#CHRISTMAS2025: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 5 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: Vanna from Croatia is 55 today The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to being also-rans. Of course, some that you think should win make an effort and then lose interest. […]
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 12th: Saturday 12th May 2018 On this day in 2018, the 63rd 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 1996. 1996 – “The Voice” In 1996, when the Contest was held in Oslo, Norway, Eimear Quinn represented Ireland with “The Voice”. Eimear finished […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lindsay Dracass from the UK is 40 today Do you have a preferred size of venue? Do you wish our favourite TV show – and it is a TV show after all – was in a small TV studio with people in their finery? Or do you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nino Pršeš from Bosnia-Herzegovina is 52 today Do you miss Bosnia and Herzegovina? They were a welcome addition to our Eurovision family over 30 years ago, but they’re sitting on the substitute’s bench these day. No doubt with their feet up and watching Eurovisions with oodles of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tal Sondak from Israel is 48 today Several countries in our favourite TV show don’t actually lie in Europe proper. That’s the beauty of Eurovision – we have Europeans and Mediterraneans (and some others too) all as one big happy family. And we know how dysfunctional families […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France concludes and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. The Slovenian Tadej Pogačar took overall victory in the 2024 Tour de France. Slovenia have achieved a 7th place twice – their best placing to date in 1995 & 2001. Today […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fabrizio Faniello from Malta is 43 today Think of a small country. Now think of a smaller one. Is it Malta? It’s not always lumped with the European microstates, but it isn’t exactly large. And if it won the big prize at the Eurovision? It would easily […]
#BIRTHDAY: David Civera from Spain is 45 today One of the things about taking part in our favourite TV contest is the audience. Yes, it’s a TV show first and foremost, but there will always be a crowd that you have to sing to too. In the good […]