France have only finished last in the Eurovision Song Contest just once. France have never had to take participate in the semi finals since their introduction in 2004, due to their Big 5 status. They also survived the pre-qualification round in 1996. Below is the only entry from […]
France have successfully won the Eurovision Song Contest five times – however this could’ve been six had Sweden not won the tiebreaker in Rome, back in 1991. In 1969, there was no tiebreaker, so France shared the top spot. Below are the winning entries from France over the […]
Only last week, we announced the first six participating countries in this year’s Eurovision Young Musicians – taking place in Edinburgh. As expected, Germany (WDR) and Slovenia (RTVSLO) will carry on participating in the contest – however, no one expected this surprising returnee! Spain and their broadcaster TVE […]
Today, we start the first of our Finale Weeks here at Eurovision Ireland. This week sees the final of Destination Eurovision – so our first Finale Week focuses on the Big 5 country that is France. Destination Eurovision is the first National Final held in France since 2014 […]
DR, the Danish Broadcaster announced this morning the ten competing artists for Melodi Grand Prix this year. Amongst them are returnees Ditte Marie and Albin Fredy, but the biggest surprise of all was Sannie (AKA Whigfield)!!! Who remembers this classic from the 90’s? The full line up for […]
The first six entries qualified for the semi final stage tonight. Both Zsolt Sule and Leander Kills secured 44 points. Viktor Kiraly scored 43, Ceasefire X scored 41 and Gabi Knoll scored 40. Tamas Vastag qualified through the additional public vote, after initially only scoring 36 points, which […]
Hungary is back with A-Dal for another year, not only choosing a representative for Lisbon, but hopefully an overall winner for the Eurovision Song Contest too. Join me Richard, as we discover who’ll progress from Heat One. You know the drill by now – just refresh this page […]
So far, a total of six countries have confirmed participation in the upcoming Eurovision Young Musicians this forthcoming August. Sweden have even selected – Johanna Ander Ljung will take to the stage with the Harp. Norway have confirmed they will select their representative on April 7th. The six […]
In recent weeks, the number of countries that are interested in taking part at in inaugural Eurovision Asia Song Contest has risen to twelve. The latest of which is Kazakhstan. Their channel Khabar Agency has also hinted that the contest will take place this forthcoming October – something […]
On Sunday 25th February, Conchita will be returning to the London stage – at the London Palladium to be precise! Accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, Conchita will be performing some of her favourite ‘Diva’ songs, as part of BBC Radio 2’s “Friday Night Is Music Night” – […]