#BIRTHDAY: Nicola from Romania is 57 today Have you ever know what friends are for? Yes, we’ve picked an actual song lyric to open today’s birthday homage. We all need friends, but in some quarters friendships are getting a little strained of late. Our favourite TV show was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Oleksandr from Ukraine is 52 today The joy of being your country’s first ever entrant in our favourite TV show. You’ve gone where no-one from your country has ever been before, and no-one can take away the fact you were the first. Your status as your country’s […]
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 Styrian, Surzhyk, and Swahili. Styrian The Styrian dialect […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vaiko Eplik from Estonia is 44 today You can always spot when a country is gearing up for a win. It’s happened often when they get in their groove for a few years, and then win that crystal microphone. But what happens after that? Some countries keep […]
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 Chakavian, Constructed and Corsican. Chakavian Chakavian or Čakavian is a South […]
#BIRTHDAY: Esther Hart from the Netherlands is 55 today There are some times when we wish that more than one country could win our favourite TV show. Not always because there are two or more songs that are worthy. But because it’s been so long since some countries […]
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 24th: Saturday 24th May 2008 On this day in 2008, the 53rd 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 2003. 2003 – “We’ve Got the World” In 2003, when the Contest was held in Riga, Latvia, Mickey Harte represented Ireland with “We’ve Got […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jostein Hasselgård from Norway is 46 today It’s often overlooked how good some ballads are. They may not have the bells, whistles and fancy frocks of something that would fill a dance floor. But quality will out, and a decent ballad is a classic forever. Today’s birthday […]
#BIRTHDAY: Louisa Baïleche from France is 48 today Our friends in France have been in our favourite TV show since the start. Yes, that’s even those contests in the 20th Century. Five wins in that time too, although nothing more than a runner-up spot since 1977. Over forty […]
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