For those of you that have already seen the official video, will realise Taylor Hynes is joined by some familiar Eurovision Song Contest alumni. Niamh Kavanagh (1993 Winner & 2010 Finalist) and Ryan O’Shaughnessy (2018 Finalist) join Taylor. For Ryan O’Shaughnessy, this will make a change to feature […]
Week 4 saw the annual Movies theme on the X Factor in the UK. Week 4 saw a double elimination and after a rough couple of few weeks, followed by a successful one last week, fans of Brendan Murray were obviously worried. However, there was no need to […]
#IRELAND: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin has died One of Ireland’s most renowned composers and arrangers, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, has died. Whilst his name may not be uppermost in the mind of the Eurovision fan, he was responsible for ‘Lumen’, the interval act from the 1995 contest held at […]
Week 3 saw the annual Fright Night theme on the X Factor in the UK. Due to technical hitches, voting only took place in the Sunday Results Show. Week 3 saw a double elimination and after a rough couple of few weeks, fans of Brendan Murray were obviously […]
Brendan Murray (IRE’17), has made it past Judge’s Houses and will appear on the Live Shows. Watch his Judge’s Houses performance below: Video: YouTube/ITV Author: Richard Taylor Source: ITV
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 […]
It sold out well over two months before opening night, brought the house down and received no less than 5 standing ovations from its delighted Dublin audience – what could generate THAT much hype? Why, Ireland’s Eurovision – The Ultimate Show! Hosted by the unparalleled Paddy Cole, Eurovision […]
RTE have confirmed they will be participating at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. This comes after the announcement of their Autumn 2018/Spring 2019 programming schedules. After a five year gap, Ryan O’Shaughnessy brought Ireland back to the Final with the song “Together”. Since 2016, Ireland have used the […]
The international music festival Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag) celebrates this year 50 years since its debut in 1968. The festival – organized by the Romanian TV broadcaster TVR – is traditionaly held in Brasov, one of the most beautiful cities in Romania. Lots of international artists have taken the […]
This week as a one off, #WinnersWednesday is on a Sunday – after many winners have been crowned in various sporting events this weekend. This week, we continue to look back at past winners from the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we will be casting our eyes over […]
The 2017 UK representative at Eurovision Song Contest, Lucie Jones is coming to Ireland! Charismatic and talented Lucie Jones – who finished 15th at Eurovision 2017 with 111 points – will be playing the role of Elle Woods in the musical “Legally Blonde”. If you like musicals and […]
1994: Ireland In 1994, the 39th Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Point Depot, Dublin. Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan took part for Ireland, becoming their sixth entry to win for their country. Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan finished with a 60 point margin over their nearest […]
After representing his own country ten year’s ago in Belgrade, Serbia, Dustin The Turkey has announced some news that’ll make some UK Eurovision Song Contest fans cause shivers down their backs. After not qualifying from the semi final back in 2008, Dustin now wants to take to the […]
Welcome to a new series of articles we will be running every Wednesday across the summer – #WinnersWednesday. Every week, we will look back at three winners from Eurovision Song Contest past. 1956: Switzerland In 1956, the 1st Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Teatro Kursaal, Lugano. […]
Back in 2005 Donna McCaul and her brother Joe represented Ireland at Eurovision in Kyiv with the pop song “Love?” Even though they failed to qualify into the final, obtaining 53 points and thus being on the 14th spot (in the Semi Final), they will always be in […]
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