BIRTHDAY: Muriel Day from Ireland is 77 today* Some of you may only have ever seen contests in glorious colour. And the quality seems to get higher every year. A pity the songs don’t always follow suit. Although we take colour for granted now, it wasn’t always the […]
#FRA: Destination Eurovision Semi-final One On Saturday, France Télévisions launches its hunt for a representative for Tel Aviv. As we’ve reported, 18 acts will perform over two semi-finals. That’s nine in each semi-final. The top four from each semi-final will make it through to the final on Saturday […]
At 11:00GMT/12:00CET tomorrow morning, the running orders for the four semi finals of Melodifestivalen 2019 will be revealed. You can watch the running orders been revealed live via the Melodifestivalen official pages on Facebook and Instagram. The four semi finals this year will take place in Gothenburg, Malmo, […]
After representing his home country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017 and entering the X-Factor UK – making it all the way through to Judge’s Houses, Slavko is making another step in his career. On Saturday 16th February, Slavko has been invited to perform in New York […]
BIRTHDAY: Mary Roos from Germany is 70 today Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to open a Eurovision Song Contest? On the one hand, you get your three minutes out of the way and can then sip the free bubbly. I’m looking at you Amandine. But […]
Earlier today, the Romanian broadcaster TVR revealed an addition to the rules of Romania’s 2019 Eurovision selection process. The press release states: Eurovision România: ultimul termen pentru solicitarea unui wild card este 10 ianuarie Având în vedere datele stabilite pentru cele două semifinale, termenul limită până la care […]
BIRTHDAY: David Civera from Spain is 40 today One of the things about taking part in our favourite TV contest is the audience. Yes, it’s a TV show first and foremost, but there will always be a crowd that you have to sing to too. In the good […]
Pozdrava sa Balkana! We here at Eurovision Ireland have been lucky enough to catch up with the lovely Andrea Demirović, all the way from Montenegro! As you may remember, Andrea sang for Montenegro in 2009, narrowly missing out on taking one of Eurovision’s smallest nations to the final […]
CZE: ČT reveals its eight hopefuls for Tel Aviv Broadcaster Česká Televize has revealed the songs up for carrying the Czech flag in Tel Aviv in May. The eight songs can be voted upon by the Eurovision app until Monday 21 January. As you know, the Prague-based organisation […]
BIRTHDAY: Chris Kempers from Germany is 54 today You wait ages, and then two duos come along at once. One’s a classic song with an instant hook and star potential. And the other is from Chanée & N’evergreen. I joke of course. Every song has its fans, and […]