#BIRTHDAY: Edurne from Spain is 40 today Our friends in Spain haven’t had the best of times this century. The peak was a rogue 3rd place finish in 2022. so at least they’ve tried. They’ve even brought in bigger guns at time. Today’s birthday girl Edurne García Almagro […]
#BIRTHDAY: Guy Sebastian from Australia is 44 today It’s always exciting when a country débuts in our favourite TV show. Over 40 countries have participated, and there’s always rumour of more débuts to come. The newest country is that famous European country – Australia. Avid viewers for 30 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mørland from Norway is 45 today I’ve picked a duet today. Don’t you just love them? This duettist wrote the song as well as duetted with Joanna Bussinger. But more of her later. The song is about doing something bad in your past. We’ve all done it, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lisa Angell from France is 57 today You may think that when Portugal won, they had been mightily unlucky to only win at its 376th attempt. Well I guess they have, but now the most appearances without a win honour lies with Malta and Iceland – depending […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we conclude the series with Võro, Yankunytjatjara and Yugoslav Sign Language. Võro […]
#BIRTHDAY: Debrah Scarlett from Norway is 32 today A song like today’s song is one I don’t want to stop. You get them sometimes. They look a bit odd to start with but draw you in as they go along. By the end, you wish the song was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elina Born from Estonia is 31 today Woo-hoo! It’s duo time today. That delicious mix of two singers. Well, it’s delicious when they do work together. Or it could be a potential car crash. Either way, there’s usually at least one singer that works, even if 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 20th, we are continuing with Amber. She represented Malta with “Warrior”, taking 11th place in the semi final, […]
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 23rd: Saturday 23rd May 2015 On this day in 2015, the 60th 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”. […]