#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Four The Eurovision Ireland team today saw another nine songs rehearse. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point. This means a top score of 25. What did we […]
#ESC 2021: Day Four Rehearsals Blog from 10.00 CET After the best part of two years, we finally get a proper rehearsal of performances for a Eurovision Song Contest! Yes, at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we kick off with the second set of songs from the Second Semi-Final. REMEMBER: This year the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 68 today In our favourite TV show, it’s easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It’s all good fun. We love them all, as they’ve done something most of us will never do. Today’s birthday […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviewed… Over several weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 39 songs participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. If you’ve not watched our shows, you can click on the links below. We would like to thank our guest reviewers, amongst them Big Daddy Karsten […]
#BIRTHDAY: Saara Aalto from Finland is 34 today Our friends in Finland have had a very spotty time at Eurovision. Only one win in xxx years, and very little else in the higher positions. It matters not, especially to the fans. They will love certain countries/acts/songs, however well […]
#OBITUARY: Fredi from Finland has died aged 78 Veteran of two Eurovision Song Contests Matti Kalevi Siitonen, also known as Fredi, has died aged 78. A popular figure in the Finnish music scene. he had a career that spanned some 45 years. Eurovision fans will know him from […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hanna Pakarinen from Finland is 40 today Would you want to be the home entrant if you were in a Eurovision Song Contest. You have no issues with the host country’s culture, but you won’t get to travel to somewhere exotic. On the plus side, the crowd […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part II – The Nordics With the Rotterdam contest approaching, we at Eurovision Ireland are reviewing the songs in seven bite-sized chunks. In our first review we looked at the automatic finalists, and you can see our scores at the foot of this article. […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Semi-final Two draw The 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is now starting to get exciting, now we’ve had the draw for the semi-finals. It’s always interesting to see who gets placed where. Will this crucial draw sink a song’s chances? Or will it boost the chances […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. You asked us to take a look at the Scandinavian countries, so the next stop […]