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 […]
During June, we celebrated Pride month here at Eurovision Ireland, by highlighting some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For August 3rd, we are extending our Pride celebrations with a certain 50th anniversary that you might have heard about during May. Today, […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. We will be celebrating the best of Eurovision participating countries, ranked by their gold medal success at the Summer Olympics, up to and including Tokyo 2020. Sweden rank 13th overall – 147 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Paulo de Carvalho from Portugal is 77 today Every song – in it’s own way – makes its own piece of history. It could be a country’s début song. It could be their lowest ever scorer. Or it could make its mark for wider reasons. Fifty (yes, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Romuald Figuier is 86 today Eurovision loves a trier. You don’t win? No problem, just come right back with another song that could be a killer, maybe for another country. After all, it might not be you Europe is uncomfortable with, it could be the little principality […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cindy from Germany is 76 today Duets can be an odd thing. Get it right, and you can feel the chemistry oozing from the two singers. Get it wrong, and all you get is two singers facing each other shouting as loudly as they can. A mere […]
#CHRISTMAS2023: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 19 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Benny Andersson from Sweden is 77 today It’s legend time. A real legend. Yeah, the term is used to describe anyone who came fifth in a Tuesday night semi-final. But this legend won our favourite TV show – with three others – and has remained high profile […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is 78 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest of […]
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