Today, the Eurovision Ireland team were invited to attend a short press event jointly held by the delegations from Azerbaijan and The United Kingdom for Eurovision 2013 in Malmo. Farid Mammadov and Bonnie Tyler both arrived in the main square by the Eurovision 2013 clock for a photo […]
Monday May 13th – so what is happening today at Eurovision? Well there will be the first full dress rehearsal of Semi Final 1 at 17:00 (CET) and the 2nd one at 21:00 (CET). We will be in the arena and will have a rolling blog of the show so we […]
In the last couple of days we have seen polls from the Press Centre confirm most of the bookmakers’ odds on the first semi-final, but as we review the odds on qualification from the second semi-final, it’s clear that here there is a big difference between the polls […]
Farid Mammadov had the 2nd rehearsal of his Eurovision 2013 song “Hold Me” for Azerbaijan today. Azerbaijan (YouTube Video Courtesy of ESCkaz) Elaine’s view This is just fantastic. The routine inside the box was slightly different today and is even better. This has to be a definite qualifier […]
Farid Mammadov took to the Eurovision stage earlier today We reviewed his performance on the below article https://eurovisionireland.net/2013/05/08/azerbaijan-first-eurovision-rehearsal-2013-reaction-of-the-week-so-far/ Now you can see the first videos of his performance (YouTube Video courtesy of Eurovision) What do you think of his performance? Author/Website co-founder and Editor in Chief Garrett Mulhall […]
Farid Mammadov of Azerbaijan has taken to the stage for his first Eurovision rehearsal and they have sent a clear message to Europe – “We liked hosting the contest last year and want it back again for 2014”. So the equation for the day is as follows Farid + Giant Snow Globe + […]
Azerbaijan’s Eurovision entrant for 2013 – Farid Mammadov – continues to be to the forefront of social media PR at this year’s contest. This week saw his song “Hold Me” get the official remix treatment. He has released multiple remixes of the song that is sure to get […]
Touring and appearing at European Eurovision events/shows in the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest is no new innovation. However this year has seen a marked increase in countries undertaking these tours. With the “Eurovision in Concert” show the “London Pre Contest Party” being both a huge […]
Azerbaijan have received the maximum 12 points from the Mediterranean Island of Malta for the last 3 years in a row. They hope to continue this trend in 2013 as today the Azeri hopeful, Farid Mammadov jets into Malta for the weekend for some promotion. (YouTube Video Courtesy of […]
The Eurovision Song contest may have been a social event created to unite Europe after World Was II through the arts, but still today hosting the contest or even appearing in it can bring political and economic rewards and controversy. One only needs to look at last years […]