#PORTUGAL: Maria Guinot has died Portuguese singer Maria Guinot has died after a short illness. She was famous in Eurovision circles for performing in the 1984 contest in Luxembourg with the song ‘Silêncio e Tanta Gente‘. It finished 11th with 38 points. Many think it should have done […]
At the start of October, the out-going Managing Director of SBS, Micheal Ebeid, had announced that there was geo-political difficulties in arranging the planned Eurovision Asia Song Contest. At the time, he did say however: “We have put all our energy into this other idea we’re planning to […]
Over the weekend, there have been a number of rumours circulating over Bulgaria’s future in the Eurovision Song Contest. After a withdrawal from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest last year, the inevitable has now happened and the nation has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest. While Bulgaria took […]
Brendan Murray (IRE’17), has made it past Judge’s Houses and will appear on the Live Shows. Watch his Judge’s Houses performance below: Video: YouTube/ITV Author: Richard Taylor Source: ITV
For many years, fan’s of the Eurovision Song Contest Down Under have been use to getting up in the early hours to watch various National Finals from across Europe. Now it’s the European’s turn to wake up in the early hours of a Saturday morning in 2019 when […]
#FRANCE: Charles Aznavour dies It has been announced that the legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94. He was performing as recently as 19 September on Osaka. Born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, he was very proud of his Armenian roots, and promoted the country whenever […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
Who could ever forget the Romanian artist Cezar Ouatu or the so called by many “the singing vampire” of 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. This year the talented opera singer (who finished 13th in the final of Eurovision 2013 with the song ‘It’s My Life’) tries his luck on […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
BBC Studios has today opened the public song submissions to find the UK’s entry for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel next May. Like in previous years, all public entries will be shortlisted by a representative panel from OGAE UK. While entries are also being […]