This is the Official Irish Eurovision Blog. We will keep you up to date with all the news for Ireland at Eurovision. We will give you exclusive updates on both the Eurosong Finalists and the road to the Eurovision Finals including Eurovision Voting Predictions, Interactive Polls, ESC Contestant interviews  and song Videos

OUR MISSION

You can hear our thoughts, comments and suggestions on how Ireland can be successful at Eurovision.

• We are looking for Ireland’s Best And Biggest Irish Eurovision Fans in Ireland, Europe and Abroad. Can you show us through photos, videos and articles why you should be one of our Irish Super Fans? We need your help. No matter your age or where you are from we want to hear from you.

• We will also be sharing photos, videos and articles from our travels and encounters with the World of Eurovision and look forward to hearing from Eurovision fans – so do drop your comments in.

More About our Readers  & Community

Where do our Readers Come From

Social Media as of March 2013

• Twitter:  we will soon be reaching 1500 followers growing steadily  on our very chatty and engaged twitter account @EurovisionIrela

• Facebook:   Our Likers, Subscribers and Friends form a community close to 5700 strong and have been very influential in feeding us great responses and supporting our new website.

• YouTube:  with close to 120K hits logged since we began our site at EurovisionIrelandTV

• Instagram : we just started our Instagram account and are ready to get all arty with our pics at the eurovisionireland Instagram account

Haven’t hooked up? Our website side bar makes it easy to connect or just click onto the links in this post. Want to see us post on other social networks? Let us know which ones really matter to you.

Our Global Audience

In the 1st quarter of 2013 Our Readers came mostly from Ireland, the UK, English speaking countries and further afield reflecting the spread of the Irish diaspora in places like Australia, the Far East and the United States.

Top 10 Countries our Readers come from:
1. Ireland
2. United Kingdom
3. Germany
4. United States
5. Turkey
6. Spain
7. Finland
8. Romania
9. Sweden
10. Greece

This top 10 list was taken from our last 3 months as the races for the Eurovision National Finals were hotting up.

10 Countries in our Audience Stats that Surprised Us.

There were Eurovision Ireland fans in these non European countries too as we spotted readers from the farthest reaches of the globe in the last 3 months.  Check it out a taster here:

1. Japan
2. Brazil
3. United Arab Emirates
4. Peru
5. Philippines
6. Singapore
7. Thailand
8. Tanzania
9. Sudan
10. Maldives

Was your country listed ? If not let us know where you are from and what brings you here? Are you an Irish Eurovision fan living abroad or just into the stuff we Paddys get up to at Eurovision?

This blog is being moderated and curated by

• Community manager , Website Owner & Head Editor  Garrett Mulhall
• Joint Editor & Community Manager Elish Bul-Godley