#BIRTHDAY: Ivi Adamou from Cyprus is 27 today You can tell when some countries are really out for a win. And that is really out for a win. They up their game, they maybe get in some of the best writers and performers, and hope for the best. […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Despina Olympiou from Cyprus is 45 today Are you a real fan? Could you name every single song by every single country, in order? Could you also throw in where they finished? Then we like to throw in challenges every now and then. For various reasons, some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elpida from Greece is 70 today Our friends in Greece are having a better time at Eurovision in the 21st Century than they did in the 20th Century. Musical tastes have widened. Greek music was once viewed by some as exotic, but it can now be just […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Cyprus. 1999 In 1999, Cyprus was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jon Lilygreen from Cyprus is 33 today We have a false flagger today. Now that term can sometimes be derogatory, but it doesn’t need to be. Each broadcaster can make any rules they want, within reason. So if they want someone not from their country, fair enough. […]
#STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part II Our top pundit Staggy has views on some of the 2020 crop of songs. If you missed his take on four of them, you can it HERE. He looks at four more. First he turned to Latvia’s Samanta Tīna. Maybe the official […]
In a series of articles during Eurovision fortnight, we are going to have a look back at our Interviews from years gone by. Today we look back at our Cyprus coverage. 2019 – Tamta 2018 – Eleni Foureira 2017 – Hovig 2016 – Minus One 2015 – John […]
BIRTHDAY: Yannis Savvidakis from Cyprus is 57 today We mentioned a duet the other day, and how with two performers, you’re likely to tick more boxes. And more ticked boxes mean more votes – or so you’d hope. Not that many duets have won our favourite TV show […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Although the Eurovision Song Contest for 2020 has been cancelled, we decided we will finish the series so that every country gets the #ReVu2 treatment and no one is left out. […]
Just a couple of hours ago, after weeks of speculation, Sandro released “Running”, the Cypriot entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. You can watch “Running” below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: eurovision.tv
Following North Macedonia’s reveal of Vasil earlier today, we now have the first 10 acts waiting to go to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 – hurrah! We may still only have one actual song, but if we know Eurovision fans, you’ve been on YouTube and Spotify working out whose […]
JESC BIRTHDAY: Sophia Patsalides is 19 today Sophia Patsalides/ Σοφία Πατσαλίδου represented Cyprus in JESC 2014 with the song I pio omorfi mera/ Η πιο όμορφη μέρα. Happy birthday Sophia! Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
The talented Filipino singer Bella Santiago almost represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, coming 3rd in Selectia Nationala with the song Army Of Love. This Saturday, Bella got the task to imitate Eleni Foureira on the TV Show ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar’. Eleni brought Bella Santiago […]
Cyprus has made an internal selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, in Rotterdam. CyBC have chosen Sandro Nicolas to represent Cyprus, with the song yet to be revealed. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix