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 […]
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 […]
The Jury line-up for the Final of Szansa na Sukces has been revealed. One jury member from each of the semi finals will form the final jury. The Jury are: Viki Gabor Cleo Dawid Kwiatkowski The Jury will have a 50% say in who will represent Poland in […]
The first themed round of Ranina 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: 116 points – Rato Gelovania & Sandra Gadelia 115 points – Gio Gogiaskvili & […]
Four scenarios have been put together to ensure that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Rotterdam. The European Broadcasting Union, along with the Dutch broadcasters NPO, NOS and AVROTROS have worked together to come up with the four best possible outcomes. The Eurovision Song Contest official […]
ESCplus investigated the Albanian withdrawal and it is purely down to the Coronavirus pandemic. Kleart Duraj, the Albanian Head of Delegation had the following to say: “We withdrew because of Covid obviously and we plan to return as soon as the situation will go back to normal. It’s […]
For the first time in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 1983, there will not be a broadcast of the Contest from Warsaw. An SBS spokesperson had the following to say: “Due to restrictions and […]
A total of 2747 submissions have been made for Melodifestivalen 2021 – 202 submissions more than 2020. Out of those 2747, 27 entries will join Julia Alfrida in the final line-up. Karin Gunnarsson, the Melodifestivalen Contest Producer had the following to say: “It is incredibly fun to see […]
The third and final semi final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place this afternoon with the theme Songs From Fairytales. Alicja Tracz was the lucky contestant to progress to the final on Sunday 27th September. The jury of Dawid Kwiatkowski, Marina & Kasia Laska had the 100% […]
With 70 days to go before this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest takes place, TVP have released the official trailer for the show. You can watch the official trailer here: Stay with us here at Eurovision Ireland as we follow the national selections and have a build-up country-by-country […]
#IRELAND: Review of Ireland’s Eurosong 2008 Ireland’s progress through the Eurovision Song Contest is more than just seven wins. There have been some other (in)famous entries that have graced the famous stage. Eurovision Ireland reviews the Irish national final from 2008. This show yielded an interesting song, that […]
Ireland withdrew from this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, citing the Coronavirus pandemic as the original reason. Unlike SBS, the Australian broadcaster, TG4 were aware of the possible back up scenarios the European Broadcasting Union had planned, but will still not be returning. Laura Ni Cheallaigh, a TG4 […]
THE REAL ME: Eurovision memories from Sarah Rudman We at Eurovision Ireland want to hear from you. Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? […]
While speaking to Eurofestivales regarding their participation at the postponed 2020 Eurovision Young Musicians, Oksana Skybinska, the Ukrainian Head of Delegation was asked about possible participation in the other ‘Cultural’ Contests. Oksana Skybinska said: “Regarding other Eurovision family contests, UA: PBC regularly participates in the Eurovision Song Contest […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bianca Shomburg from Germany is 46 today Who are your favourite writers of Eurovision songs? Brendan Graham? Søren Bundgaard? Thomas Gustafsson? Or is it our old friends Messrs Siegel and Meinunger? The German duo have been around since the year dot, writing and writing and writing. It’s […]
The eleven finalists for this year’s national selection, which takes place on September 25th, have been announced. They are: Sofia Feskova Sergey Filin & Veronica Litovchenko Artem Fokin Rutger Garecht Genych Sofia Kirsenko LittleZ Artem Morozov Sofia Shkepu Arseny Slesarev Sophia Tumanova Thee winner will be chosen by […]
Australia Decides, the Australian national selection, will be back in 2022. As ever, the show will take place from the Gold Coast. Montaigne, who won the 2020 edition of the selection, has been internally selected to represent the country next year, in 2021, after the Eurovision Song Contest […]
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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Debbie Cameron from Denmark is 62 today Did you ever spot a certain thing between 1967 and 1977? Yes, a country near the middle of Europe stopped participating. this was even after a win under DR’s belts. Of course, it was good when they returned in 1978. […]
After making their debut at Eurovision Choir 2019, Switzerland are withdrawing from next year’s edition. Reto Peritz, the Swiss Head of Delegation had the following to say: “Currently there are no such plans at SRF.” Reto Peritz wouldn’t go on to discuss recent COMMENTS made by Markus Wicker, […]
Russia will select their entry for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest on Friday 25th September. Auditions were held last weekend to determine the finalists. The representative will be chosen by 50% jury and 50% public online voting. The online voting will be available for the public between […]
TMC, the national broadcaster of Monaco, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, next year. Monaco has had to stints of participation in the Contest. The first saw their debut in 1959, before withdrawing after the 1980 edition. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Soraya from Spain is 38 today There are some unlucky countries out there. They try and try and just can’t quite get that elusive next win. Sometimes their best entries for years are up against real fan favourites. Our friends in Spain have now gone for over […]
The second semi final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place this afternoon with the theme World Hits That You Have Listened To. Agata Serwin was the lucky contestant to progress to the final on Sunday 27th September. The jury of Cleo, Gromee and Michal Wisniewski had the […]
