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”. […]
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 14th: Saturday 14th May 2022 On this day in 2022, the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 2015. 2015 – “Playing with Numbers” In 2015, when the Contest was held in Vienna, Austria, Molly Sterling represented Ireland with “Playing with Numbers”. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jamie-Lee from Germany is 27 today Who would you like to see win our favourite TV show this year? A song from one of the semi-finals? Or one of those automatic qualifiers? As we know, six countries per year make it straight through to the Grand Final. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rykka is 39 today Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you want to see the best singers, wherever they’re from? Or should they just be European? Of course, non-Europeans have […]
For the second year, the official ESC Top 250 was broadcast on EFR12, the French radio station. For the first time since 2021, Loreen returned to the top spot with “Euphoria”. While the full results of all 1700+ Eurovision entries can be found HERE, how did Ukraine rank within […]
#BIRTHDAY: Zoë from Austria is 28 today Has the free language rule signalled the death knell for some languages? It’s true that songs in Italian and Portuguese have won in the last few years, but generally English is king. Or in the case of the 2021 contest, perhaps […]
#BIRTHDAY: Michał Szpak from Poland is 34 today What do you think about the modern day system of giving jury and televoting results separately? It sets out how differently those two elements can think, and potentially throw up a surprise winner. In 2016 we saw it for the […]
A good song needs a killer lyric. That’s obvious. But it also needs those specific lines that put it above the rest. What is your favourite line from a song? The first song sung by today’s birthday boy Donny Montell (né Donatas Montvydas) had plenty of them. And […]
#BIRTHDAY: Laura Tesoro from Belgium is 28 today Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing – I’m talking about good national finals. I jest of course. Every national final will have good songs and, erm, other songs. Our friends in Belgium flit between televised […]
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