#BIRTHDAY: 5 Mar – Amina from France is 64 There are songs that become classics for various reasons. They could be winners. They could be insanely bad. Or it could be by accident. Back in 1991, you could argue we were in a very chaotic contest. Chaos from […]
#BIRTHDAY: 24 Jan – Hanne Krogh from Norway is 70 Eurovision has had a lot of innovations over the years. Of course the most recent ones include the new voting structure and HD, but the changes go back for years. Can you imagine, for example, Eurovision songs without […]
#BIRTHDAY: Samantha Janus from the UK is 53 today If you were an all-round entertainer, and an appearance in our favourite TV show was only one of the highlights of your career, would you embrace it, or try to shut it out? Today’s birthday girl Samantha Janus (now […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carola from Sweden is 59 today We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. Today’s birthday […]
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 Mühlviertlerisch, Neapolitan, and Northern Sámi. Mühlviertlerisch The Mühlviertel […]
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 1991. 1991 – “Canzone per te” In 1991, when the Contest was held in Rome, Italy, Sandra Simó represented Switzerland with “Canzone per […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1990. 1990 – “Somewhere in Europe” In 1990, when the Contest was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Liam Reilly represented Ireland with “Somewhere in Europe”. […]
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 4th: Saturday 4th May 1991 On this day in 1991, the 36th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
#BIRTHDAY: Paul Giordimaina from Malta is 65 today It’s always a nice thing when a country returns to our favourite TV show after an absence. And the longer the absence, the more welcome they are. For diehard fans, it means the potential of visiting another different country. In […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Studer-Simò from Switzerland is 56 today What to do with your life once you’ve been a Eurovision performer? Well, you could try again. But then you risk doing worse on your second attempt than your first. Or you go into songwriting. That means if things go […]
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