Next year, Riverdance will tour the United Kingdom, celebrating a magnificent 25 years in a reinvention of this true favourite. The tour will take in 25 different towns and cities across all four nations of the United Kingdom. The tour kicks off on 10th March in Bournemouth, while […]
Recently, a new YouTube name is on everyone’s lips when it comes to Eurovision song reviews. That name is Maxxy Rainbow, the young drag queen from Pittsburgh, USA that has a passion for the Eurovision Song Contest. As she has stated a couple of times, Maxxy has roots […]
IRELAND: Who wrote ’22’ for Tel Aviv? Meet the songwriters Behind every song there songwriters. If we remember that the Eurovision Song Contest is a contest for these people, then we need to give them the credit they deserve. Ireland’s song ‘22‘ has three songwriters behind it. But […]
BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 21 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. It’s apt that the day Ireland […]
IRELAND: Sarah McTernan to perform ’22’ in Tel Aviv RTÉ has revealed the act, and song and video that will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The song entitled “22” will be performed by Sarah McTernan and was written by Janieck, Marcia “Misha” Sondeijker and Roulsen. Speaking about being selected […]
TG4 have confirmed via their official Twitter feed that Ireland will once again be at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – this year will be Ireland’s fifth participation. While no further information has been released, we expect Junior Eurovision Eire to be used once again as their National […]
EDITORIAL: How do you pick a song? Don’t worry, we’re not using a certain Norwegian in this editorial, as we know small children sometimes read our work. You may have read around the Internet about the selection processes of certain countries. We at EI think this needs to […]
BIRTHDAY: Phil Coulter is 77 today Today’s a different birthday. It’s not always about the singers, although they’re the people you associate with any given song. There’s a whole team behind them. We shouldn’t forget that our favourite TV show a songwriter’s contest. So today it’s the birthday […]
BIRTHDAY: Liam Reilly from Ireland is 64 today I mentioned yesterday that songs had certain themes. Usually involving love. And, thankfully, very rarely about domestic abuse. But there are certain get outs you can use if you’re stuck as a song-writer. That’s why today’s song uses one of […]
BIRTHDAY: Muriel Day from Ireland is 77 today* Some of you may only have ever seen contests in glorious colour. And the quality seems to get higher every year. A pity the songs don’t always follow suit. Although we take colour for granted now, it wasn’t always the […]
Brendan Murray, the 2017 Irish Eurovision semi-finalist and 2018 UK X-Factor semi-finalist, has released a cover of Wham’s “Last Christmas”. You can watch Brendan’s cover version below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: ESCXtra
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 […]
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