#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Five The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive fifteen countries rehearse. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day the usual scores of 12 down to one. This means a top score of 60. What […]
#ESC 2021: Day Two Rehearsals Blog from 10.00 CET After the best part of two years, we finally get a proper rehearsal of performances for a Eurovision Song Contest! Yes, at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we kick off with the first songs from the First Semi-Final. REMEMBER: This year […]
#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 […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part V: Eastern Europe We’re getting closer to the contest in Rotterdam. Are you excited? We at Eurovision Ireland most definitely are. As a way to keep us occupied, we’re reviewing the 39 songs over seven panel reviews. This is our fifth review, which […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mélovin from Ukraine is 24 today If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It’s obvious, isn’t it. But how to stop that show? With a song that you can’t help falling in love with? Or with a bonkers stage show? Both […]
James was lucky enough to catch up with Kateryna Pavlenko and Taras Shevchenko from the electro-folk band Go_A, who will be representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song “Shum”! How have the band been keeping busy during the global COVID-19 pandemic? What do have […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Semi-final One draw It’s been another important day on that road to Rotterdam: the draw for the semi-finals. It’s always interesting to see who gets placed where. Will this crucial draw sink a song’s chances? Or will it boost the chances of one that was […]
Eurovision fans might remember Max Barskih from Evrobachennya 2012 – Natsionalyni vidbir, the Ukrainian National Selection for Eurovision, when he came 2nd with the song ‘Dance’. Over the years, Max has gain popularity not only in Ukraine, but in the surrounding countries as well. More and more often, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mika Newton from Ukraine is 35 today We often pick up on the gimmicks used to give your song that extra push. Those things that make your average viewer sit up enough to pick up their telephone and wote for you. Occasionally, there are times when you […]
Moments ago, Go_A announced on their Facebook page that the song they will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 will be Шум (or Shum to readers of the Latin alphabet)! The band seem happy about the announcement, stating about their decision to include it in the 3 […]