Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
Switzerland has chosen Gjon’s Tears internally, to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, in Rotterdam. Gjon’s Tears will sing “Répondez-moi” – the first French language song for Switzerland in ten years. You can watch “Répondez-moi” below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: eurovision.tv
It is not long now until we know who will be representing Switzerland and the song that they will be singing. All will be revealed on Wednesday 4th March. SRF, the Swiss broadcaster, received a total of 515 submissions to represent Switzerland in Rotterdam. Twenty one International Jury […]
In 2020, Switzerland will use the same Internal Selection as 2019. Alongside the 100 member-audience panel, a further 20 member International jury is also used. Within the 20 member jury, a few familiar faces will be able to express their views on who will represent the Swiss next […]
BIRTHDAY: Gianni Mascolo from Switzerland is 79 today In those days before the free language, did you wish that your country could sing in any language it chose? Or do you think Eurovision should ditch the rule? If you were Swiss, you had the choice of four languages […]
BIRTHDAY: Luca Hänni from Switzerland is 25 today In this column, we don’t normally pick birthdays from the current year. But until May we had none on 8 October – and then two come along at once! Who’s the other one? Wait until 2020. We say that anyone […]
Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv this May not only gave The Netherlands their 5th win at Eurovision, but also their first win since 1975 – a staggering 44 years ago! This got us here at Eurovision Ireland thinking… of all the countries that have won the contest, […]
BIRTHDAY: Piero Esteriore from Switzerland is 42 today It can be nice to be the first at something. If you’re Lys Assia, for example, no-one can take that first ever contest win away from you. If you’re Céline Dion, no-one else has won dressed as a shuttlecock. I […]
BIRTHDAY: Patrick Juvet from Switzerland is 69 today As we all know, fans of our favourite TV show sometimes see big international stars before they really make it. We can pinpoint when your average singer got their first taste of the big stage and never looked back. Back […]
BIRTHDAY: Jane Bogaert from Switzerland is 52 today It’s a scary fact that there will be participants in our favourite TV show who were born after 2000. Does that make you feel old? It does me. Having these people who never knew the 20th Century scares me so […]