#BIRTHDAY: 19 June – Glennis Grace from the Netherlands is 48 Anyone can win the Eurovision Song Contest. There, I’ve said it. We cite the examples of Portugal and Finland. But there are others. Not too far back we had a win by our friends in the Netherlands. […]
NRK, the Norweigian national broadcaster, have confirmed participation and Melodi Grand Prix – their national selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. NRK have not only confirmed participation at the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, but they have also opened applications for Melodi Grand Prix 2027 – which will […]
RTL, the Luxembourgish national broadcaster, has confirmed participation, ahead of the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. RTL has confirmed that the Luxembourgish government has approved funding to support Luxembourg’s participation in the next three editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. The 2027 edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest will […]
#BIRTHDAY: 18 June – Oto Nemsadze from Georgia is 37 Do you ever spot when countries appear to put in songs they like, rather than ones they think can win our favourite TV show? You have to admire them for staying true to themselves. In Tel Aviv, Georgia […]
LRT, the Lithuanian national broadcaster, have confirmed their continued non-participation at the 2026 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Ta’ Qali. LRT participated a total of four times at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, between 2007 and 2011 – only missing 2009. LRT returned to broadcasting the Contest in […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 18th, we are continuing with Donna McCaul. She represented Ireland, alongside her brother Joe, with “Love?”, taking 14th […]
#BIRTHDAY: 17 June – RiskyKidd from Greece is 31 Have you noticed an increase in collaborations? No? Well, maybe not necessarily in Eurovision circles, but definitely in the wider world of music. But what happens in music eventually permeates to Eurovision. And in 2014 Greece entered a collaboration […]
#BIRTHDAY: 16 June – Johanna Hytti from Finland is 50 Do you love a good sing-song? Or a song where there’s an action you can’t help performing. A nod of the head for a Ukrainian song for example? Or the reflex clap? In 2010. our friends in Finland […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 16th, we are continuing with Brian Kennedy. He represented Ireland with “Every Song Is a Cry for Love”, […]
#BIRTHDAY: 15 June – Jérémie Makiese from Belgium is 26 Our friends in Belgium have been taking part in our favourite TV show since the start – that’s 1956, if you were thinking the first contest was in 2012. They do the right thing and alternate between VRT […]