The allocation draw for the Grand Finalists have been made in their respective Press Conferences following their second rehearsals. As we knew previously, The Netherlands are already in the second half of the show, in position 23. The first half of the show will see Big 5 members […]
#ESC2021: Day 8 Rehearsals – Live Blog from 10:00 (CET)/09:00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first and second rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09:30 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals from the Grand Finalists. This […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… The Grand Finalists We’ve seen all the Big Five and hosts the Netherlands rehearse for the first time. Lots can still change, but can one of this six countries pull off a victory on 22 May? Click on the video below and see what […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Six The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive sixteen countries rehearse. These were Malta (from semi-final one), nine songs from semi-final two, and the six automatic finalists. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day […]
#ESC2021: Day 6 Rehearsals :Live Blog from 10.00 (CET)/09.00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals. Malta – in Semi final 1 – kick […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviewed… Over several weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 39 songs participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. If you’ve not watched our shows, you can click on the links below. We would like to thank our guest reviewers, amongst them Big Daddy Karsten […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Italy. Italy debuted at the Contest in 1956, in Lugano, Switzerland. Franca Raimondi took part […]
#BIRTHDAY: Massimo Ranieri from Italy is 70 today Our favourite TV has always attracted bigger names, who quite happily mix with those rising stars looking for their big break. Take the Sanremo Festival for example. There are competitions for established and new stars. Talking of Italy, today’s birthday […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part I – The Finalists The Rotterdam contest is fast approaching, so it’s only right that we at Eurovision Ireland review the 39 contenders. In this first of seven reviews, we look at the six songs already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
#BIRTHDAY: Franco Battiato from Italy is 76 today We don’t always pick the recent stuff to celebrate birthdays. We have a long, rich and interesting history of songs. From the outstanding to the less so. And if you’re talking outstanding, one country that springs to mind is Italy. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bobby Solo from Italy is 76 today That thing where you get to represent your country must be great. Although you never get to take a trip abroad. Unless you’re a false flagger that is. You’re in luck, we don’t have a false flagger today. The Sanremo […]
After a long but beautiful night in the city of music, Sanremo, we finally got a result. The winner of Sanremo 2021 is Måneskin – Zitti e buoni The act has won also the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. What do you think of Sanremo’s […]
Buonasera Europa! Buongiorno Australia, this is Italy calling! Welcome to the live blog of the Grand Final of Festival di Sanremo 2021! The Grand Final of 71st edition of the Festival di Sanremo takes place this evening live from the Teatro Ariston, presented by Amadeus and Fiorello. From […]
This week see’s the eighth of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has ten shows, as well as song announcements… Tuesday 2nd March Italy – San Remo Night 1 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Wednesday 3rd March Italy – San Remo Night 2 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Thursday […]
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