BIRTHDAY: Raf from Italy is 60 today Those Italians, eh? They send so many decent songs, and never really seem to care. Sanremo is their music competition of choice, and Eurovision doesn’t always get massive ratings. But you ask any Italian star, and they’d give their finest gnocchi […]
BIRTHDAY: Alice from Italy is 65 today The Big Five often get criticised for being able to make the final and – according to some – put in substandard songs. Every country has off years, and of course even the Big Five can put in crackers of songs. […]
Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv this May not only gave The Netherlands their 5th win at Eurovision, but also their first win since 1975 – a staggering 44 years ago! This got us here at Eurovision Ireland thinking… of all the countries that have won the contest, […]
Mahmood, this year’s Italian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Western Europe later this year – including a date in London. The tagline of the tour is “Good Vibes”. A date for ticket sales has yet to be announced. Mahmood will be performing in these […]
JESC2019: Final list of participating countries Over the previous months, various broadcasters have been announcing whether they would – or would not – be participating in the 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It takes place in Gliwice, in southern Poland, on Sunday 24 November. But who will we […]
BIRTHDAY: Toto Cutugno from Italy is 76 today A winner? Well, it’s been a while. And since there are nearly 70 of them, they’re bound to crop up once in a while. And is it a good winner? Back in 1990, when the contest was a small affair, […]
If you haven’t heard yet about Alexandro Kröger Degerfeldt, you are about to be amazed now. The 26 year old Eurovision fan from Umeå, Sweden, has an unique hobby – he builds Eurovision stages with legos! This year he amazed yet again the Eurovision community by reimagining the […]
BIRTHDAY: Enrico Ruggeri from Italy is 62 today Yesterday I briefly mention our friends in Italy. Well, as you may know, their relationship with our favourite Tv show has been up and down. They had the big gap between 1997 and 2011 and concentrated on their beloved Sanremo […]
ITALY: Staggy’s National Day playlist Staggy, with a bit of help from the Eurovision Ireland team, has put together a short playlist to help celebrate Italy’s Festa della Repubblica. If you’re Italian, we hope you have a good day. Squeak!! First, let’s start with the song from 2017. […]
The time has come! Welcome to the Jury Grand Final Live Blog AND our last Live Blog of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest season, here from Tel Aviv! Tonight, the twenty qualifiers from across Tuesday and Thursday take to the stage, joining Israel and the Big 5. 50% […]
ESC2019: The best/worst lyric of 2019? We all know that killer line in a song can make or break it. But what could be the crucial one this year? Albania – Every song, every tear is just a bitter souvenir… Armenia – First you said you kneeled, you […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY NINE REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day nine of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see Israel and the Big 5. Will we see a winner amongst them? You know what to do. Hit ‘Refresh’ […]
STAGGY: Days six and seven at Eurovision 2019 The stage! Squeak! Sarah on stage! Squeak!! Making friends with KAN! Squeak! Romanian biscuits! Squeak! The Italians interview! Squeeeeak! A hot air balloon! Squeak! So much Pænda! Squeeeeeeaaaak!!!! Making another friend! squeak! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SEVEN REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day seven of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final two acts of the first semi-final, first nine acts of the second semi final, Israel and the […]
BIRTHDAY: Anna Oxa from Italy is 58 today We’re continuing our look at duets through the ages. As I’ve said, they can be hit or miss. They can be well-suited, or thrown together in a rush because they look attractive, or no-one else wants the gig. Today we […]
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