#CHRISTMAS2025: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 13 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
RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster, have begun the 2026 Dancing With the Stars celebrity reveals today. The former Irish Eurovision representative, Niamh Kavanagh, was the first celebrity to be revealed earlier today. Niamh took victory at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with “In Your Eyes”, before returning as […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jožo Ráž from Slovakia is 71 today Did you know the first official Eurovision semi-finals in 2004 weren’t the inaugural international pre-selections for our favourite TV show? There was one in 1993 – yes, over 30 years ago. It was a sedate seven-nation affair in sunny Ljubljana. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katri Helena from Finland is 80 today Do you ever see a performer and think “they have class”? That performer who doesn’t need to try. They have a stage presence, and have the audience in the palm of their hand. They may not win, but they are […]
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 Crimean Tatar, Croatian and Czech. Crimean Tatar […]
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 Belarusian, Bosnian and Breton. Belarusian Belarusian is […]
#BIRTHDAY: Janika Sillamaa from Estonia is 50 today In these days of Eurovision semi-finals – and the bloodbaths they have become – it’s important to remember that they were tried twice in the 1990s. These two almost-forgotten events need celebrating, as there were gems of songs that never […]
#BIRTHDAY: Enrico Ruggeri from Italy is 68 today It must be good to be in at the start of something. In years to come, you can tell your family you were there, and part of it. This particular ‘thing’ is the expansion of our favourite TV show. The […]
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 […]
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 15th: Saturday 15th May 2004 On this day in 2004, the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]