jjs1990
Writer, traveller, linguist, Eurovision fan!
With the national final season kicking off in Albania later tonight, let us take a look at three already chosen artists for Eurovision 2017. Three countries (Cyprus, Ireland and Austria) have chosen male solo artists to fly their flags in Kyiv, so let’s take a look at these […]
Today Eurovision fans around the globe learned the name of another contestant heading to Kyiv for the contest this May – Nathan Trent, who will be flying the flag for Austria! As always, fans welcome such news and immediately ask “But who is Nathan Trent?” Well, luckily for […]
Jana Burčeska has been selected to represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT opted to choose a participant internally rather than through a selection event. Jana is known to the Macedonian public after she came 5th in the first edition of “Macedonian Idol”. […]
In 2015, he became Israel’s Golden Boy by bringing the country back to the Grand Final for the first time since 2010. Now Nadav Guedj has swapped his golden trainers for army boots as he embarks on his National Service! National Service is mandatory in Israel for both […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
No, don’t get over-excited. You didn’t miss any announcement. It’s still only 43 countries heading to Kyiv. But last week, here at EurovisionIreland.net we posted a poll to ask which country you’d like to see be the 44th contestant for Eurovision 2017. And the results are in! We […]
Earlier this week, the complete list of Eurovision 2017 participants was published, naming the 43 countries who will take to the stage in Kyiv, Ukraine next May. 43 countries taking part equals the record first set in 2008 in Belgrade, then matched again in Düsseldorf in 2011. This […]
Let’s face it, we all love Disney as much as we love Eurovision (if you disagree, you’re not fooling anyone!!) So what could be better than combining the two? Well, for Eurovision fans in Romania, they’ll be lucky enough to find out!! Romania’s own Eurovision princess Paula Seling […]
Power to the people indeed!! Ok, that was Molly from the UK in 2014, but it’s a fitting anthem for Malta too! For 2017, the Maltese public will choose their Eurovision entrant – without the help of a jury!! In a recent interview, CEO of Malta’s PBS John […]
Finnish Eurovision personality Saara Aalto’s appearance on this year’s season of the UK X Factor has got a lot of Eurovision fans excited – and the judges too it seems! On tonight’s live show, Saara blew the audience away with her rendition of Frozen’s “Let It Go” and […]