#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 […]
On July 13th, RAI, the Italian national broadcaster announced that seventeen cities announced their interest in a Host City bid for the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. Now six of those interested cities have dropped out following a non-submission of a bid book. They were: Bertinoro di Romagna Florence […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sanja Vučić from Serbia is 28 today Some of those singers just can’t get enough of our favourite TV show. They keep coming back, just to see if they can win that crystal microphone. But it sometimes happens that they come back again in a slightly different […]
Malin Reitan from Norway, has turned 26 years old today. Malin represented Norway, at the 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 3rd place, with “Sommer og skolefri”. Happy Birthday, Malin! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the […]
During the duration of the Olympic Games, which are been held in Tokyo, we will be taking a different Eurovision country each day. Today, on the final day of the Games, we are looking at Ireland’s best Eurovision entry, after they took Gold in the Women’s Light (57-60kg) […]
#BIRTHDAY: Duarte Mendes from Portugal is 74 today Is Eurovision political? Is there a fine line between a political song and one that celebrates history? Where do you draw this line? Some countries have had more turbulent histories than others, and some very recently. Back in 1975, revolution […]
During the duration of the Olympic Games, which are been held in Tokyo, we will be taking a different Eurovision country each day. Today we are looking at Georgia’s best Eurovision entry, after they took Gold in the Women’s 20km Race Walk Athletics competition. Italy have made the […]