#BIRTHDAY: Darude from Finland is 50 today Can you spot a winner from a first listen? Yes? Well, could you spot a candidate for last place at first listen too? It can be tough at the top, but equally tough at the bottom. Imagine the scene. A certain […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kristina Hautala from Finland is 77 today Do you think it’s true that some languages sound easier on the ear than others? French songs did well in the early days, before English came along. Other languages, however, never really seemed to hit the mark. Today’s birthday girl […]
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 […]
One of the most important evenings is here – The Eurovision 2025 Jury Final. This is the show where the juries have their say in awarding their points! This show is not televised. Do not panic. Eurovision Ireland is here to give you LIVE coverage of the event […]
#ESC25: And the next 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 II 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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 72 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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mr Lordi from Finland is 51 today There have been winners and there have been winners. From those nice safe ballads, some clucks, women dancing on boxes, people ripping clothes off. And so on. And then there was what happened in 2006. Yes, there were contests as […]
#BIRTHDAY: Käärijä from Finland is 31 today We often say that anyone can win the top prize in our favourite TV show. Past performance is no guide to future performance and all that. The same can apply to language. While one language pervades most contests these days, there […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kaija from Finland is 62 today OK, so we’ve gone vintage again. But 1991 was an interesting year when lots of songs got decent scores. And of course the EBU’s St Frank Naef had to employ a tie-break to pick a winner. Whether it was the right […]
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