#BIRTHDAY: Stefan Filipović from Montenegro is 34 today The semi-finals are a curious thing. Draw is everything if you have to compete in one. It’s true that ten songs will qualify, which give you a better than average chance of making it through. But it does help if […]
RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that they will not be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Montenegro has previously stayed away from the Contest for two consecutive years – that was in 2010, when the Contest was held in Oslo and 2011, […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
Over the last 6 decades, 27 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest, ranging from Portugal in the far west of mainland Europe, all the way across to Azerbaijan on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This also means that just over half of all countries to have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Andrea Demirović from Montenegro is 35 today It’s a tough gig being first to perform at our favourite TV show. And if the Saturday night isn’t bad enough, just imagine doing it on the Tuesday night. It can’t be easy having to warm up three nights of […]
BIRTHDAY: Sergej Ćetković from Montenegro is 44 today When Yugoslavia disintegrated many years ago, we were always keen to see as many of its parts entering songs in our favourite TV show. All six of them (that are EBU members) have now, but some are sitting on the […]
Missing someone feels terrible. Missing an entire country… well now that’s just unbearable! Many nations have come and gone from the Eurovision stage over the years. And for all the countries like Sweden and Estonia that often confirm their participation next year BEFORE this year’s contest is even […]
BIRTHDAY: Stevan Faddy from Montenegro is 33 today It’s another débutant today. Not, strictly speaking, a from a nation treading the boards for the first time, but nevertheless a début. Why, do you ask? Montenegro had first been part of Yugoslavia, and then part of Serbia & Montenegro. […]
Year after year Eurovision competitors try to reinvent the wheel and impress us with either a heart-felt performance, strong visuals or powerful voices. Some try to have it all; sometimes it works, other times it’s just too much for the viewers to handle. Today we’re going to look […]
BIRTHDAY: Rambo Amadeus from Montenegro is 56 today Don’t you just love those ‘novelty’ entries? There have been plenty, to varying degrees of success. One or two have even won. I’ll let you work out which. Of course, these novelties sometimes have a message, even if it’s heavily […]
MONTENEGRO: Interview with Slavko at Eurovision 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Slavko Kalezić, who represented Montenegro in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. He told us about new work, New York, and Shakespeare. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
STAGGY: Day nine at Eurovision 2019 Working hard! Squeak! Orange Carpet! Squeak! Who to support? Squeeak! So many new friends! Squeeeeaaaakkkkk!!!!! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: First semi-finalists on the Orange Carpet Eurovision Ireland was at the Orange Carpet in Tel Aviv to catch the stars before they went for an official opening reception at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium. See what they had to say. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
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 […]
Amidst all the excitement of Eurovision 2019, former contestant Andrea Demirović from Montenegro has released the official music video for her Montevizija entry from earlier this year ‘Ja Sam Ti San’. In the music video, Andrea appears to be tried as a witch and sentenced to burn at […]