So, it’s only been just over a week since The Netherlands took the Eurovision crown and the hosting responsibility passed over from Israel to this beautiful country . There has of course, since then been a lot of speculation about which city the Dutch will pick as host […]
BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 38 today Back in the mists of time, just after the Eurovision Song Contest started, in the 1990s, a certain musical country from the Baltic started doing really well. So much so, that a win wasn’t far away. I jest of course. The […]
BIRTHDAY: Anne-Marie David is 67 today A winner? Well, there have been 67 of them, so they’ll crop up here from time to time. There is another winner who has a birthday today, but I’ll save her for another year. Today’s birthday girl Anne-Marie David has actually represented […]
BIRTHDAY: Dominique Walter from France is 77 today Can you see it? The dust settling, that is? Over another riotous cavalcade of quality song? We’ve had 64 of them now, so the EBU must be doing something right. A whole lot of contests mean that we have a […]
Well, as we all know by now , The Netherlands achieved their much awaited 5th win after 44 years of trying , with the closest they got to breaking that long wait being back in 2014 being when The Common Linnets came 2nd with “Calm after the Storm […]
BIRTHDAY: Alekseev from Belarus is 26 today We all know that staging is key. Yes, it’s a song contest, but sometimes a song needs a costume change or a slick dance routine to squeeze a few extra points out of the jurors and televoters. In 2018, when we […]
STAGGY: Days thirteen and fourteen at Eurovision 2019 Chocolate! Squeak! Lots of time to relax! Squeak! Slavko! Squeak! Star treatment at the Eurovision Village! Squeak! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
The time has come! Welcome to the Jury Grand Final Live Blog AND our last Live Blog of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest season, here from Tel Aviv! Tonight, the twenty qualifiers from across Tuesday and Thursday take to the stage, joining Israel and the Big 5. 50% […]
ESC2019: Where have we been? Eurovision Ireland has been working hard since early May, bringing you up to date news and features from Tel Aviv. But what does the press centre look like? Here’s Richard to show you around. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
MONTENEGRO: Interview with Slavko at Eurovision 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Slavko Kalezić, who represented Montenegro in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. He told us about new work, New York, and Shakespeare. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland