BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 38 today Back in the mists of time, just after the Eurovision Song Contest started, in the 1990s, a certain musical country from the Baltic started doing really well. So much so, that a win wasn’t far away. I jest of course. The […]
BIRTHDAY: Anne-Marie David is 67 today A winner? Well, there have been 67 of them, so they’ll crop up here from time to time. There is another winner who has a birthday today, but I’ll save her for another year. Today’s birthday girl Anne-Marie David has actually represented […]
BIRTHDAY: Dominique Walter from France is 77 today Can you see it? The dust settling, that is? Over another riotous cavalcade of quality song? We’ve had 64 of them now, so the EBU must be doing something right. A whole lot of contests mean that we have a […]
ESC2019: Statement on Grand Final jury result The EBU has acknowledged a mistake in the jury results from the Grand Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. After the Belarusian jury was dismissed for the Grand Final, an aggregation of other jury scores were used to determine that […]
ESC2019: Final thoughts on Eurovision 2019 As our time in Tel Aviv comes to an end, we have some final thoughts on how we think things will unfold. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Alekseev from Belarus is 26 today We all know that staging is key. Yes, it’s a song contest, but sometimes a song needs a costume change or a slick dance routine to squeeze a few extra points out of the jurors and televoters. In 2018, when we […]
STAGGY: Days thirteen and fourteen at Eurovision 2019 Chocolate! Squeak! Lots of time to relax! Squeak! Slavko! Squeak! Star treatment at the Eurovision Village! Squeak! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: Where have we been? Eurovision Ireland has been working hard since early May, bringing you up to date news and features from Tel Aviv. But what does the press centre look like? Here’s Richard to show you around. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
MONTENEGRO: Interview with Slavko at Eurovision 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Slavko Kalezić, who represented Montenegro in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. He told us about new work, New York, and Shakespeare. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
STAGGY: Day twelve at Eurovision 2019 Going on an adventure! Squeak! It’s the ICC in Jerusalem (1979 and 1999)!!! SQUEEEEAK!!!!! The Church of the Holy Sepulchre! Squeak! The western Wall! Squeak! Jerusalem! Squeak! Souvenirs! Squeak! Pænda article! Squeeeeeeeak! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland