Today, the President of Belarus, Mr Lukashenko met all of this year’s participants at the Palace of Independence. Former Belarusian Junior Eurovision participants also attended. President Lukashenko had the following to say: “You must be proud and happy that you are the winners in your countries, and now […]
It’s time! Let the rehearsals and the first #LiveBlog of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin! Today see’s the first ten acts take to the stage for their first rehearsals – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 11:00CET by regularly refreshing the page for all […]
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 […]
The second day in Minsk has had it’s fun before we gathered for the opening ceremony earlier. Myself and our friends from ESC Insight walked down the road, to the arena to pick up our Accreditations – easier said than done. We ventured in and out of several […]
The stage was set at the BelExpo tonight for both the Opening Ceremony, as well as the drawer for the opening country, closing country and Belarus’s running order position. The artists were introduced in country alphabetical order. This included a quick chat with the hosts – Anna Kviloria […]
it’s true, here at Eurovision Ireland we like to help our mates out at OnEurope, principally cos Phil is smart, and funny, and his site is beautifully presented and he’s writing this page right now. However, in the spirit of collaboration, I have decided to share my home […]
What does an Australian, Scotsman, Englishman and a couple of thousand screaming Belarusian women got in common? Yes in all attended the Alekseev Concert at the Sports Palace here in Minsk tonight – with Special Guest Ani Lorak. I joined Ewan and Sharleen from the ESC Insight for […]
It’s almost time for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018! Eurovision Ireland’s own Richard will be out in Belarus giving us all the latest goings on at the Minsk Arena, and the rest of the team will be chipping in too! So what does our resident traveller and […]
For those of you that have already seen the official video, will realise Taylor Hynes is joined by some familiar Eurovision Song Contest alumni. Niamh Kavanagh (1993 Winner & 2010 Finalist) and Ryan O’Shaughnessy (2018 Finalist) join Taylor. For Ryan O’Shaughnessy, this will make a change to feature […]
After 216 songs were submitted for Eesti Laul 2019, ERR have tonight announced the 24 that have made it through to the Semi Finals in Tartu, along with the Acts performing them. The 24 Acts and their Songs are: 1. Kadiah – “Believe” 2. Kerli Kivilaan – “Cold […]