#BIRTHDAY: Mike Spiteri from Malta is 70 today Were you around for contests in the 20th Century? Did you have a favourite? Was it, by chance, 1995? You know, one of those many many contests in Dublin’s fair city? Our friends in Malta débuted in Dublin and only […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elina Konstantopoulou from Greece is 55 today Have you ever thought what the stars of Eurovision have to go through on the big night? Apart from the pressure of representing their country that is. Well, just spare a thought if you’re the last to sing in the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fionnuala Sherry is 63 today We like to celebrate people who do the singing at our favourite TV show. But not everyone who makes a name for themselves is a singer. They could solely be a musician. And some musicians of note have graced those famous stages […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 58 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
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 Ancient Greek, Andalusian Spanish and Arabic. Ancient […]
#BIRTHDAY: Darja Švajger from Slovenia is 60 today Do you like a ballad, or are you more a fan of a banger? The bangers seems to be prevailing in the 2020s, but it wasn’t always the case. There were years when the ballad was popular, particularly before the […]
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 13th: Saturday 13th May 2023 On this day in 2023, the 67th 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 1990. 1990 – “Somewhere in Europe” In 1990, when the Contest was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Liam Reilly represented Ireland with “Somewhere in Europe”. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rolf Løvland from Norway is 70 today The phrase Mr Eurovision is bandied around quite easily sometime. Some countries have one contender. Others have several. It’s a great discussion point the next time you’re with like-minded fans. Over in Norway, there are a number of possible Mr […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. We will be celebrating the best of Eurovision participating countries, ranked by their gold medal success at the Summer Olympics, up to and including Tokyo 2020. Norway rank 21st overall – 61 […]