#BIRTHDAY: José Cid from Portugal is 81 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 […]
#IRELAND: And the winner is… The people of Ireland has decided who will carry their hopes in Liverpool in May. After a combination of international jury, Irish jury and public voting, that lucky winner is… WILD YOUTH!!! They will perform in the first half of the first semi-final […]
#IRELAND: Live blog of Eurosong 2023 from 22.35 CET Tonight, Ireland decides who will carry their hopes of an eighth Eurovision victory. Six contenders are up for the golden ticket to the shenanigans in May in Liverpool. We at Eurovision Ireland will be blogging the action as it […]
#IRELAND: Eurosong 2023 stars in pictures A few pictures from an event for the press during preparations for the Late Late Show Eurosong special Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Marcel Palonder from Slovakia is 59 today As we know, countries have come and gone when it comes to participating in our favourite TV show. Some we miss, and some, well, you can guess the rest. Some say powers-that-be are more interested in other places than steadfast […]
#IRELAND: Eurosong stars meet the press Eurovision Ireland was granted access to the performers taking part in Eurosong 2023, the show to pick an Irish song for Liverpool in May. Sadly one act proved a bit elusive, even for our cunning skills, but we managed to grab a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dana International from Israel is 54 today There have been around 50 soloist winners of our favourite TV show, so that averages out at about one winner per week. Luckily, we have a solo winner today. But who? It’s a winner from the 20th Century, who set […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hersi from Albania is 33 today Are you from a country that’s never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that [at least] one of your songs should have won, so we can see the delights of what your capital city has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kalomira from Greece is 38 today It’s an old adage that when you’re on that hallowed Eurovision stage, you really need something to push home the fact that you could be worthy of winning on that Saturday night – assuming you make it through a cut-throat semi-final. […]
#CZECHIA: Live blog of ESCZ2023 from 21.00 CET Czech broadcaster Česká televize launches its search for a song for Liverpool tonight, with the presentation of the five songs in the running. The results will be announced on Tuesday 7 February, giving the public plenty of time to vote […]
#IRELAND: Interview with Adgy Eurovision Ireland caught up with Adgy, who will be participating in Eurosong 2023 on Friday 3 February. He told us about musical influences, an ideal duet and, of course, his favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland Picture credit: Adgy
#BIRTHDAY: András Kállay-Saunders from Hungary is 38 today Songs sung in our favourite TV show cover a very wide range of themes. We’ve had songs about falling in love, songs about falling out of love, and songs about how we need to take care of the thongs we […]
#BIRTHDAY: John Lundvik from Sweden is 40 today Do you ever see a song in our favourite TV show and think it’s definitely definitely going to do well? You’re so sure you’ll put money on it winning? That particular song might be from, say, Sweden, so you’re on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gary Lux from Austria is 64 today What was the best contest of all time? Yes, it was 1985. It’s been scientifically proven*. So any act that took part in that contest in Göteborg should be very proud of themselves. After all, when Lys Assia is the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tina Karol from Ukraine is 38 today Who doesn’t love a good thigh-slapper of a song. It’s more than just plain old Schlager. A good old banger that will fill a dance floor, even if the lyric isn’t the most profound in the world. A thigh-slapper with […]
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