Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Austria. Austria debuted at the Contest in 1957, in Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany. Bob Martin finished […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part IV: Central Europe We’re getting closer to the contest in Rotterdam. Are you excited? We at Eurovision Ireland most definitely are. As a way to keep us occupied, we’re reviewing the 39 songs over seven panel reviews. We’ve even conscripted a rather special […]
#BIRTHDAY: Manuel Ortega from Austria is 41 today If in doubt, repeat some words in your song lyric. It can sometimes pay dividends. Or it can make it appear that your song was originally two minutes and you needed to pad it out somehow. In 2002, Austria sent […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nathan Trent from Austria is 29 today Do you have a favourite stage prop of all time? Is it a staircase used by the UK in 2009? The collection of pictures of ladies used by Italy in 1963? Or even a glitter ball used by Belarus in […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Semi-final Two draw The 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is now starting to get exciting, now we’ve had the draw for the semi-finals. It’s always interesting to see who gets placed where. Will this crucial draw sink a song’s chances? Or will it boost the chances […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. The Contest was only RTE’s second colour broadcast. Along with […]
Moments ago, Tornike Kipiani revealed this year’s Georgian Eurovision Song Contest entry, “You”. You can watch “You” below: Tornike Kipiani was due to represent Georgia at the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest last year, but was internally selected again by GPB, the Georgian national broadcaster, to represent them again […]
Kalispera Evrópi! This is Greece calling! Stefania Liberakakis has just released the full version of her song ‘Last Dance’, which will be the Greek representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021! Haven’t heard it yet? Take a listen below courtesy of ERT’s website! WATCH IT HERE ON ERT’S […]
They were going to sing ‘Hasta La Vista’ in Rotterdam for 2020 – they’re back, and today Hurricane revealed their entry for the 2021 contest – Loco Loco! Take a listen below and see what you think! Serbia now have to earn their spot in the Eurovision Final […]
Earlier tonight, Moldova’s Natalia Gordienko debuted her song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 . The song, called “Sugar ” was released during a lavish party at the Crave Theatre in Moscow , Russia and was broadcast simultaneously on YouTube Live. Take a look below at the reveal […]