#BIRTHDAY: Mathé Altéry from France is 93 today We like taking chances here, and I’ll wager that, unless you’ve down your research, you may not know today’s song. It’s probably never ever been played at the typical Eurovision disco. Back in 1956, on some Thursday night in May, […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
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: Rachel from France is 78 today We should remember that our contest isn’t all about what’s happening now. It has a rich history that we should celebrate. I’m sure everyone out there has favourites from former times. But there are those we hear less. As you may […]
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 Final. 1966 In 1966, France was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Isabelle Aubret from France is 82 today It’s about time we had a winner. And it’s about time we had something in glorious black & white. So when those two parts of a Venn diagram work, it’s only right we oblige. Back in 1962, France notched up […]
Exciting news from France today! France representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam will be chosen using a national final, but this time it won’t be ‘Destination Eurovision‘! The selection process will be called ‘Eurovision France, c’est vous qui décidez‘ (Eurovision France, it’s you who decides’). Submissions […]
After Tom Lee announced that he would not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year, the French Head of Delegation today announced that a new internally-produced National Final will take place. The new National Final will be a one night affair from one of France’s regional […]
STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part III Our pundit Staggy may not have made it to Rotterdam, but he can still add his views on what we all could have seen at the Ahoy. You can see what he thought of some other songs HERE. First this time is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anggun of France is 46 today What do you think of the ‘Big 5’? Should they get passage straight to the Grand Final, or should they have to compete on a Tuesday or Thursday night with everyone else? Admittedly, some of them have had rocky patches recently, […]
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