We can all agree that once we heard Húsavík -from the Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga film – the song instantly received a special place in our hearts. But sometimes we just don’t want to play a ballad. Here is when the remixes come and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sigga from Iceland is 58 today It’s repeat offender time again. You know the sort – They have a good/bad/indifferent result when they take part a first time. They get the bug and come back again. Repeat as necessary. Today’s birthday girl Sigga (née Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir) appeared […]
Have you seen the Eurovision Movie yet? Of course you have! Let me rephrase that… how many times have you seen the Eurovision Movie?! Without giving away too much in the (very unlikely) event you haven’t seen it, the film centres on Lars and Sigrit, two singers from […]
The magic of Skjálfandi captured by Will Ferrell and My Marianne in hit song Húsavík has captured the audience in the USA! Just a few weeks after the release of Netflix’s musical comedy Eurovison Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell scores his first entry on a Billboard songs […]
PLAY JA JA DING DONG!!! Yes, you read that right – everyone’s favourite song from everyone’s favourite movie now has its own restaurant in Húsavík! Earlier today the JaJa Ding Dong Húsavík opened in the Icelandic town, setting of Will Ferrel’s film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of […]
#EUROVISION: Review of Fire Saga As you’ll know, the film The Story of Fire Saga has now hit the screens, and has received every possible review out there. We at Eurovision Ireland have taken a different approach, and selected two of the stand out songs to talk about […]
USA: Eurovision performers from across the pond Whilst Eurovision is distinctly a European, Mediterranean and Australian affair, our friends across the Atlantic have occasionally been called in to help countries with their songs. As rumours always swirls around about a US version of Eurovision, or a US broadcaster […]
STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part V Staggy can be very opinionated when he wants to be – he had plenty to say about what happened (or didn’t happen) in Rotterdam this year. Neveretheless, he’s cast his eye over some of the 2020 crop of songs, and here are […]
Daði Freyr and his band Gagnamagnið didn’t get the chance to prove they can win Eurovision 2020, but they certainly conquered the British public with their Icelandic Eurovision entry ‘Think About Things‘. Last week , Think About Things entered The Official BBC Top 100 on the 43rd position and this […]
#BIRTHDAY: Halla Margrét from Iceland it 56 today Back in the 1980s our favourite TV show was bumping along nicely. Lots of entries every year Lots of interesting languages. And lots of interesting results. Take Iceland for example. They débuted in 1986 and finished 16th. Oddly enough, in […]