#BIRTHDAY: Henri Dès from Switzerland is 84 today Today we have an absolute classic. You won’t be able to argue with me. Mr Phil of this parish will send the boys round if you don’t think this should have won awards. But what is it? You might be […]
#BIRTHDAY: Daniela Simons from Switzerland is 65 today Our friends in Switzerland were the first winners of our favourite TV show – no, it wasn’t L*r**n after all. And their span of wins stretches over 68 years. Unlikely ever to be beaten. But in addition to three wins, […]
The new Eurovision season is now on us and during the build up to National Final Season and the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we at Eurovision Ireland felt it would be timely to continue with our Here Today, Gone Tomorrow series , where we look at past Eurovision […]
The new Eurovision season is now on us and during the build up to National Final Season and the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we at Eurovision Ireland felt it would be timely to continue with our Here Today, Gone Tomorrow series , where we look at past Eurovision […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luca Hänni from Switzerland is 30 today It’s an old adage that anyone can won our favourite TV show. Portugal, Austria and Finland have proven this in the 21st Century. One win, and a scattering of other reasonable results. So there is hope for [insert country here], […]
Last week saw the start of the official Eurovision year and the announcement of the 2025 host city as being Basel, in Switzerland . To start off the build up to National Final Season and the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we at Eurovision Ireland felt it would be […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gunvor from Switzerland is 50 today Imagine how you’d feel. You’re on the Eurovision stage, you’re giving it everything, and things don’t go quite as well as expected. This is all after a long road which included winning your national final in December the previous year with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jane Bogaert from Switzerland is 57 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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Annie Cotton from Switzerland is 49 today We always say anyone can win our favourite TV show. All it needs is a perfect storm of stuff, and even the country that normally stays in the semi-final can do well. I say this because of what our friends […]
#ESC2024: The best/worst lyrics of the final? We all know that a killer lyric can be key to success (or failure). We’ve taken a look at those songs competing in the Grand Final, to see if there’s anything that will earn them those crucial extra points that could […]