ESC2019: DAY TWO THOUGHTS – PART TWO Another three rehearsals here on Day Two of Eurovision 2019, so here are some thoughts on what we’ve seen from Iceland, Estonia and Portugal. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: Blog of Day Two rehearsals #Dare to dream Live from 9.40am CET Welcome back to day two of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final eight songs in the first semi-final that takes place on Tuesday 14 May. Will the eventual […]
OBITUARY: Dina from Portugal has died aged 62 Singer Dina, who represented Portugal in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness aged 62. She sang in the contest held in Malmö’s Isstadion on 9 May 1992, performing the song Amor d’agua fresca, co-written by […]
PORTUGAL: Conan Osíris wins Festival da Canção 2019 The 51st Festival da Canção has just finished in Portimão, and Portugal will be sending Telemóveis to Tel Aviv with the song xxx. Conan won both the regional jury vote, and the televote. Here’s the song: Here are the final […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção from 22.00 CET Last year’s hosts take a step nearer Tel Aviv tonight, when they decide who’s getting the Portuguese golden ticket to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Two semi-finals have already passed, cutting the 16 songs down to the eight […]
It’s the problem all Eurovision fans face every year – which of the live shows going on around the continent do you tune in to? Sometimes with different time zones and start times, you might get lucky and get to watch more than one show. But more often […]
PORTUGAL: Festival da Canção gives us four more finalists The people of Portugal have picked four more songs to compete in next weeks Grand Final of Festival da Canção in Portimão. They join the four picked a week ago. What are the four songs? Igual a ti by […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção semi-final two from 22.05 CET In Portugal, we’ll be a little closer knowing who’ll be brandishing the golden ticket. The second semi-final of Festival da Canção will see four songs out of eight progressing to next week’s grand Final in Portimão. […]
Tonight , last year’s hosts , Portugal started its search for their 2019 entry to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv , Israel. The first semi -final took place in Lisbon at RTP’s studios in Lisbon ( last year’s host city ) .Eight Acts performed with […]
BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 81 today Did you go to Lisbon last year? Did you go there for the contest? Did you enjoy it? Were you there on that amazing night down in the Eurovision Village? I’ll elaborate. I was down there with some Riigi […]