#BIRTHDAY: Fredi from Finland is 78 today Eurovision songs are occasionally branded – by muggles – as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes. Some of this may be true, but we love them nonetheless. Even if the title may make you think […]
#BIRTHDAY: Braulio from Spain is 74 today It’s always a curious mix of countries in our favourite TV show. We have the 21st Century newbies, to those that have racked up 50 appearances or more. So it follows that, occasionally, we pick songs from times before you, dear […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ester Peony from Romania is 27 today What do you think of stage shows? Should they be kept simple, in order to emphasise a song? Or is there anything wrong in a kickass dance routine or novel staging? Both can work. Just look at the contrast between, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Darude from Finland is 45 today Can you spot a winner from a first listen? Yes? Well, could you spot a candidate for last place at first listen too? It can be tough at the top, but equally tough at the bottom. Imagine the scene. A certain […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monica Aspelund from Finland is 74 today Those Finns have been unlucky over the years. Yes, they’ve had one win, but very few other finishes in the top 10. How many songs that maybe should have done better, ended up a long way down? Back in 1977, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carl Espen from Norway is 38 today Do you ever notice that some songs are touted as winners, only to fade away once they get to the host city. It could be missed staging opportunity, or the draw conspiring against it. Back in 2014, we all gathered […]
#THE REAL ME: Eurovision Memories from Dermot Manning We at Eurovision Ireland want to hear from you. Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? […]
#BIRTHDAY: Filipa Azevedo from Portugal is 29 today What were you doing 10 years ago? Were you an ardent fan? Had you even discovered the contest? Or were you thinking it was time to take up hang-gliding instead of staying in on a Saturday night in May? If […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luiz Ejlli from Albania is 35 today It’s a thing these days that most songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember when there was no free language rule. So it’s nice when a country uses its own […]
#THE REAL ME: Eurovision Memories from David Shardlow Eurovision Ireland asked fan David Shardlow for a Eurovision song that means something to him. He tells us his story… I was just eleven years old at the time and A Song For Europe for me, was more important than […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 53 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
#BIRTHDAY: André from Armenia is 39 today It’s début time again, and one that saw an expansion into the Caucasus – that area some claim is Europe and some claim is Asia. We’re not going to discuss that geographical question here. Today’s birthday boy Անդրեյ Սերգեյի Հովնանյան/André Sergey […]
#BIRTHDAY: Omar Naber from Slovenia is 39 today Many people can claim to have a unique record in our favourite TV show. It could be their country’s only winner. Or the only person to win twice as a performer. More often – probably – are people who share […]
#EUROVISION: Review of Fire Saga As you’ll know, the film The Story of Fire Saga has now hit the screens, and has received every possible review out there. We at Eurovision Ireland have taken a different approach, and selected two of the stand out songs to talk about […]
#IRELAND: Review of 1993 National Final As you will know, Ireland has had seven victories at the Eurovision Song Contest. It leads the table of winners. But how did this happen? We at Eurovision Ireland went back in time to 1993, to see what Niamh Kavanagh had to […]
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