hellenophone community used to have a torrid time of it. They’d be true to themselves and enter stuff reflecting their culture, and would earn few rewards. Then in the early part of the 21st Century something changed and […]
The format for this year’s Turkvision will see both a Semi Final and Grand Final in the revived Online contest. It will be the first time a Semi Final has been used since 2014. The rules have also been announced for the 2020 Contest: Participants must be at […]
Since 2017, 50% jury and 50% online voting has been used to decide the outcome of the results of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. While this isn’t changing, the online voting will be tweaked. Between 2017 and 2019, online voters were able to vote for 3, 4 or […]
The third themed round of Ranina, “Georgian Folklore”, has been completed in Georgia over the past two weeks. Each week, five of the ten finalists took to the stage. Here are the results as they stand after three rounds: 356 points – Rato Gelovania & Sandra Gadelia 351 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Despina Olympiou from Cyprus is 45 today Are you a real fan? Could you name every single song by every single country, in order? Could you also throw in where they finished? Then we like to throw in challenges every now and then. For various reasons, some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jedward from Ireland are 29 today Do you think we’re short-changing you, with only one birthday per day. Well it wouldn’t be right if we were to dilute the attention we give to a birthday boy or girl. Unless it’s twins. And if you want twins, you’ve […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Kim from Belgium is 48 today It’s a well-known fact that Eurovision fans love records. No, not the seven-inch kind, but the “Who got the most 12s” sort of record. One of those of note is the youngest winner. It’s held, of course, by today’s birthday […]
Eurofestivales has discovered that the European Broadcasting Union has set a deadline of Friday 30th October for all Contest performance recordings to be made, according to the Spanish media. Also revealed by the Spanish media, each of the participating artists will need to be live on stage, on […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cliff Richard from the UK is 80 today For some Eurovision performers, that appearance on the hallowed stage might not quite be the highlight of their career. Important, definitely, but not the pinnacle. Today’s birthday boy Cliff Richard (né Harry Rodger Webb) probably needs no introduction. He’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Raymond from Belgium is 82 today There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond […]
The Eurovision Broadcasting Union have confirmed to Eurofestivales that the 2021 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers will not take place next year. Furthermore to the news about next year’s Contest, the EBU have also confirmed that the competition is unlikely to return in the future. Eurovision Young Dancers […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brian Kennedy from Ireland is 54 today Do you like a ballad or a banger? Or something in between? Or do you like all forms of song – yes, even Schlager? Our friends in Ireland are past masters at the ballad. They’ve won no end of contests […]
The Grand Final of next year’s Melodi Grand Prix will take place on Saturday 20th February, NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster has confirmed. The first of five Semi Finals will commence on Saturday 16th January. All six shows will take place at the H3 Arena in 2021, where […]
RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Montenegro has previously stayed away from the Contest for two consecutive years – that was in 2010, when the Contest was held in Oslo and 2011, […]
On Friday, Frances Television revealed that Valentina would represent them at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Today, it has now been revealed that Valentina will sing “J’imagine”. “J’imagine” was filmed in the French city Orléans on Tuesday 29th September. It is currently unknown when the song will […]
#BIRTHDAY: Isis Gee from Poland is 48 today It can be an odd thing being a false flagger. You could be up against someone from your country, who’s representing your country too. So it’s maybe less of a dilemma if your country of origin doesn’t actually take part […]
Sweden have taken victory in the 2020 OGAE Second Chance Contest. Anna Bergendahl won with “Kingdom Come” – the runner-up at this year’s Melodifestivalen. 22 countries took part in this year’s Contest, while a further 17 acted as guest juries because they either had no national selection or […]
The Turkvision Song Contest is returning this year, as an online Contest – after initially taking place between 2013 and 2015. The online Contest is likely to be because off the current Coronavirus pandemic, but this has yet to be confirmed. TMB, the Turkish music channel, will once […]
#BIRTHDAY: Séverine is 72 today Is it good to be a false flagger? Would you do it to deprive a native singer of the Eurovision gig? Or would you see it as bringing along your own expertise to a country that needs some help? Certain countries are/have been […]
“Eurovision: The Story Of Fire Saga” has been nominated in two categories in this year’s People’s Choice Awards. The two nominations are: Best Comedy Film – “Eurovision: The Story Of Fire Saga” Best Comedy Actor – Will Ferrell Voting is taking place on the @peopleschoice twitter feed. To […]
It is only 50 days to go before the 2020 Junior Song Contest takes place and Europe comes together to #MoveTheWorld. So where are we in terms of artists and songs? Below is a brief outline of what we have left to discover: Armenia – Both Artist and […]
In the penultimate edition of our Best of the Big 5 series, we asked you who is your all time Eurovision favourite from France – and the results are in! You’ve made your choices from each and every French Eurovision song to date and chose 20 finalists – […]
#BIRTHDAY: Csézy from Hungary is 41 today There’s often a dilemma, as a result of the free language rule. Do you aim for the wider audience by picking a more common language, or do you stay true to your roots? The way taken by those torn between these […]
Welcome to Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest. Today, we look at P. Paris Paris has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on one occasion – 1978 […]
The entry that Petar Aničić will be performing for Serbia, “Heartbeat”, has been released today. You can watch “Heartbeat” below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
This morning, it was announced that Valentina had been chosen internally by France Televisions, the French national broadcaster. With regards to the song she will be singing, this will be revealed on a further, yet unannounced date. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
Studio 5, Block F of the TVP Headquarters, will be the host venue for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Contest has been down-sized after initial plans were to use either the ATM Studio complex or Transcolor Studio complex. Author: Richard Taylor […]
Earlier tonight, BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster announced that Arina Pehtereva has been chosen to represent the nation at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Aliens”. Arina was chosen by a internally, rather than the usual National Final. You can watch the lyrics video of […]
Melodifestivalen 2022 will have a new format ahead of the 2022 national selection season in Sweden. Anette Helenius, the Executive Supervisor for Melodifestivalen, had the following to say: “SVT is currently working on revamping the format of Melodifestivalen for 2022” 2021 would’ve celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the […]
TVP, the Polish national broadcaster and host broadcaster, will be showing the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest live, across three of its channels. The three Polish channels showing this year’s Contest are: TVP1 – The first channel from TVP TVP ABC – The children’s channel from TVP TVP […]
Welcome to Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest. Today, we look at O. Oslo Oslo hosted the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1996, when 23 countries […]
When the list of participating countries was revealed, it was also announced that they would RECORD their performances on home soil. Now, in a change of events, Konrad Smuga, the Director General of TVP, has revealed that an undisclosed number of delegations will record their performance in Warsaw. […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
A brand new fortnightly Podcast has launched today, featuring Rob Lilley from The Euro Trip. The outline of the Podcast is: “Rob Lilley is the world’s BIGGEST fan of the Eurovision Song Contest… well, that’s what he likes to tell his friends Tom and Luke anyway. Sick of […]
This afternoon TVP, the Polish national broadcaster, have revealed the three hosts that will be taking charge of this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. They are familiar face from 2019 Ida Nowakowska-Herndon, Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska. While Ida is already known to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest […]
Over the last weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look at the fortunes of the acts and hosts who have participated in Eurovision over the years . Was appearing at Eurovision as a participant or host the making of them…..or did it break them? Today […]
New Wave Junior 2020 took place last week in Artek, Crimea. Sofia Feskova, this year’s Russian entry at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finished in 2nd place. A jury was responsible for choosing the winner – including former Eurovision Song Contest participants Alsou and Philip Kirkorov. Gaia Cauchi, […]
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