#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 80 today Just once in a while, we’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And we’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. We understand it did OK in the 1970s. We jest of […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Greek, Hebrew and Hungarian. Greek Greek is […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, we will be looking back at Switzerland since their first participation. Today we begin with 1973. 1973 – “Je vais me marier, Marie” In 1973, when the Contest was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Patrick Juvet represented Switzerland […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1965. 1971 – “One Day Love” In 1971, when the Contest was held in Dublin, Ireland, Angela Farrell represented Ireland with “One Day Love”. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvaeus from Sweden is 80 today Today we celebrate a birthday from a member of a certain popular beat combo. You might have heard of them. They come from a country with a modest population, called Sweden. Or “Sverige” to use their local parlance. Back in […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s April 6th: Saturday 6th April 1974 On this day in 1974, the 19th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Agnetha Fältskog from Sweden is 75 today When we celebrate the birthdays here, we usually stick to soloists and duos. However, when we can we’ll post the occasional birthday of a bigger group member. Especially if it’s a big birthday. When you think of Sweden – and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ireen Sheer is 76 today It’s all coming together today. When you have someone who keeps coming back for another try. And they can represent a different country to their own, you have to celebrate. AND, when it’s a big birthday, just hold us back. For some […]
For the second year, the official ESC Top 250 was broadcast on EFR12, the French radio station. For the first time since 2021, Loreen returned to the top spot with “Euphoria”. While the full results of all 1700+ Eurovision entries can be found HERE, how did Sweden rank within […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy is 77 today Our friends in Italy are an interesting case study. Their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest seems more love/hate than most. And there’s a school of thought that thinks RAI could win any time they want to. They have had […]
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