As you may know, Portugal’s Salvador Sobral was not well in Kyiv, and only spent the second week of rehearsals in the city. Fast forward to September, and he had to cut short a music tour he was undertaking. Here’s footage from RTP of his last concert… for […]
MALTA: PBS announces first selection stage for Lisbon Maltese national broadcaster PBS/TVM has revealed that it’s already at an advanced stage in its quest for a song for Lisbon. Whilst the Malta Eurovision Song Contest – the televised selection show – is all set for February, the initial […]
Ireland is getting ahead of the game for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Here’s the press release from broadcaster Raidío Teilifís Éireann: “RTÉ announced today that it is inviting accomplished songwriters and performers with a proven track record of success in the music industry to submit a song to […]
News has emerged that former Eurovision entrant Margot Hielscher has died, aged 97. She represented Germany in back-to-back contests in 1957 and 1958. Margot was born in 1919 in Berlin. During the 1940s she became a film star before having a go at the fledgling Eurovision Song Contest. […]
Eurovision Ireland got to speak with Anjeza Shahini, Albania’s first ever Eurovision contestant before her set at EuroStarz in Concert 2017.What has Anjeza been doing since Eurovision? And how did she feel about Rona Nishliu overtaking her as Albania’s highest scoring entrant? Watch and find out! Keep checking […]
First he promised us he’d Tornerò. Then he took us to Paradisio. Most recently told the world “I Won’t Surrender” – wait till you hear what’s coming next ;-) Eurovision Ireland caught up with Romania’s Mihai Trăistariu ahead of EuroStarz in Concert 2017 in London. What does Mihai […]
Oh what a night… you could even say “this is the night, this is the night,” ;-) EuroStarz was back for 2017 and bigger than ever – and what a night it was! Hosted by the effortlessly charming Karl William Lund, 6 Eurovision acts from across Europe performed […]
It’s not even been 3 months since Salvador Sobral brought Portugal their first-ever Eurovision victory… but while he sings about having enough love for two, it seems that the former Portuguese Pop Idol has fallen well and truly out of love with the contest. Portugal’s first ever winner […]
Did you enjoy the scenary from “Yodel It!” video? In case you forgot or didn’t know, Ilinca and Alex performed their song in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca (The so called heart of Transylvania). Today Cluj-Napoca Council pledged to assume the co-organizer’s expenses in partnership with the Romanian […]
Today the EBU unveiled a series of modifications to the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest for 2018’s competition, due to take place in Lisbon next May. While the rules do not change the format of Europe’s favourite show, they do tweak some of the specifications regarding the […]