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 […]
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 […]