BIRTHDAY: Dino Merlin from Bosnia-Herzegovina is 57 today Is Eurovision a young person’s game? Well, the junior that happens in November definitely is. But do you have to be a fresh-faced and eager teenager or twenty-something to get the most out of our favourite TV show? Of course, […]
BIRTHDAY: Maya Sar from Bosnia and Herzegovina is 38 today It’s memory Friday today. That is, a song that you may have forgotten about over the years, so it’s about time the dust gets blown off the video and played for your pleasure. Our friends in Bosnia AND […]
BIRTHDAY: Mija Martina from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 35 today I think we need to start a campaign to bring tempt countries back to entering songs in our favourite TV show. Maybe our friends at the EBU should make it cheaper to enter. Bosnia AND Herzegovina is/are one […]
BIRTHDAY: Deen from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 37 today As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick to do well? St Salvador of Sobral didn’t think so, but they do sometimes help. […]
Every Monday for the next few weeks, we will be looking back at former participating nations at the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we look back at Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country who has made the Final 18 times, 2016 been the only year not to qualify for […]
OBITUARY: Yugoslavia’s Sabahudin Kurt has died News has reached us that Yugoslavia’s representative in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest – Sabahudin Kurt – has died. He was 82. He sang the song ‘Život je sklopio krug’ at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. As you may know, only […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the last week, Eurovision Ireland has posted 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be crowned Eurovision […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the coming week, Eurovision Ireland will be posting 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be crowned […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
Earlier this week, the complete list of Eurovision 2017 participants was published, naming the 43 countries who will take to the stage in Kyiv, Ukraine next May. 43 countries taking part equals the record first set in 2008 in Belgrade, then matched again in Düsseldorf in 2011. This […]
According to the Bosnian news website Klix.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina are “in danger of being excluded from the EBU” as soon as the end of this month if it fails to settle its unpaid debts, much in the same way as Romania’s TVR were just weeks before this […]
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 will qualify from Semi Final 1 at Eurovision 2016 tonight? The Eurovision Ireland team have brought you all the performances and reviews from the rehearsals and last night we brought you a rolling blog of the Jury Voting Dress Rehearsal for Semi Final 1. PREDICTIONS […]
Eurovision 2016 – Day 8 Jury Dress Rehearsal Semi Final 1 LIVE ROLLING BLOG – START 2100 CET- JUST REFRESH Just when you thought you had seen the best of us, we are back and better than ever!! If you were thinking of going anywhere else for your fix of […]
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