#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… The Grand Finalists We’ve seen all the Big Five and hosts the Netherlands rehearse for the first time. Lots can still change, but can one of this six countries pull off a victory on 22 May? Click on the video below and see what […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Six The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive sixteen countries rehearse. These were Malta (from semi-final one), nine songs from semi-final two, and the six automatic finalists. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day […]
#ESC2021: Day 6 Rehearsals :Live Blog from 10.00 (CET)/09.00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals. Malta – in Semi final 1 – kick […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviewed… Over several weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 39 songs participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. If you’ve not watched our shows, you can click on the links below. We would like to thank our guest reviewers, amongst them Big Daddy Karsten […]
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael from Spain is 78 today It must be galling when your country wins, and you went and performed for them the year before that win. Obviously, there have been occasions where a country has won (at least) two years running. It must have been even worse […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part I – The Finalists The Rotterdam contest is fast approaching, so it’s only right that we at Eurovision Ireland review the 39 contenders. In this first of seven reviews, we look at the six songs already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucía from Spain is 57 today It’s noticeable that Eurovision song titles are getting shorter. Year after year we get these one-word titles, with the word in question often buried deeply in the lyric of the song. It’s as if there’s no imagination. But these one-word titles […]
#BIRTHDAY: Barei from Spain is 39 today They say there’s nothing new in the world of Eurovision. The culturally similar countries may prefer their own songs. Certain personalities will always turn up. And there will always debate on whether the right song won. In 2016, our friends in […]
With Sweden’s Melodifestivalen wrapping up last night, the last national selection of the 2021 season has come to an end as we only have broadcaster’s announcements left to look forward to. While we’re now all excitedly looking ahead to May and eagerly awaiting the start of the contest […]
After an exciting night in Madrid, the Spain Eurovision for entry for 2021 has been decided! Blas Cantó will perform in Rotterdam the song ‘Voy A Quedarme’/ (I will Stay). Congratulations Spain and best of luck in Rotterdam! Do you like ‘Voy A Quedarme’? Let us know in […]