#BIRTHDAY: Raphael Gualazzi from Italy is 40 today It was back in late 2010/early 2011 that websites were previewing a massive announcement that we’d remember for ever. It was an intriguing thing to say, and did, momentarily, have me wondering what it would be. An expanded contest of […]
Sámi Grand Prix 2022 will take place on Saturday 16th April – with both the Joik and Song Contests. The winner of the Song Contest will go to Liet International 2022. The winner will also get 20,000 NOK. NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, will also be expanding their […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vicky Rosti from Finland is 63 today Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think Quedate conmigo is the best Spanish song ever. Or that Nel blu dipinto di blu is the best Italian song of all time. Or what can […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gianluca Bezzina from Malta is 32 today Are there any countries you would love to see win for the first time? Well there aren’t that many left, but some are dying to lose their winning virginity, as we saw in Rotterdam. Today we look at the Mediterranean’s […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, has revealed the artists taking part in Festivali i Këngës 60. The artists taking back are: Alban Ramosaj Denis Skura Eldis Arrnjeti Evi Reci Endri & Stefi Ester Zahiri Gjergj Kacinari Janex Kastro Zizo Kelly Kejsi Rustja Mirud Olimpia Smajlaj Rezarta Smaja Ronela […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is now broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – that’s well over 1500 songs! We’ve scoured the Big 5 countries and across […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, have revealed the dates for Festivali i Këngës 60. The 60th edition of the festival will take place on: Night One – December 27th Night Two – December 28th Grand Final – December 29th Last year, Festivali i Këngës was held outside due […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katerine Duska from Greece is 32 today Our friends in Greece are vociferous Eurovision fans. It’s true they had a really purple patch some time ago, when they could do absolutely no wrong. Those top 10 places started in 2001, and generally continued about a dozen years. […]
#HALL OF FAME: Welcome inductees 11 and 12 Here at Eurovision Ireland, we want to celebrate those most illustrious people who have made our favourite TV show the thing that it is today. In each edition, we’ll induct two performer or personalities from somewhere in Eurovision land. These […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nodar Tatishvili from Georgia is 35 today That thing when you get a well-performed duet at our favourite TV show. In theory, you get two able performers, who bounce off each other, giving us the best of both worlds. It’s odd that more duets haven’t won the […]