BIRTHDAY: José Cid from Portugal is 77 today I mention from time to time that we love someone who tries. Even though they’ll never be the continent’s favourite. Often through no fault of their own. Actually, today’s birthday boy did really well for his native Portugal, and his […]
#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 […]
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 […]
Over the summer months, we will cast back time in our interview vaults, in a series of Throwback Thursdays. We are not throwing back too far in our archives this week. Earlier this year at the London Eurovision Party, we caught up with Suzy from Portugal, who tried […]
Welcome to a new series of articles we will be running every Wednesday across the summer – #WinnersWednesday. Every week, we will look back at three winners from Eurovision Song Contest past. 1956: Switzerland In 1956, the 1st Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Teatro Kursaal, Lugano. […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]
#ESC2018: Blue Carpet event 2018 – The second semi-finalists Eurovision Ireland was at the Blue Carpet event which marked the “official” launch of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. See what the competitors of the second semi-finalists have to say about Lisbon, and their messages for Ireland. You […]
Just when you’d thought you’d had your fix of Live Blogs from us this year during the National Final season, we are back for daily Live Blogs from Lisbon – home of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just […]
Just when you’d thought you’d had your fix of Live Blogs from us this year during the National Final season, we are back for daily Live Blogs from Lisbon – home of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just […]
With only one month left until the Grand Final of Eurovision 2018, today was revealed the official soundtrack for Eurovision 2018. “Host Broadcaster RTP invited seven Portuguese composers from different musical areas to create an original soundtrack based on the narrative of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest and […]