BIRTHDAY: Ronnie Tober from the Netherlands is 74 today It’s about time we went vintage again, just to show what today’s performers are following in the footsteps of. Those older songs weren’t all classics, but you can guarantee that every song will have at least one fan. Back […]
Last week , as part of my series on the trials and tribulations of being the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest. I looked at the ( very ) large financial commitments that the host delegation and host country has when hosting a large event like our […]
He’s back – James’ nephew and Eurovision Ireland’s youngest contributor, 6 year-old Jack is taking a look at the rest of the songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! After giving us his thoughts on songs heading to Junior Eurovision in Minsk last year, we were […]
BIRTHDAY: Željko Joksimović from Serbia (and Montenegro) is 47 today There are great songs, and there are great songs. Others may not think so, but I think this is one of the greatest. Cast your mind back to 2004. We didn’t have just one show in the host […]
BIRTHDAY: Eve Graham from the UK is 76 today Is it a Good Friday for you? Well, the sun may be shining, you’re having a break from the daily grind, and you’re reading this website. So it must be good! Of course, you’re hear for a birthday, and […]
EUROVISION IRELAND: Meet Staggy, the squeaky-clean story-hunting mouse Eurovision Ireland can proudly reveal our latest team member. He’s already made an impression with a number of this year’s performers. So if you see him, say hello. Or just squeak at him. It’s Staggy Ristamouse. If you look hard […]
BIRTHDAY: Marianna from Greece is 64 today As I’ve said before, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of them even churned out good songs. Can you believe it? Well today’s song comes from the 1980s. […]
UK: Interview with SuRie at the London Eurovision Party 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with SuRie at the 2019 London Eurovision Party. We famously missed her at every turn in 2018, so it was good to put that record straight. She told us about touring the UK, new […]
BIRTHDAY: Mikel Herzog from Spain is 59 today Isn’t it often the way that you can tell where someone’s from, just by their name? If it ends in ‘dottir’, it’s usually Icelandic. Or if it ends in ‘ić’, it’s usually from a lot further south-east. So imagine Europe’s […]
NETHERLANDS: Interview with Duncan Laurence at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Duncan Laurence, just before he performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. He told us about writing collaboration, compering shows and his favourite cake. Can Duncan win in Israel? Tell us […]
ALBANIA: Interview with Jonida Maliqi at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Jonida Maliqi, just before she performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. She told us about Festivali i Kengës and her favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
IRELAND: Interview with Sarah McTernan at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland was lucky enough to catch up with our representative Sarah McTernan, just before the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris near Leicester Square. Sarah told us about her time recording her postcard in Israel and her […]
BIRTHDAY: Alla Pugacheva from Russia is 70 today We get heroes performing at our favourite TV show every year. But it’s not every day that we get a People’s Artist of their country – the highest award their country can bestow a performer. Not only is today’s birthday […]
Winter is here… And so is Eurovision! Although it might not seem like it at a first glance, HBO’s hit TV adaptation Game of Thrones and the Eurovision Song Contest do have quite a bit in common: people from far-away lands, speakers of different languages and with different […]
BIRTHDAY: Jacques Houdek from Croatia is 38 today Singer, writer. It’s a well-trodden path. If you’re a singer worth your salt, you may have dabbled in songwriting too. It implies that you can sing, and understand how music properly works. No, I’m not rambling. I’m leading up to […]
BIRTHDAY: Mando from Greece is 53 today Have you noticed that the last few birthdays have featured singers using stage names. Maybe it’s a thing to give them a completely different persona to the off-stage singer. But it’s interesting that stage names can be very different to real […]
OBITUARY: Dina from Portugal has died aged 62 Singer Dina, who represented Portugal in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness aged 62. She sang in the contest held in Malmö’s Isstadion on 9 May 1992, performing the song Amor d’agua fresca, co-written by […]
BIRTHDAY: Deen from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 37 today As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick to do well? St Salvador of Sobral didn’t think so, but they do sometimes help. […]
During last weekend’s Amsterdam In Concert – the first of this year’s Preview Parties, Sarah McTernan took to the stage with the Irish entry “22”. This will not be the only Preview Party Sarah will be attending. We hope to catch up with her in London this weekend […]
Last weekend in Amsterdam, Ryan O’Shaughnessy joined up with SuRie to perform “Mercy” – last year’s French entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Madame Monsieur. The performance took place at Amsterdam Calling, on the eve of Amsterdam In Concert – the first of this year’s Preview […]
Following strong reports that Madonna will be part of the interval act during the final in Tel Aviv, USA fans will be in for a shock. Logo TV, owned by Viacom, will not be showing this year’s Contest. Logo TV first showed the Contest in 2016 – the […]
BIRTHDAY: Linas Adomaitis from Lithuania is 43 today Yesterday we had a country who had never won. Well, sort of. Now today we have a country with a record that’s been a little more patchy since day one. Our friends in Lithuania haven’t had the success of its […]
Last week, I began by introducing my series of articles on hosting the Eurovision song contest and what this means for the host country . Today , I am going to look at one of the most important things that the winning country of the year has to […]
BIRTHDAY: Vesna Pisarović from Croatia is 41 today There’s a long list of countries that have never won our favourite TV show. Will one of them win this year in Tel Aviv? Or will it be Sweden somewhere dull? However, there is one country that claims a win, […]
