It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 30th, we are continuing with Sara Tavares. They represented Portugal with “Chamar a música”, taking 8th place with […]
#BIRTHDAY: 27 June – Petra Frey from Austria is 48 Sometimes when we’re picking a birthday song, it makes us feel old. We’ve been watching contests since 19xx so have seen a few acts in our time. And some of them are a lot older now than we […]
#BIRTHDAY: 2 Mar – Nina Morato from France is 60 It must be daunting when you’re drawn to perform last in the Eurovision Song Contest. It might have been less so when they were smaller, but in these years of 25+ songs per contest, those butterflies must start […]
#BIRTHDAY: 25 Feb – Evridiki from Cyprus is 58 You have to admire those that keep coming back time after time. The first couple of times, you sing a song written by your fiancé/husband. The third time, you don’t. It’s a story as old as time. Today’s birthday […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day One with Bogdan from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#STORYOFMYLIFE – Day Three with John from EI In this series, we’ll be talking to someone and asking them to pick five songs (over five days) that mean something to them. These may not be their top five songs of all time – merely songs that attach to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Virpi Kätkä from Finland is 56 today There have been many occasions when a Eurovision act has been a family affair. Maybe some people only trust parents/partners/siblings/children to help them out, thinking anyone non-related is out to get them. Obviously, there are very successful collaborations where the […]
Two former winners, Nemo & Charlie McGettigan, have revealed that they will be returning their winners trophies to the EBU, in a protest of Israel’s continued participation. Nemo was the first to confirm the news. Taking to social media yesterday, they had the following to say: “Last year […]
#CHRISTMAS2025: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 9 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: Charlie McGettigan from Ireland is 75 today As you’ll know, unless you’ve been living in a crater on Mars, Ireland has won our favourite TV show seven times. No country has won more. Yep, not even [insert country here]. One of those seven (yes, seven) winners was […]