Yesterday, the European Broadcasting Union announced that around 186 million people viewed the Grand Final this year – around on average the same audience share as last year, 35.8%. In Israel, an average of 1 million viewers tuned into the Grand Final on KAN and witness Netta take […]
Yesterday, the European Broadcasting Union sent out a direct statement surrounding next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Fans have started to read between the lines and are wondering whether we will be in Israel or not. The European Broadcasting Union have never published a statement like this so early […]
Over recent days, news came through that the European Broadcasting Union has placed a deadline of Friday 29th June. As we get ready to move on from the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon and on to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, participating broadcasters now have only […]
Netta took part in Rising Star, a competition held in Israel to search for their next Eurovision representative. Rising Star took place between October of last year, through to February. After ten audition rounds, a shortlisting round, six heats, a quarter final, semi final and the final, Netta […]
For the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Oslo, back in 2010, there was no LED screens used as part of the stage design. This was part of a cost cutting exercise by RTP, but also led to an array of creative decisions from […]
Within the last few minutes, the European Broadcasting Union released an official statement surrounding the UK stage invasion. It reads as: “The EBU regrets a stage invasion took place during the United Kingdom’s performance at the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final in Lisbon this evening. The person responsible […]
During SuRie’s performance of “Storm”, the stage was invaded by intruders. We will be able to see her perform again as per the rulebook. We suspect it’s either Russian or Brexit related, but can’t confirm anything. Stay with us for the latest updates. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovision […]
Earlier this evening, the news broke that France will be returning to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest after their one and only participation back in 2004. Thomas Pontier finished 6th in Lillehammar with the song “Si on voulait bien”. The return comes after a couple of years on […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 12th May 2018 and we look at Serbia winning on their debut. 12th May – 11 Years Ago Today On this day in 2007, the 52nd Eurovision […]
Such is the popularity of the Eurovision Song Contest, held this year in Lisbon, Portugal, that participant countries now come from Israel and Australia. It is broadcast to millions of people in countries that don’t compete, such as the United States and Canada. Now, there may be reason for […]
Have you ever wondered how the Running Order for the Final (as well as the Semi-Finals) is created, then look no further. The European Broadcasting Union has put together a little interview with Christer Bjorkman to explain how it is all down. Video: YouTube/EBU Author: Richard Taylor Source: […]
Picture Source: EBU/Thomas Hanses Each day, I aim to bring you a couple of highlights and lowlights from this year’s Contest here in Lisbon. What did Days 11 & 12 have to offer us? Highlights The semi-finals are over and we have the line-up for the Grand Final. […]
Tonight on BBC Radio 2, there is a special edition of ‘Friday Night Is Music Night’. Tonight’s Concert is entirely hosted by Conchita herself. Conchita will perform hits from her own back catalogue, the musicals and much, much more. She will also be joined on stage by Mica […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]
The running order for Saturday night’s Grand Final has been revealed. It looks like this: 01. Ukraine 02. Spain 03. Slovenia 04. Lithuania 05. Austria 06. Estonia 07. Norway 08. Portugal — break position 09. United Kingdom 10. Serbia 11. Germany 12. Albania 13. France 14. Czech Republic […]
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