It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 16th, we are continuing with Brian Kennedy. He represented Ireland with “Every Song Is a Cry for Love”, […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have a departure, ahead of UMK 2027 – their national selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. Anssi Autio, Executive Producer of UMK, has announced that he is stepping away from the Contest after fifteen years. Anssi Autio has been with UMK from the […]
DR, the Danish national broadcaster, have revealed host city talks with Hillerød, for a future Dansk Melodi Grand Prix – their national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Hillerød have revealed that they are in talks with DR about hosting Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in either 2028 or […]
MRT, the North Macedonian national broadcaster, have extended their national selection application deadline, for the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Ta’ Qali. FOLLOWING the extension to the application process, MRT invited nine artists to participate in the live auditions round. From 07:10 BST/08:10 CEST tomorrow morning, the […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 15th, we are continuing with David Ducasse. He represented the United Kingdom, as part of Scooch, with “Flying […]
Nevena Božović from Serbia, has turned 32 years old today. Nevana represented Serbia at the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 3rd place, with “Piši mi”. Happy Birthday, Nevena! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments […]
#BIRTHDAY: 15 June – Jérémie Makiese from Belgium is 26 Our friends in Belgium have been taking part in our favourite TV show since the start – that’s 1956, if you were thinking the first contest was in 2012. They do the right thing and alternate between VRT […]
#BIRTHDAY: 14 June – Rambo Amadeus from Montenegro is 63 Don’t you just love those ‘novelty’ entries? There have been plenty, to varying degrees of success. One or two have even won. I’ll let you work out which. Of course, these novelties sometimes have a message, even if […]
TVMonaco, the Monegasque national broadcaster, have confirmed they have yet to explore participation, at the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. TVMonaco have confirmed that discussions surrounding participation have yet to take place – this is due to two factors. The first is financial costs of participation, given the budget […]
ERT, the Greek national broadcaster, has confirmed participation in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. ERT have confirmed that ‘Sing for Greece’ will be used as their national selection for the third year running. In 2026, two semi finals were introduced to ‘Sing for Greece’ – it is currently […]