RTVE, the Spanish national broadcaster, has internally selected Solea Fernandez as their representative for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The song that Solea will perform, will be revealed at a later date. Solea Fernandez had the following to say: “Representing Spain at Junior Eurovision is everything for […]
Following the final of P4 Nasta last night, Julia Alfrida has been selected by a jury as the first act for Melodifestivalen 2021. Julia Alfrida performed “Dark Room” at P4 Nasta, however will be performing another song at Melodifestivalen 2021. Hilde & Erik won the Contest last night […]
On Tuesday, the Participants List for the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest was released – although the European Broadcasting Union has indicated this may not be the final one. Seven countries have withdrawn ahead of this year’s Contest and ESCXtra have approached their national broadcasters to see if […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mathé Altéry from France is 93 today We like taking chances here, and I’ll wager that, unless you’ve down your research, you may not know today’s song. It’s probably never ever been played at the typical Eurovision disco. Back in 1956, on some Thursday night in May, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Red Hurley from Ireland is 71 today It’s all very well being a singer, but you need that right song to sing in the first place. It could be one you’ve written yourself, in which you’ve only got yourself to blame if it goes wrong. Or you […]
On Tuesday, we REVEALED the 2020 Participation List for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – or so we thought. With the format change of pre-recorded performances, the EBU have announced a possible increase to twenty participating countries – although a deadline is currently unknown. The EBU told ESCplus […]
After the cancellation of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and the indefinitely-postponed Eurovision Young Musicians, we approached Interkulter, the organiser’s of the European Choir Games – which Eurovision Choir is part of. Edlira Keta, Choral Consultant for Interkulter, had the following to say: “There will most definitely be […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katarína Hasprová from Slovakia is 48 today Today is another in our occasional series of countries we wish were back in our favourite TV show. They may have legitimate reasons for not being there anymore, but it doesn’t stop us wanting them back. Our friends in Slovakia […]
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: Lúcia Moniz from Portugal is 44 today Portugal? Why have they only had one win? They have a Latin-based language so some nations can ‘sort of’ understand them. It’s warm and sunny, and who doesn’t love a bit of warmth and sun, especially if you’re northern. Aside […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carola from Sweden is 54 today We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. Today’s birthday […]
The 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will look very different from what we are use to. Due to the ongoing travel restrictions, this year’s participating acts will be performing from their home countries, in a TV studio with a similar set-up, to ensure fair play. The show will […]
In the last few moments, the Participants List for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been announced. The 13 participating countries are: Armenia (ARMTV) Belarus (BTRC) France (FTV) Georgia (GPB) Germany (ARD/ZDF/KiKA) – Debut Country Kazakhstan (Khabar Agency) Malta (PBS) Poland (TVP) – Host Country Russia (RTR) […]
Markus Wicker, a former Producer of Culture, Music and Events at SRF, one of the Swiss national broadcasters, has explained to Eurofestivales why the country no longer participates at Young Musicians, Young Dancers and Choir. The two main reasons are budget and audience interest. Markus Wicker said the […]
CT, the Czech national broadcaster, have confirmed to Eurofestivales that they will not be debuting at next year’s Eurovision Choir – the Contest itself has yet to be confirmed. Lucie Kapounova, the Development Manager for Music, Theatre and Entertainment at CT, had the following to say: “We are […]
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 […]
While the Public vote is still in progress online, Oleksandr Balabanov has been announced as the Ukrainian representative. The Jury votes are enough to make Oleksandr the outright winner. Oleksandr Balabanov will represent Ukraine in Warsaw with his entry “Vidkryvay”, which in English translates as “Open”. The official […]
In the latest edition of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Germany – and the results are in! You’ve perused all the German Eurovision songs from 1956 up to 2020 to pick out your Top […]
Niamh Kavanagh has completed two stints at Tesco as a Customer Service Desk assistant during Lockdown, to help pay the bills. As an entertainer, all her work dried up after large indoor gatherings were banned. Niamh had the following to say: “We still need to feed ourselves. It […]
Today is the deadline day for any interested broadcasters to confirm their participation for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Any broadcaster withdrawing their interest after today could face a financial penalty. To date, 14 countries have confirmed participation – however there seems to be some doubt surrounding […]
Armenian Head of Delegation, David Tserunyan, has announced today that Armenia will be participating at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as well as next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will be in Rotterdam. It is currently unknown how the Armenian representative will be selected for Warsaw. However, […]
The first semi final of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place this afternoon with the theme Inter-generational Hits. Lena Marzec was the lucky contestant to progress to the final on Sunday 27th September. The jury of Viki Gabor, Edyta Gorniak and Piotr Rubik had the 100% to decide […]
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