Love it or loath it (WE LOVE IT) there is no escaping Melodifestivalen aka The Eurovision Smorgasbord of Swedish Music. Today SVT announced the line up of singers and composers who are biding to represent Sweden at Eurovision on home soil in Stockholm 2016. We take a close […]
Serbian media this morning is in a frenzy with the speculation that one of their top musical names is Stockholm bound for Eurovision 2016. Jelena Karleusa was a name mentioned for Eurovision 2015 earlier this year but Serbian TV decided to opt for a national selection. However this morning […]
‘Black Friday’ maybe an import from America but Eurovision is no stranger to the concept! Yesterday saw the celebration of Thanksgiving by our American friends and family. The Friday after that day is known as ‘Black Friday’ where Department Stores lower their prices on previous goods and people […]
Minus One are true to their name and will be performing ‘Minus ONE’ thing – their clothing. Yes Christmas has come early and we here at Eurovision Ireland like the ‘Craic’ like no other! Our Cheeky Chappies from Cyprus who will take to the stage at Eurovision 2016, have […]
Eurovision 2016 sees a change of approach from the BBC. A more thorough approach to getting that 6th Eurovision win were announced earlier this year – SEE HERE. Eurovision Ireland can now reveal that the shortlisting of the submissions received by the BBC has begun with the involvement […]
Eurovision 2016: The story so far… As the music fades on another successful Junior Eurovision Song Contest, I started to get even more excited for next year’s Eurovision, but then I realised I was a little bit ‘out of it’, if you like, in terms of what we […]
SVT have made their announcement for the Melodifestivalen Hosts for 2016. As expected Gina Diwawi, who the good people at Aftonbladet said would got the call, indeed got named first as the main hostess. However in two surprise announcements Petra Mede and Charlotte Perrelli have been announced as co hosts for […]
Estonia announced the 20 acts that are hoping to make it to Eurovision 2016. Now you can listen to some of the songs as they are being released along with interviews on the official Eesti Laul Page HERE As you wait for more songs to be released we […]
NRK are celebrating that they have had immense interest in their Eurovision 2016 selection process. The broadcaster must feel like they are living a ‘Fairytale’ as they have received almost 1 thousand entries for Melodi Grand Prix 2016 – the winner of which will make the short trip […]
They missed out on going to Vienna this year but add a year and then ‘Minus One’ and we think Cyprus are on to a Eurovision equation that could score them an A+. However the Eurovision mathematician in us needs another element to complete this formula. Yes ‘Minus […]