Samir Badran has turned 35 years old today. Samir most recently took part, alongside Viktor Frisk, at Melodifestivalen 2024 – although was knocked out of the Contest after Heat 1, with “Hela världen väntar”. Happy Birthday, Samir! Let us know what you think about Melodifestivalen – either in […]
A total of 155 songs have been submitted for the second edition of Biser Jadrana, which will take place in Tivat, Montenegro, on Friday 18th & Saturday 19th July. Songs have been received from Montenegro, as well as from the ex-Yugoslav countries of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, North […]
RTV Oost have opened their song submission window for the 2025 Regio Songfestival, in Arnhem. The song submission window has now opened to represent Overijssel and will close on Sunday 29th June. The representative will be chosen by a jury and revealed on Friday 5th September. The rules […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s May 25th: Saturday 25th May 2002 On this day in 2002, the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
Omroep Gelderland, the Dutch regional broadcaster, have announced their representative for the Regio Songfestival 2025, in Arnhem. Omroep Gelderland have announced that the rock band De Droadneagels, will represent Gelderland at the 2025 Regio Songfestival. The song that they will perform will be revealed in due course. Confirming […]
BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster, have selected their participant for the 2025 Intervision Song Contest, in Moscow. Following the Belarusian submission process, ten artists made it through to perform in front of a focus group, at the Belarusfilm studio on Friday 18th April. Anastasia Kravchenko was chosen to […]
FOLLOWING the rumours back in March, Yaroslav Yuryevich Dronov better known as Shaman, has been chosen to represent Russia at the Intervision Song Contest. The song that he will perform will be revealed in due course. Let us know what you think about the Intervision Song Contest – […]
S4C, the Welsh national broadcaster, have confirmed their continued non-participation at the 2025 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Tbilisi. S4C previously took Wales to the Contest in 2018 & 2019. The Press Department for S4C have confirmed to Eurofestivales that Wales will not participate in the 2025 Junior […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s May 24th: Saturday 24th May 2008 On this day in 2008, the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
The EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have confirmed discussions on Israeli participation will take place. The European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) media director, Jean Philip De Tender, has confirmed the discussions following requests from a number of national broadcasters. Jean Philip De Tender had the following to say: “It’s […]