#UKRAINE: Live blog of Vidbir 2025 from 17.30CET The national finals are coming thick and fast this weekend. Today includes the turn of Ukraine – a country you can never write off, as they definitely ‘get’ Eurovision. Ten acts are competing for the lucky Golden Ticket to Basel. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrea Szulák from Hungary is 61 today There are a few areas of the Eurovision world that are very cunningly tucked away. So tucked away that people often forget they’re there. Like a certain event in Ljubljana in 1993. Was it a semi-final? Was it a pre-selection? […]
#IRELAND: And the winner is… The special Eurovision edition of RTÉ’s Late Late Show has just finished, and Ireland has picked a song that could maybe – just maybe – secure an eighth win. After a combination of public and jury voting, the song going to Basel in […]
#IRELAND: Live blog of Eurosong 2025 from 22.35CET Seven-time winners of the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland hold their selection show tonight. In the Late Late Show slot on RTÉ1, six acts will vie for that golden ticket to Basel in May. Patrick Kielty will host, and members of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mayte Mateos of Baccara is 74 today There are songs out there that tick lots of boxes. A competent stage act, a potential winner, even a bit of false-flagness thrown in for good measure. And maybe an act that has form in the ‘muggle’ music industry. Today’s […]
#IRELAND: The Eurosong 2025 performers Eurovision Ireland’s roving reporter Dermot Manning caught up with the six acts vying for the golden ticket to represent Ireland and RTÉ at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May. We asked the performers about influences, stagings and their songwriting experiences. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Albina from Croatia is 26 today Those performers who we saw at the 2021 edition of our favourite TV show must have felt a bit short-changed. They couldn’t properly socialise, and the most they saw of Rotterdam was the venue and their hotel room. You have to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alexia from Cyprus is 61 today I’m feeling old today. I remember songs from the 1980s as if they were yesterday. And here we are in the third decade of the 21st Century. There’s a story I love about today’s birthday girl Αλέξια Βασιλείου/Alexia Vasiliou. Our host […]
#BIRTHDAY: José Cid from Portugal is 83 today I mention from time to time that we love someone who tries. Even though they’ll never be the continent’s favourite. Often through no fault of their own. Actually, today’s birthday boy did really well for his native Portugal, and his […]
#BIRTHDAY: Willeke Alberti from the Netherlands is 80 today It’s always hoped that a good song, a popular song, will score well. Especially if it’s well-performed by a seasoned singer who can turn their hand to anything. Eurovision attracts singers of all ages, and it’s good to see […]
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