BIRTHDAY: Ryan Dolan from Ireland is 34 today Sometimes you want some countries to have success. Maybe it’s because you’d like to see how they host a contest. Or they did well in years gone by and have since lost their way. Talking of countries that have lost […]
#ESC2013: Swedish musician Avicii has died Swedish musician, DJ and producer Avicii has died in Oman aged 28. Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm in 1989, his association with Eurovision was in 2013 in Malmö, when he collaberated with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus to compose an opening theme […]
We know you were all excited when YLE announced the 10 acts competing at Finnish Eurovision selection event Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – because we certainly were! We had the great pleasure of getting in touch with one of the acts from next year’s event – Norma John – […]
The French-speaking Belgian broadcaster RTBF confirmed today that Blanche will represent Belgium next year in Kyiv! Blanche, whose real name is Ellie Delvaux, rose to fame in Belgium after competing on the 5th season of The Voice Belgique. The song will be revealed at a later date (which hasn’t […]
Jana Burčeska has been selected to represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT opted to choose a participant internally rather than through a selection event. Jana is known to the Macedonian public after she came 5th in the first edition of “Macedonian Idol”. […]
Our twin Irish boys John and Edward will be performing their latest single “Hologram” live at Junior Eurovision Song Contest this Sunday. They made the announcement via their official twitter account. You can watch the official music video for “Hologram” below: Jedward will also be one of three Expert Judges […]
In 2015, he became Israel’s Golden Boy by bringing the country back to the Grand Final for the first time since 2010. Now Nadav Guedj has swapped his golden trainers for army boots as he embarks on his National Service! National Service is mandatory in Israel for both […]
Welcome back to our series that looks at the artists that have progressed from the Junior Eurovision Song Contest to the Eurovision Song Contest. Part 2: Nevena Bozovic Nevena Bozovic took part for Serbia back in 2007. That year, the contest took place in Rotterdam and Nevena Bozovic […]
Welcome to the first day of rehearsals here in Malta. Today the first eight countries will take to the stage for their first rehearsals. Each country gets 40 minutes on stage for their first rehearsal. Today’s schedule looks like this: 10:00-10:40 Italy 10:40-11:20 Ireland 11:20-12:00 Cyprus 12:00-12:40 The […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
No, don’t get over-excited. You didn’t miss any announcement. It’s still only 43 countries heading to Kyiv. But last week, here at EurovisionIreland.net we posted a poll to ask which country you’d like to see be the 44th contestant for Eurovision 2017. And the results are in! We […]
With only a few days left until the final of Junior Eurovison Song Contest 2016, Albania released today the revamped version of their selected song “Besoj” (I believe) written by Adrian Hila and Pandi Laço. This year Albania will be represented in Malta by the talented Klesta Qehaja. […]
Does the magic dust still work for the “fairy” Saara Aalto? Well we think so as she was for the 3rd time in the bottom three at the X Factor UK, but after a heart-felt rendition of “Who You Are” originally by Jessie J, she was saved by […]
What do Måns Zelmerlöw and Alexa Curtis have in common? Well they both worked with one of the writers of Australia’s entry for JESC 2016, Tania Doko. 12 years old Alexa Curtis will sing later this month in Malta the song intitled “We Are”. The song carries an inspiring […]
Earlier this week, the complete list of Eurovision 2017 participants was published, naming the 43 countries who will take to the stage in Kyiv, Ukraine next May. 43 countries taking part equals the record first set in 2008 in Belgrade, then matched again in Düsseldorf in 2011. This […]
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