BIRTHDAY: Mary Roos from Germany is 70 today Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to open a Eurovision Song Contest? On the one hand, you get your three minutes out of the way and can then sip the free bubbly. I’m looking at you Amandine. But […]
BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 54 today You wait ages, and then two duos come along at once. One’s a classic song with an instant hook and star potential. And the other is from Chanée & N’evergreen. I joke of course. Every song has its fans, and […]
Within the last couple of weeks, both Switzerland and Germany have chosen their choirs that will represent them in Gothenburg, next August. Switzerland Cake O’Phonie took victory in “Chorus” – a national selection process that saw twelve choirs take part. The choir is from Fribourg, with additional members […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
The Final for this year’s Eurovision Young Musicians takes place tonight in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh. The Running Order for tonight is as follows: Norway – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad (Cello) Slovenia – Nikola Pajanovic (Violin) Czech Republic – Indi Stivin (Double Bass) Germany – Mira Foron (Violin) Hungary […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 29th May 2018 and we look at the last time Israel hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. 29th May – 19 Years Ago Today On this day in […]
Here we are just a few hours away from finding out the winner or Eurovision 2018! Last night after the Jury Final Ireland climbed into top 3 and Cyprus remained as a favourite to win. It’s time to check the odds for the last time this season and […]
Tonight was the Jury Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and the bookies are presenting us with new suprises! Let’s see how our top 10 looks like after the Jury Final! Cyprus (Eleni Foureira – Fuego) (Same position) Israel ( Netta – Toy) (Same position) Ireland (Ryan O’Shaughnessy – […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]