#BIRTHDAY: Emly Starr from Belgium is 63 today Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering), and only ever had one win. It’s a nice arrangement that the broadcasters for the two […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 71 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
#BIRTHDAY: Pave from Finland is 70 today Do you remember when countries had to sing in languages of their own country? None of this mixing it up or singing purely in English. It meant singers had to be creative if they were getting a message across. It was […]
RTE have yet to announce an Irish participation at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest – let alone whether Lesley Roy will be carried forward after the cancelled 2020 Contest or if another selection will take place. Lesley Roy however, is preparing a potential entry for the 2021 Contest, […]
RTS, the Serbian national broadcaster, have confirmed that they will be participating at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. It is currently unknown how RTS will select their representative. Hurricane maybe invited back after the cancelled 2020 Contest or another selection process could take place. Author: Richard […]
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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Donatan from Poland is 36 today We have a very unique situation today. It’s custom for the named act to be on stage during a Eurovision performance. As far as we know, there has been one occasion where the named act had to take a step back […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ann Sophie from Germany is 30 today The Big Five. A good thing or a bad thing? Well, they put a lot of money into our favourite TV show, so we can see those jurors in HD rather than listen to them on a patchy phone line. […]
With the start of the new Eurovision year, see’s the opening of the 2021 Eesti Laul submission period – which will end on Friday 6th November. Submitting Estonian language songs will cost participation of €25, while other language songs will cost participation of €75. Participation costs will double […]
HappyNewYear: The 2021 Eurovision Season starts here Happy New Year! You may be wondering why we’re playing a non-Eurovision song (even if it’s by an obscure Nordic band from the 1970s). Well, from today, any song released for public consumption is eligible for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. […]