#BIRTHDAY: Lozano from North Macedonia is 40 today Do you like the plethora of languages that the songs on our favourite TV show are sung in? Do you like to hear songs in that particularly obscure tongue? Or do you prefer a decent song sung in a language […]
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 23rd, we are continuing with Ryan Dolan. He represented Ireland, with “Only Love Survives”, taking 26th place with […]
#BIRTHDAY: ByeAlex from Hungary is 41 today There’s been a little gap in central Europe of late. A gap which is countries currently having a few years out from our favourite TV show. You’d need to ask their broadcaster why they’re not competing with song, but we do […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eyþór Ingi from Iceland is 36 today Performers of all ages have been seen on a Eurovision stage. It cam sometimes be a fun game to guess whether a performer looks their age or not. Many performers try to look younger than they are. Some succeed. Some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aliona Moon from Moldova is 36 today We know that anyone can win our favourite TV show, whether it’s that Nordic country that many fans have as their default 12 points, or whether it’s that outsider that captures the zeitgeist before sinking back into obscurity. But have […]
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 18th: Saturday 18th May 2019 On this day in 2019, the 64th 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 2013. 2013 – “You and Me” In 2013, when the Contest was held in Malmo, Sweden, Takasa represented Switzerland with “You and Me”. […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 2009. 2009 – “Et Cetera” In 2009, when the Contest was held in Moscow, Russia, Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy represented Ireland with “Et […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anouk from Netherlands is 50 today It wasn’t so long ago we were going Dutch in Rotterdam. Our friends in the Netherlands have a rich past going right back to the first contest – indeed the first song. Not so long ago, the Netherlands had eight years […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sopho Gelovani from Georgia is 41 today Songs get some by performers in many forms. I like soloists as they can put everything into their singing. I also like groups as they can share the load and bounce off each other. And then there are duets. Duets […]