#BIRTHDAY: Boris Novković from Croatia is 58 today If you’re not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they’ll be on your side, and if things don’t go well, you can lay the blame on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mia Dimšić from Croatia is 33 today Do you have high hopes for a particular country. No, not Sweden. I mean a country that has the capacity to win our favourite TV show, but have never quite managed that win just yet. Remember, any country can win. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vanna from Croatia is 55 today The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to being also-rans. Of course, some that you think should win make an effort and then lose interest. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Baby Lasagna from Croatia is 30 today It’s often the case that a certain song gets a massive head of steam behind it, and becomes the stand-out performance of a contest, even though it doesn’t win. We can all name songs falling into that category. In 2024, […]
The semi finals are over for another year, so that means it’s time for one of the most popular annual articles Eurovision Ireland publishes – it’s time to find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision […]
#ESC25: And the first ten qualifiers are… The first semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has just finished. Fifteen countries went in, but only 10 have got the gold-ish tickets to proceed to the Grand Final on 17 May. But who are the lucky ten? In the […]
#ESC25: Best Eurovision lyric Part I As we know, a song can live or die on that killer lyric, and could even rely on a single line in that lyric. We at Eurovision Ireland have had a look through the lyrics of the songs competing in Basel, and […]
The First Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is just around the corner, coming to us live from hip Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday 13th May at 21:00PM CET (make sure you check your local listings to find out where you can watch!) Soon enough we’ll know who makes […]
#BIRTHDAY: Doris Dragović from Croatia is 64 today It may come as a surprise to some people out there, but there were Eurovision Song Contests in the 20th Century. A tall story you might think, but definitely true. Today it’s the birthday of one of those performers for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Houdek from Croatia is 44 today There are so many different ways to tackle your three (or maybe six) minutes of fame on that Eurovision stage. Being part of a noteworthy duo is one tack. Or you could perform a duet by yourself. Yes, you read […]