Slovenia has chosen their representative for the postponed Eurovision Young Musicians 2020 – after a televised final was due to take place on Sunday 29th March. A Jury selected the representative, based on the Semi Final performances. Sebastijan Buda was selected, with the Horn as his instrument of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sigga from Iceland is 58 today It’s repeat offender time again. You know the sort – They have a good/bad/indifferent result when they take part a first time. They get the bug and come back again. Repeat as necessary. Today’s birthday girl Sigga (née Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir) appeared […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fredi from Finland is 78 today Eurovision songs are occasionally branded – by muggles – as nonsense. Meaningless lyrics, daft arm-waving dance routines, and reinforcement of national stereotypes. Some of this may be true, but we love them nonetheless. Even if the title may make you think […]
#BIRTHDAY: Braulio from Spain is 74 today It’s always a curious mix of countries in our favourite TV show. We have the 21st Century newbies, to those that have racked up 50 appearances or more. So it follows that, occasionally, we pick songs from times before you, dear […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ester Peony from Romania is 27 today What do you think of stage shows? Should they be kept simple, in order to emphasise a song? Or is there anything wrong in a kickass dance routine or novel staging? Both can work. Just look at the contrast between, […]
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 […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Could we see another Eurasian nation, like Russia, participate at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest? Sadly not. TRT, the Turkish national broadcaster have confirmed the news to Eurofestivales earlier today. TRT stated they do not participate in any Eurovision contests. TRT previously participated in the Eurovision Song […]
Following her appearance in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga”, Elina Nechayeva has revealed she may look at competing in the 2021 edition of Eesti Laul. Elina Nechayeva told ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster: “When I saw the film, I remembered the feeling of participating in […]
We at Eurovision Ireland want to hear from you. Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? In our ‘Real Me’ articles, we get to […]