#BIRTHDAY: Kølig Kaj from Denmark is 50 today Rap. Is there a musical genre that divides opinion more? It’s always a higher risk style than, say, Schlager or the good old-fashioned ballad. No matter, it can be notable when we see rap at out favourite TV show. In […]
2020 & 2021 Irish Eurovision Song Contest semi finalist, Lesley Roy, has released a brand new single – “I’ll Be Fine”. The official video is to follow, but you can listen to “I’ll Be Fine” below: Let us know what you think about Ireland at the Eurovision Song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Margot Eskens from Germany is 82 today You must have been thinking that I’m only picking the birthdays of recent performers. That is, in part, true. I know many of you have no knowledge of contests before 2000, but there were 44 of them. And, dear reader, […]
Welcome to the return of Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest, which we started last summer. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest to conclude the A-Z. Today, we look at S. […]
The Eurovision Song Contest took place in 1956 to bring Europe together. These days we are once more surrounded by troubled waters, diseases, floods and wildfires. But once again there must be hope and people can come together to help one another. Our thoughts and prayers go to […]
Welcome to the return of Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest, which we started last summer. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest to conclude the A to Z. Today, we look at […]
#BIRTHDAY: Frédéric Etherlinck from Belgium is 53 today Do you often wonder what happens to Eurovision singers once they’ve done their stuff on that stage. We know some become real musicians or politicians, or all-round media personalities. But then there are others. Today’s birthday boy Frédéric Etherlinck (né […]
We’re back! 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 asked you which group of […]
Welcome to the return Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest, which we started last summer. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest to conclude the A to Z. Today, we look at Q. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Odd Børre from Norway is 82 today Time to look back. A long way back. Back before some of you might even have been born. But fear not, it’s in beautiful colour. If you didn’t know, the first contest in colour was in 1968. A time when […]