#BIRTHDAY: 25 Sept – Chiara from Malta is 50 Do you remember the 1990s? It was a fine decade when our favourite TV show moved in the general direction of getting bigger and bigger. A certain country returned in that decade, after a 16 year absence. Can you […]
#BIRTHDAY: 20 Sept – Martin & Stefan from N Macedonia are 40 Two birthdays for the price of one? We can tell you’re getting excited already. There have been various sets of siblings taking part down the years. And even a number of sets of twins. Just imagine […]
#BIRTHDAY: 27 July – Susanne Georgi from Andorra is 50 As you know, Europe is a continent made up of countries of many different sizes. From the big one out east that we don’t discuss anymore, to the little ones – some of whom punch above their weight […]
#BIRTHDAY: 12 June – Oscar Loya is 47 The Big Four/Five – do they warrant a position in the Grand Final? Or should they have to qualify like everyone else? It’s a question that goes back over 14 years. For now, at least, they are already in the […]
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 11th, we are continuing with Gordon Heuckeroth. He represented the Netherlands, as part of The Toppers, with “Shine”, […]
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 10th, we are continuing with Oscar Loya. He represented Germany with “Miss Kiss Kiss Bang”, taking 20th place, […]
#BIRTHDAY: 13 May – Alexander Rybak from Norway is 40 Some songs have just scraped a win, and some have won at a canter. Did you prefer the close contest, or should there by a time when a runaway runaway winner is a good thing? Occasionally a song […]
#BIRTHDAY: 12 May – Lidia Kopania from Poland is 48 You know those countries that always turn up. They don’t always light up the scoreboard, but they come along every year, sometimes with high hopes and sometimes not. And many of these countries have never won – yet. […]
#BIRTHDAY: 25 Apr – Aysel from Azerbaijan is 37 Do you have an all-time favourite duo? Is it one of those pairing that achieve notoriety, like a certain Belgian twosome from 1973? Or someone a lot more recent like two Albanians in 2025? Either way, we love duets […]
#BIRTHDAY: 22 Jan – Sinéad Mulvey from Ireland is 38 Do you feel for this countries that have had success in the past but are finding it difficult to come by these days? We know anyone can win, but some countries seem to be more in the zone […]