BIRTHDAY: DJ BoBo from Switzerland is 51 today If you’re a fan of the history of our favourite TV show, you’ll first know that there were contests before 2000. You’ll also know who won when. Take 1956 for example, when the late great Ms Lys Assia won. She […]
BIRTHDAY: Mélanie Cohl from Belgium is 37 today Another day, another birthday, and today it comes from plucky little Belgium. You know the place – capital of Europe and made up of a conglomeration of various communities that sometimes speak to each other. Of course, with a country […]
BIRTHDAY: Hovig from Cyprus is 30 today Did you ever wonder what makes a good selection process for your country’s act? Should it be a series of shows lasting months where one song gets eliminated each week? One show that’s all done and dusted in an hour? Or […]
BIRTHDAY: Agathonas Iakovidis from Greece is 64 What do you like about Eurovision? The singing? The costume? The fact that various culture from about our fair continent lock horns in a battle that can only make for the betterment of Europe? It’s none of these. It’s about alcohol. […]
BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 40 A new year, and we can now say that Israel will be hosting this year. Exciting, isn’t it? Well it is for the 42 countries that will be there on stage between 14 and 18 May. Will yours be of them? One country that […]
Happy New Year! While a new year means that a new Eurovision Song Contest is edging ever closer, it also means it’s time to look through ESC Radio’s Annual Top 250! While Loreen has held on to her crown for a 7th consecutive year, James took a closer […]
So…..the dust has settled on Lisbon 2018 (which I had the pleasure of attending this year) and as 2019 and the road to Tel Aviv 2019 has begun, with Albania being the first to select their entry! I felt it timely to write my first article as a […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]
ALBANIA: Live blog of Festivali i Këngës Final from 20.45 CET We’ve been through two nights of quality song from Tirana. Tonight is the Grand Final of Festivali i Këngës 57, and the winner will carry the double-headed eagle to Tel Aviv next May. Fourteen songs have made […]
ALBANIA: Live Blog of Festivali i Këngës 57 from 20.45 CET The 2019 Eurovision season kicks off properly tonight, with the first show of Festivali i Këngës from Tirana in Albania. A grand total of 22 acts will perform tonight with the aid of the RTSH Symphonic Orchestra. […]