#BIRTHDAY: Piera Martell from Switzerland is 80 today The 1970s. An interesting time when our contest was a light entertainment show and all done in one evening. And arguably the decade in which the greatest ever act to emerge, well, emerged. It was 1974 and we were in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvaeus from Sweden is 78 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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gigliola Cinquetti from Italy is 75 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 […]
#CHRISTMAS2022: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 12 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
On August 12th, the SHORT LIST for the 2023 Host City was revealed. While we don’t know where the Eurovision Song Contest will be held next year until the Autumn, we thought we’d look back at the cities that have already hosted the Contest. Birmingham Birmingham (one of the short-listed […]
#OBITUARY: Olivia Newton-John Performer in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Olivia Newton-John has passed away at the age of 73. She was there in Brighton when ABBA won. She finished fourth. Olivia Newton-John was born in 1948 in Cambridge, emigrating to Australia aged six with her parents and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cindy Berger from Germany is 74 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 […]
#CHRISTMAS2021: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 24 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
#CHRISTMAS2021: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 15 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
1974 Swedish Eurovision Song Contest winners, ABBA, have released a brand new and first ever Christmas single – “Little Things”. You can watch the official video of “Little Things” below: Let us know what you think about Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments […]
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