#BIRTHDAY: Lise Darly is 44 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
#BIRTHDAY: Boris Novković from Croatia is 58 today If you’re not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they’ll be on your side, and if things don’t go well, you can lay the blame on […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gracia from Germany is 43 today Our friends in Germany haven’t had the most consistent of times of late. Yes, they’ve had one win in this Century, but also a few results that were not quite as good. As you’ll know, we’ve had two contests in Kyiv, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luminița Anghel from Romania is 55 today Do you think that contests are coming and going quicker than ever? Yes, we’re now in October, but it doesn’t seem five minutes since JJ won in Basel/Basle. It was in 2005 – yes, 20 years ago – that today’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 Maltese, Martinican Creole and Montenegrin. Maltese Maltese […]
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 Latvian, Latvian Sign Language and Lithuanian. Latvian […]
The Irish podcast, ‘The Comeback’, recently spoke to Joe McCaul, who represented Ireland at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, alongside his sister Donna with their song “Love?” – however they failed to qualify from the semi final. During the podcast, Joe McCaul had the following to […]
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 21st: Saturday 21st May 2005 On this day in 2005, the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, we will be looking back at Switzerland since their first participation. Today we begin with 1998. 1998 – “Lass ihn” In 1998, when the Contest was held in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, Gunvor represented Switzerland with “Lass ihn”. […]
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 […]
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