BIRTHDAY: Lena Philipsson from Sweden is 53 today Control yourselves out there, it’s Sweden! You know the country – soulless furniture, yummy cinnamon-based pastries, oh, and a few successes in our favourite TV show. Admittedly, those Swedes are everywhere at the moment. They write the songs that make […]
The stage design for this year’s Melodifestivalen has been revealed. The stage is also considered to be two stages in one – one with an LED screen and one as a lighting backdrop e.g. Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The stage is also a record breaker! The stage is […]
The running orders for the forthcoming Melodifestivalen semi finals were revealed earlier today via the official Facebook and Instagram pages of the Contest. The semi finals will take place in Gothenburg, Malmo, Leksand and Lidkoping. Nano, Andreas Johnson, The Lovers Of Valdaro and Pagan Fury will open the […]
At 11:00GMT/12:00CET tomorrow morning, the running orders for the four semi finals of Melodifestivalen 2019 will be revealed. You can watch the running orders been revealed live via the Melodifestivalen official pages on Facebook and Instagram. The four semi finals this year will take place in Gothenburg, Malmo, […]
This morning, the European Broadcasting Union has released the list of participating broadcasters taking part in next year’s Eurovision Choir Of The Year. On that list are a further three participating debutants. These are France (France Televisions), Norway (NRK), Scotland (BBC) and Sweden (SVT). When we get further […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
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 […]
SVT have revealed the venues for the forthcoming season of Melodifestivalen. 2019 will see no debut cities holding any of the rounds and instead will be revisiting previously used venues throughout the whole six weeks. Gothenburg (Semi 1) – 02nd February Malmo (Semi 2) – 09th February Leksand […]
Earlier today, SVT confirmed to our friends at Eurovoix that they won’t be participating at next year’s Eurovision Choir Of The Year. With the Contest been held in Gothenburg, then the only other Host Broadcaster available will be TV4. With the Contest being co-hosted with the European Choir […]
Mamma Mia – Here We Go Again, was released in cinemas across the UK last Friday. The music is based on the back catalogue of Sweden’s first ever winner’s of the Eurovision Song Contest – ABBA! Here we look at a brief history of ABBA and their involvement […]
It has been announced that the Eurovision Choir Of The Year will take place in Gothenburg next year, as part of the European Choir Games once again. The venue will be the Scandinavium Arena, a firm favourite on the Melodifestivalen tour circuit, on Saturday 3rd August. It is […]
SVT have approached the Municipality of Ostersund to host the Andra Chansen round of Melodifestivalen next year, on Saturday 2nd March. Therefore, we have a provisional date of Saturday 9th March for the Melodifestivalen Final. Ostersund Arena would be the location of Andra Chansen if the Municipality agrees […]
Welcome to the continuation of our new series of articles that we are running every Wednesday across the summer – #WinnersWednesday. This week as a one off, it’s on a Thursday – just like television schedules been mixed up during the World Cup. Every week, we will look […]
Over the summer months, we will cast back time in our interview vaults, in a series of Throwback Thursdays. Over the past six years or so, we have interviewed a number of Eurovision stars past and present which have provided some classic moments. In 2015, the Eurovision Song […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 29th May 2018 and we look at the last time Israel hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. 29th May – 19 Years Ago Today On this day in […]
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