Eurovision 2013 in Sweden has drawn to a close but many of the acts are enjoying success in the European iTunes charts in many countries. As successful as Loreen last year? Maybe not, but still showing the commercial success that can be enjoyed following an artist participating in […]
Ireland’s Eurovision hopeful for 2013 – Ryan Dolan – found himself in a spot of bother yesterday moments before they were due to get ready for their rehearsal. The gang managed to get locked into their dressing room moments before they were due to go onstage. Their Swedish guide […]
The Jury Voting Grand Final of Eurovision 2013 has begun. Garrett here and I will be blogging live from the Press Centre. Just refresh the post to get the up to date news on the performances. Opening sequence – Am I at the Olympics? The giant walkway that […]
Follow the Eurovision Ireland Rolling Blog of the First Dress Rehearsal of the Eurovision 2013 Grand Final. In the driving seat will be Andrew and Stephen. Garrett is taking a well earned afternoon off but will cover the Jury Final later tonight. Elaine is on her way home […]
The Grand Final Running order has been confirmed – it reads as follows France Lithuania Moldova Finland Spain Belgium Estonia Belarus Malta Russia Germany Armenia The Netherlands Romania United Kingdom Sweden Hungary Denmark Iceland Azerbaijan Greece Ukraine Italy Norway Georgia Ireland Initial Thoughts A slower start to the […]
Eurovision Ireland were fortunate to be invited to tea with the legendary Bonnie Tyler (United Kingdom 2013) and Gianluca (Malta) on the eve of their Grand Final appearance at the Grand Final of Eurovision 2013. Bonnie was very taken by Gianluca and insisted on serving him tea – […]
Gianluca and all of Malta are celebrating tonight after their man Gianluca (and team) qualified for Saturday’s Grand Final of Eurovision 2013. We had the pleasure of meeting up with Gianluca and talking about Eurovision and his hopes for the future. Malta will perform in the first half […]
There have been 2 rehearsals for Thursday’s 2nd semi final of Eurovision 2013 at The Malmo Arena Having watched the rehearsals, these are the opinions of our team Elaine’s Qualifiers Azerbaijan Finland Malta Iceland Greece Israel Armenia Norway Georgia Romania Andrew’s Qualifiers San Marino Azerbaijan Finland Norway Malta […]
Hi All – Garrett here for the Rolling Blog of the Jury Voting Rehearsal for Semi Final 2. I will be running between the blog and broadcasting on ESCInsight.com – so follow us live. Great street performance to open the show with BMX Bikers, Skateboarders and Dancers. We […]
Yesterday myself and David Elder were invited to the Georgian Embassy here in Malmo at Eurovision 2013 for a reception hosted by The Georgian Ambassador. It was a VERY exclusive reception so Eurovision Ireland were pleased to be in attendance at this event. We got dressed up […]
Tonight starting at 5pm local time in Malmo we will see the first full dress rehearsal of Semi Final 2. The Eurovision Ireland team are all on hand to do a running update on our reactions to what we are seeing on the screens in the Press centre. […]
Marco performs his 2nd set of rehearsals in the Malmo Arena. (YouTube Video Courtesy of ESCKaz) Garrett’s View Could I love this song or Marco any more? This is just pure heaven for me. Simple staging and amazing vocals makes me weak at the knees every time I hear […]
Bonnie Tyler takes to the stage for her second Rehearsal at Eurovision 2013 (YouTube Video Courtesy of ESCKaz) Stephen I believe Bonnie I believe! Great charm here from the Uk. Bonnie works the stage really well & with great lighting and that important wind machine this looks and […]
The Draw for the running order for the Big 6 has been made. Earlier this year Sweden – as hosts – drew position 16. The Big 5 today drew what half of the running order they will appear in. They are as follows Spain – First Half of […]
Robin St Jernberg takes to the stage for his second rehearsal at Eurovision 2013 (YouTube Video courtesy of ESCKaz) Garrett’s View This is still looking and sounding over produced. The dancers are distracting and the costumes are highly unflattering and this is not coming across well on camera and […]