#BIRTHDAY: Adelaide from Portugal is 62 today Did you remember the contest in Portugal in 2018? Do you still dream of the sun, the sea, the pasteis de nada? Do you think that we should have already been there? I can think of several examples of when Portugal […]
RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster, have confirmed their participation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, RTP has opened the song submission period for Festival da Canção. The song submission period will close on Friday 21st October and from this, four acts will make […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 12 and Games 21 & 22 of the tournament. Switzerland will be playing The Netherlands, while Denmark will be playing Spain – both from […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 8 and Games 13 & 14 of the tournament. Sweden will be playing Switzerland from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. The Netherlands will be playing Portugal […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 55 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship continues and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 4 and Games 5 & 6 of the tournament. Portugal will be playing Switzerland (UK) from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. The Netherlands will be playing […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nucha from Portugal is 56 today What do you now? It’s more Lusitanian singing that was largely ignored by the juries of Europe. I’ll admit that not everything Portugal did was good, but they deserved better some years. Back in 1990, Eurovision was a simpler affair. We […]
Buona sera Europa! Buon giorno Australia! This is Turin calling for the Jury Final of Eurovision 2022! 25 acts will compete tonight in order to impress the National Juries from each country and score as many points to win the Eurovision 2022 trophy! Eurovision Ireland’s own veteran Bogdan […]
As much as we love the Eurovision Song Contest, there is something in the old adage that some things just don’t translate very well. In a musical coming together of different countries and cultures, what sounds poetic and elegant in one language might not quite have the same […]
#ESC2022: Semi-final One predictions As you’ll know, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 40 songs (plus one other) from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We gave each one a score out of 50. You can find our seven reviews on the Eurovision Ireland Youtube channel HERE. But what […]