OBITUARY: Writer Bill Martin has died aged 81 Songwriter, musician and impresario Bill Martin has died aged 81. You may not immediately recognise the name, but with his writing partner Phil Coulter, has written several Eurovision songs that have since become classics. Born William Wylie MacPherson in Glasgow […]
BIRTHDAY: Jonida Maliqi from Albania is 37 today Did you enjoy the last Eurovision Song Contest. You must remember, it was in Tel Aviv. You were wearing your blue jumper. It hardly seems 10 months ago that we were by the sunny Mediterranean. Our friends in Albania, more […]
RTE have confirmed that they intend to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021. RTE have not yet revealed whether or not they will invite Lesley Roy to represent them again next year. Michael Kealy, the Irish Head of Delegation said the following, during an RTE interview: […]
BIRTHDAY: Emma Marrone from Italy is 36 today Our friends in Italy have done fairly well since they can back from exile. Seven top 10 finishes in their last nine attempts, including two runner-up spots. Which other of the Big Five can boast that record? Of course, for […]
BIRTHDAY: Gaitana from Ukraine is 39 today Do you have parents from two completely different places? Is one parent from Ireland and the other from Israel, for example? It’s great when you can benefit from two different cultures. It shows that this world isn’t so big after all. […]
BIRTHDAY: Lado Leskovar of Yugoslavia is 78 today What’s your favourite type of song? Is it one that celebrates love? Or one that tells us about what we’re doing to the planet? Or something darker? They all have a place in our favourite TV show. And back in […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Although the Eurovision Song Contest for 2020 has been cancelled, we decided we will finish the series so that every country gets the #ReVu2 treatment and no one is left out. […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Although the Eurovision Song Contest for 2020 has been cancelled, we decided we will finish the series so that every country gets the #ReVu2 treatment and no one is left out. […]
BIRTHDAY: Tonina Torrielli from Italy is 86 today Even though we were looking forward to a riotous cavalcade of quality song in Rotterdam in May, looking at the present isn’t what we always do here. It’s good to look at the past. After all, there were contests in […]
IRELAND: Fifty years since Dana If you were around 50 years ago tonight, you may have witnessed Ireland’s first ever win the Eurovision Song Contest. A mere five years after we saw Ireland début in Naples, Dana took home the prize at the RAI Theatre in Amsterdam. Dana, […]
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