So last night saw the official opening of Eurovision, and the stars of 42 nations strutted the red carpet in their best shoes and frocks outside the palatial Euroclub tent before heading off to a swanky do at the City Hall in front of loads of dignitaries and […]
Eurovision Ireland caught up with the lovely Laura Tesoro in the press centre in Stockholm this afternoon. She tells us all about her life in music and what she hopes comes from her performance at Eurovision. Laura Tesoro performs for Belgium in the second semi-final on Thursday 12 May. Watch Laura’s national final […]
Fresh from her rehearsals at the Globe Arena, Bulgarian dynamo Poli Genova takes a moment to catch up with Eurovision Ireland! Watch our video interview to see what made Poli return to the Eurovision stage, her thoughts on hosting Junior Eurovision and what she learnt from the contestants, […]
Image Credit: Ovidiu Anton, from Facebook Whatever happens at this year’s Eurovision and whoever wins, one of 2016’s biggest stories will be Romania’s last minute removal from the contest. To read the full story behind the end of Romania’s Eurovision 2016 journey, click here As Romania’s exit came […]
Välkommen till Stockholm! The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 has started its rehearsals in beautiful sunny Stockholm! While we know you’re all eagerly following our updates from inside the Globe, we thought you’d also like to know a bit more about this year’s host city. In this series of […]
Another star returning to Eurovision! The stunning Ira Losco is back for Malta and we here at Eurovision Ireland caught up with her after a day of rehearsals in the Globe Arena in Stockholm! Want to know what Ira thinks of being back at Eurovision? What she thinks […]
She’s back! Eurovision Ireland caught up with the amazing Greta Salóme from Iceland after her first rehearsals in the Globe Arena in Stockholm! Check out our interview to see what Greta thinks about her rehearsals, her reunion with other 2012 contestants, and what made her say “WOW!” Greta […]
Everyday we are here in Stockholm, #JoinUs for a brief look back at some of the day’s top stories in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest Day 1 Rehearsals Everyday, you are able to follow our daily blogs as we cover all of the rehearsals here on […]
Goodness if I thought Poli was utterly gorgeous before I saw her in person, well I totally fell in love when I met her. Watch my interview with her at the London Eurovision Party and try to ignore how distracted I am by her and trying not to […]
Let’s face it, everyone loves a winner. But for all the winners of our illustrious contest, around half of the countries taking part in Eurovision have never taken home the trophy. This is despite the fact that after 60 contests with 50 nations taking part, it was theoretically […]
They’re back – and this time, they mean business! The Eurovision Song Contest is no stranger to veteran performers. Most years we get at least one singer returning to the stage for another chance to grab the gold in Europe’s favourite music competition. But for 2016, a lot […]
Let’s face it, everyone loves a winner. But for all the winners of our illustrious contest, around half of the countries taking part in Eurovision have never taken home the trophy. This is despite the fact that after 60 contests with 50 nations taking part, it was theoretically […]
It’s that time of year again! The songs are all in – the running order has been announced – so you know what that means! Semi-finals, here we come!! Since 2004, competing Eurovision nations have had to battle it out for a place in Saturday night’s main event. […]
Let’s face it, everyone loves a winner. But for all the winners of our illustrious contest, around half of the countries taking part in Eurovision have never taken home the trophy. This is despite the fact that after 60 contests with 50 nations taking part, it was […]
They say it comes in threes. First, we gave you an article about cities we’d love to see host Eurovision. You guys reading out there gave us so much feedback on our choices, that soon after another list of potential host cities followed. And still you wanted […]