#BIRTHDAY: Justine Pelmelay from the Netherlands is 67 today Eurovision singers come from ethnicities far and wide. They’re not just of European, Israeli or Australian ancestry. They’ve had people from all over the world. Even more unlikely places like Indonesia. Today’s birthday girl Anneke Wilma ‘Justine’ Pelmelay sang […]
#BIRTHDAY: Daníel from Iceland is 56 today That thing when you get all keyed up to represent your country, and what happens? Not one country puts you in your top 10. You could be eleventh with every one, and not score a single point. Remember, it can even […]
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 Romani, Romanian, and Romansh. Romani Romani is an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage […]
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 1985. 1985 – “Piano, piano” In 1985, when the Contest was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini represented Switzerland with […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emilija Kokić is 57 today Do you have a favourite Eurovision band, particularly one from the 20th Century? A few have won the big prize, but far fewer than you would think. In the late 1980s, the then Yugoslavia got the wind in the sails and sent […]
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 May 6th: Saturday 6th May 1989 On this day in 1989, the 34th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1984. 1984 – “Terminal 3” In 1984, when the Contest was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Linda Martin represented Ireland with “Terminal 3”. Linda […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tommy Nilsson from Sweden is 65 today There’s a core of people out there who believe that a certain country can do no wrong. You know the thing, a person could read out the phone book on stage and still make the top five. In other news, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nino de Angelo from Germany is 61 today You know how there are lots of jobbing songwriters out there. The ones that have a whole clutch of songs that they peddle around various countries. It’s not a new phenomenon. It’s been happening since Martin Ö was simply […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fausto Leali from Italy is 80 today As you will know, every performer in our favourite TV show is a professional. They all want to do their best. Nevertheless, it must still be daunting singing in front of millions. It must be even more daunting if you’re […]
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