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 1979. 1979 – “Trödler und Co.” In 1979, when the Contest was held in Jerusalem, Israel, Peter, Sue & Marc, Pfuri, Gorps and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 72 today In our favourite TV show, it’s easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It’s all good fun. We love them all, as they’ve done something most of us will never do. Today’s birthday […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1977. 1977 – “It’s Nice to Be in Love Again” In 1977, when the Contest was held in London, the United Kingdom, The Swarbriggs […]
#BIRTHDAY: Arlette Zola from Switzerland is 76 today Could we have a win from ‘Old Europe’ this year? People are touting a win from the continent’s western half, maybe even by a country neighbouring this year’s host nation. Of course, back in the day, Eurovision was a club […]
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 24th: Saturday 24th April 1982 On this day in 1982, the 27th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michael Scheickl from Austria is 68 today We get songs about all subjects at our favourite TV programme. Love, the planet, San Francisco. But people even sing songs about days of the week. Do you have a favourite day of the week? In 1982, we got a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bill van Dijk from the Netherlands is 77 today Our friends in the Netherlands have been at all-but-four of the contests, so are generally firmly in love with it. Even so, they’ve had their good years and bad years. Let’s not talk about Malmö. In 1982, NOS […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nicole from Germany is 60 today Do you like a close contest? One where the lead changes many times, with a winner only emerging towards the very end? A runaway winner can spoil things, especially if many wonder why it’s a runaway winner. Back in 1982, we […]
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. Germany rank 7th overall – 201 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucía from Spain is 60 today It’s noticeable that Eurovision song titles are getting shorter. Year after year we get these one-word titles, with the word in question often buried deeply in the lyric of the song. It’s as if there’s no imagination. But these one-word titles […]
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