#Vote for Ireland’s Greatest Eurovision Entry Ever! In the run-up to Eurovision 2021, OGAE Ireland is on a mission to crown the greatest Irish Eurovision song ever! A fan vote will decide 50% of the score and a jury of previous Eurovision contestants from across Europe (and beyond) […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Two Another day over, and nine more songs rehearsed. The five of us at Eurovision Ireland gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point. This means a top score of […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Semi-final One We’ve seen all the semi-finalists – except Australia – rehearse for the first time. Lots can still change, but we may now have an idea who the ten qualifiers could be. Click on the video below and see what the Eurovision Ireland […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 68 today In our favourite TV show, it’s easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It’s all good fun. We love them all, as they’ve done something most of us will never do. Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ivan Mikulić from Croatia is 53 today With the 2021 contest getting ever closer, some will examine whether we can get a first-time winner. Could there be one, or could another country achieve its eighth (or seventh) win. One country yet to win is Croatia. Yes, we […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores – Day One Eurovision Ireland has looked in depth at today’s rehearsals. We can’t comment on Australia as we didn’t see their stage show. How did we score the other six acts? We gave three, two and one point to our favourite three. Do […]
#ESC 2021: Day One Rehearsals Blog from 10.00 CET After the best part of two years, we finally get a proper rehearsal of performances for a Eurovision Song Contest. Yes, at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we kick off with the first songs from the First Semi-Final. REMEMBER: This year […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviewed… Over several weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 39 songs participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. If you’ve not watched our shows, you can click on the links below. We would like to thank our guest reviewers, amongst them Big Daddy Karsten […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maria Christian from Ireland is 56 today It’s often interesting how certain Eurovision stars crop up in the most interesting of places. Many just get three minutes on stage, and then it’s back to teaching, dentistry, or politics. Today’s birthday girl Maria Christian (aka Maria McCabe and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael from Spain is 78 today It must be galling when your country wins, and you went and performed for them the year before that win. Obviously, there have been occasions where a country has won (at least) two years running. It must have been even worse […]