BIRTHDAY: Freddie from Hungary is 29 today Are you a fan of national finals? Are you religiously watching them through the whole ‘season’, from Albania to Sweden? Do you pick certain countries to watch, even though they may have many many shows? Or do you prefere it to […]
Earlier this evening, Wales selected for this year’s Eurovision Choir in Gothenburg. The show was broadcast live on S4C. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion were chosen tonight by a three panel jury – made up of Anna Wilczewska, Huw Humphreys and Karmina Šilec. The other choirs to take part tonight […]
Earlier this evening, Norway selected for this year’s Eurovision Choir in Gothenburg. The show was broadcast via radio, before a later broadcast via television later this month. Volve Vokal were chosen tonight by a three panel jury – made up of Vivianne Sydnes, Kjetil Almenning and Anine Kruse […]
BIRTHDAY: Noëlle Cordier from France is 75 today Your eyes won’t be deceiving you today. Yes, it’s fun and games in black & white. But don’t let that put you off. Some of the songs from those monochrome days are easily as good as some we get nowadays. […]
BIRTHDAY: Aram MP3 from Armenia is 35 today If you count it up, five countries that used to be in the USSR have won the top prize in our favourite TV show. That means five more haven’t yet. Which of these five do you think will be next? […]
This Sunday in Wales, the Final of Côr Cymru will take place – selecting the Welsh entry for Eurovision Choir 2019. Five Choirs will take to the stage – one from each of these five categories – Show, Children’s, Mixed, Equal Voice & Youth. The 2019 Finalists in […]
BIRTHDAY: David Alexandre Winter from Luxembourg is 76 today It’s good to remember our history. You know, those times before 2000 when the contest still happened, even if it was a little bit smaller and, generally, more western than it is now. In 1970 it was much much […]
BIRTHDAY: Michalis Rakintzis from Greece is 62 today Things got a little odd at the turn of the century. We were trapped in Nordic/Baltic Europe after time in the eastern Med. Countries were taking it in turns to be relegated. And we had some interesting acts. When we […]
BIRTHDAY: Molly Smitten-Downes from the UK is 32 today We had a birthday of someone from a country that would love to win. And I’d love to see them win. Today we have a country in the same doldrum-like predicament. They try in a very nonchalant sort of […]
Earlier today the running order for both Eurovision Song Contest 2019 semi finals was revealed, meaning we know what order the songs will perform in on the Tuesday and Thursday nights in Tel Aviv. When will your favourites perform? Who has drawn a good spot? Who is going […]
BIRTHDAY: Sieneke from the Netherlands is 27 today It’s no April Fool that some countries have probably done a lot worse than they’ve deserved to over the years. I’m thinking of those countries that perhaps haven’t won in a long long time. The one I have in mind […]
Fuego diva Eleni Foureira performed as a special guest on the live TV show from Greece ‘It’s Show Time’. After her magical performance, our Eurovision Ireland correspondent from Athens was lucky enough to get an interview with the pop sensation and amongst other questions, she was asked about […]
At the start of March, Paul Clarke confirmed to Wiwibloggs that the Eurovision Asia Song Contest is still in the works and that he may have spoken too soon regarding the contest. Back in the autumn, it was reported that the Gold Coast could host the inaugural contest […]
So….with preparations well on track in Israel , the host country for this years Eurovision song contest , I thought this might be a good time to look at the fates and fortunes of the host country , in terms of chosen act, final result the year after […]
YOUTUBE: How is your favourite doing? 25-31 March Every year, we look at which songs are the Youtube favourites. Last year, Netta’s Toy was the favourite, and we know what happened to her. So will this year’s most-watched official video suffer the same fate? The figures for 25 […]
Each year OGAE International conducts a poll ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest in order to reveal fan’s favourite act to win the competition. Out of 44 OGAE fan clubs , we can present you the top 10 from OGAE Armenia and OGAE Albania. The combined leader so […]
Yesterday, Ireland’s 2017 Eurovision Song Contest participant Brendan Murray announced his new UK and Ireland tour – “If I’m Honest Tour 2019”. The tour kicks off in Newcastle and concludes in Galway. The full list of dates are: Newcastle – June 21st Manchester – June 22nd Glasgow – […]
BIRTHDAY: Nuša Derenda from Slovenia is 50 today Have you noticed that some song titles have been getting shorter? There are a few this year where they’re only known by one word. Replay, Heaven, Limits, Truth. Is it that the printers are running short of ink? It’s always […]
Ireland’s very own Sarah McTernan has joined the line-up of this year’s London Eurovision Party, with her song “22”. More artists have also joined the line-up too – they include: Victor Crone – Estonia Carousel – Latvia Tulia – Poland John Lundvik – Sweden Duncan Laurence – The […]
BIRTHDAY: Hera Björk from Iceland is 47 today We had a crowd pleaser yesterday, and we have another one today. Thursday’s was a soaring opus. Today’s is the good old floor filler. We know Iceland desperately wants to win our favourite TV show. Maybe even more than Malta […]
After one of the most unsuccessful debuts at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Wales are coming back fighting and will be in Gliwice, Poland. Applications are now open for Chwilio am Seren, but will close very soon – Thursday 18th April. After the auditions and call backs (late […]
BIRTHDAY: Bettan from Norway is 61 today I’ve got a real treat for you today. A legend of our favourite TV show. A massive name in singing circles, particularly in the Nordic world. And a former winner. And it’s definitely not Carola. Today’s birthday girl Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen […]
BIRTHDAY: Polina Gagarina from Russia is 32 today There’s often an air of inevitability about some results. A certain republic surrounded by Italy will do badly. A country on the Caspian Sea often does well. And then there’s a certain very large country that straddles Europe and Asia. […]
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