The Belarusian national final has just finished, and NAVIBAND has been declared the winner! The competition was close, with them scoring 18 points out of a possible 24. This was 6 from the televote and 12 from the jury. Here is their official video. The first song in Belarusian […]
A couple of weeks back, we published a poll to find out who was your favourite artist in the Belarusian selection for Eurovision 2017. And as Belarus are choosing their artist THIS FRIDAY (We’re super excited!!), we thought now was a good time to have a look […]
Hey! Hey! Hiyayaya ho! Hey! Hey! Hiyayaya ho! Recently we spoke to Belarusian hopefuls Naviband about their bid to represent Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest! Check out what they had to say below! Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed by Eurovision Ireland! Firstly, can […]
Another contender for representing Belarus at Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv 2017 (and from our top 3 predictions ) – Angelika Pushnova – was kind enough to accept talking with us and this is what she told us: Thank you so much for accepting this interview! First of all, […]
Last week we found out the lucky 13 that made it to the National Final of Belarus Selection for Eurovision. We were lucky enough to get the chance to get in touch with a strong contender this year, Kattie. Keep on reading to find out what she told us in […]
Last night I wrote about my 3 favourite acts from the Belaurusian national selection and it seems my thoughts coincided with the jury’s thoughts as all of them are in the top 13 selected for the final. Here is the complete list with all the acts that qualified: […]
Today was the day when the open audition of the national selection took place at Belarusian Television and Radio Company (BTRC). We watched the auditions, had some laughs, had some sighs and some “that’s a good one!” From the 67 songs presented on the youtube channel, three caught […]
Eurovision Ireland are here in Malta to cover the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valetta. The rehearsals begin on Tuesday 15th November and run for 4 days. So in advance of that and in a similar vein to articles published for the main Eurovision I am going […]
Things are starting to pick up around Europe. Some countries are starting their selections, some have announced plans that start in the coming months. But other have been silent on potential participation. So we know where we stand, here are what the various nations around Europe are up […]
This year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Valletta, Malta will have 17 participating nations. However, we have three returning nations, which sadly means three withdrawing nations too. Returning Countries Poland (TVP) is returning to the competition for the first time since 2004. Israel (IBA) last […]
Time for the EBU to amend the Eurovision Song Contest rule (1.2.1a)? In a series of articles that we will be delivering over the coming weeks, we will be looking at the lessons that can be taken away from Eurovision 2016 as the aftermath of the wonderful contest […]
Can Today’s iTunes Charts Predict the Winner of Eurovision 2016 tomorrow? In 24 hours time we will know who the winner of Eurovision 2016 will be. So we looked at the iTunes charts to see what countries are charting as we speak before tomorrow’s big final and can […]
Recent years have seen more and more Eurovision songs become swathed in technological macguffins and acrobatic madness. But is filling your stage with bits and pieces the surefire way to success? Or is it better to keep things simple? Well let’s have a look at the evidence. We’ve […]
Who Qualified From Semi-Final 2 at Eurovision 2016? Tonight saw Semi Final 2 take place in Stockholm and the standard was higher that that of Tuesday. Here are the Results QUALIFIERS Latvia Georgia Bulgaria Australia Ukraine Serbia Poland Israel Lithuania Belgium For more info make sure […]
Eurovision 2016 is seeing more controversy today as the official tv footage of the 3 minute versions of Ukraine’s Jalama’s ‘1944’ and Belarus’ Ivan’s ‘Help You Fly’ – that the public will see tomorrow in the voting Semi Final – have found their way onto YouTube already. And […]