#BIRTHDAY: Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy is 73 today Our friends in Italy are an interesting case study. Their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest seems more love/hate than most. And there’s a school of thought that thinks RAI could win any time they want to. They have had […]
#CHRISTMAS: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 15 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
It has been confirmed that the Ariston Theatre will have an audience for Sanremo 2021. It is still to be decided exactly how many audience members and journalists will be allowed to attend the event next March. Those attending will have swabs taken at the beginning of the […]
Amadeus, the Artistic Director for the 2021 Sanremo Festival, has come out with a blunt message surrounding next year’s Festival and the current Coronavirus pandemic. He had the following to say: “The 2021 Festival, what for me is 70 + 1, must be the first post Coronavirus, that […]
For the next instalment of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Italy – and you’ve certainly let us know! Thousands of you voted, looking through all the Italian Eurovision songs since 1956 to pick out […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Festival di Sanremo have announced a revision in dates for the 2021 festival, following the Coronavirus pandemic. The festival will take place March 2nd – 6th, instead of the traditional first week in February. RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, have yet to announce whether or not they will […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
#STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part VI Staggy wanted to be in Rotterdam in May, and has not shut up about his disappointment of missing out on so much cheese. So instead, he’s been reviewing some of this year’s songs in his own stylee. Do you agree with him? […]