During the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, Sam Ryder secured the United Kingdom a record sixteenth second placing. The last time the United Kingdom reached this position was in 1998, one year after their last victory. Today we conclude our look back at the second placings. 1992 Micheal Ball […]
#BIRTHDAY: Niamh Kavanagh from Ireland is 54 today If you’re a winner of our favourite TV show, you’ll be among very elite company. in 65 editions, only 67 different acts have won it. Some rightly, some questionably. But out of those 67 winners, only four have an even […]
#CHRISTMAS2021: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 19 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
#BIRTHDAY: Eva Santamaría from Spain is 50 today The 1990s, particularly 1993 saw a big change in our favourite TV show. We saw the first ever semi-final because everyone wanted to sing. And we went to the very west of our continent, to a settlement of 1,800 people. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Patrick Fiori is 52 today It’s always nice to hear a song that’s not English. But even more special when we hear a proper minority language. Our friends in France have gone down that road in the past with, among others, Breton and Antillean Creole. They’ve also […]
1993 Swedish Eurovision Song Contest finalist and multiple Melodifestivalen finalists, Arvingarna, have released a brand new album – “Tänker inte alls gå hem”. “Tänker inte alls gå hem” was their Melodifestivalen entry this year. The English version of “Tänker inte alls gå hem”, “Never Going Home” also features […]
1993 Swedish Eurovision Song Contest finalist and multiple Melodifestivalen finalists, Arvingarna, have released a brand new single – “Stannar du kvar”. The official video is to follow, but you can listen to “Stannar du kvar” below: Let us know what you think about Sweden at the Eurovision Song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Enrico Ruggeri from Italy is 64 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 […]
Niamh Kavanagh has completed two stints at Tesco as a Customer Service Desk assistant during Lockdown, to help pay the bills. As an entertainer, all her work dried up after large indoor gatherings were banned. Niamh had the following to say: “We still need to feed ourselves. It […]