#BIRTHDAY: Conchita Bautista from Spain is 85 today The Big Five qualifying for the Grand Final can be a contentious thing. But there are reasons why they’re there, not least because they’ve been taking part since the very early days. The most recent débutante of the Big Five […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michael Rice from the UK is 24 today You know those countries that used to rule the roost, but are now having a very hard time? Well, even though many say otherwise, they are still trying, and I’m sure every country out there would love to win […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eduard Romanyuta is 29 today False-flagger alert! Well, of sorts. It’s one of those days when the worlds of false flaggers and persistent triers collide. With criminal results, you might say. Today’s birthday boy Едуард Едуардович Романюта/Eduard Romanyuta tried three times before he finally got the gig. […]
#HALL OF FAME: Welcome to inductees seven and eight 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. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Donny Montell from Lithuania is 34 today A good song needs a killer lyric. That’s obvious. But it also needs those specific lines that put it above the rest. What is your favourite line from a song? The first song sung by today’s birthday boy Donny Montell […]
Those of you who regularly look in on our site may recall that last year , Eurovision Ireland did a series of video reviews of past National Finals. During this Eurovision close season, we decided to take some more trips down the National Final memory lane, looking at […]
#BIRTHDAY: Riccardo Fogli from Italy is 74 today Do you remember the 1980s? An interesting decade where we had some innovative sets and some innovative costumes. And we had the finest orchestras TV companies could hire. Back in 1983, we were in an old Olympic venue. Olympics, Eurovision […]
The Council and Management of RTCG, the Montenegrin national broadcaster, agreed to the broadcaster’s return to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest – confirming recent rumours in the Eurovision media. The submission process will begin next week, however it is currently unknown if Montevizija or another selection method will […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, has revealed that they received 202 submissions for Eesti Laul 2022. Seven of Estonia’s past Eurovision Song Contest acts have submitted songs, but their names have not been revealed. Out of the 202 submissions, 84 are in the native Estonian language. Other submissions […]
#BIRTHDAY: Claes-Göran Hederström from Sweden is 76 today Sweden! Careful now. Don’t get too excited. Yes, we’ve picked another Swedish birthday, so no doubt you could be salivating already. Just remember, however, that Sweden have been taking part since 1958. Ten years after that first appearance we saw […]