BIRTHDAY: Duarte Mendes from Portugal is 72 today Is Eurovision political? Is there a fine line between a political song and one that celebrates history. Where do you draw this line? Some countries have had more turbulent histories than others, and some very recently. Back in 1975, revolution […]
BIRTHDAY: Kate Gulbrandsen from Norway is 54 today We have another opener today. I always comment on how difficult it it to open a show, even if you get more access to the free bar. But you’ll never quite know how the audience will be warmed up before […]
Just like the Eurovision Asia Song Contest – which has been delayed indefinitely, the ABU Song Contest has now been delayed. Originally due to take place on 17th and 19th October this year, the dates have now been moved to 16th and 18th April 2020. The Contest will […]
BIRTHDAY: Susanne Georgi from Andorra is 43 today You want colour? Well after two days of glorious monochrome it’s a now a good time to see if you’re colourblind or not. And it’s not only colour, it’s also from this century! Control yourself! Do you remember Andorra? They […]
Hatari, this year’s Icelandic entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Scandinavia and Western Europe in 2020 – including three UK dates. The tagline of the tour is “Europe Will Crumble”. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (19th July), however we don’t have a link […]
BIRTHDAY: Andy Abraham from the UK is 55 today Do you think performers like to publicise the fact they’ve taken part in our favourite TV show? Do they make the most of it, or just pretend it never happened? When they’re selected, they must think that they’ll never […]
North Macedonia have chosen Mila Moskov to represent them at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The 14 year old was chosen by MKRTV – the North Macedonian broadcaster after auditions were held. Mila’s song will be revealed by the end of August. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
BIRTHDAY: Aisel from Azerbaijan is 30 today When your country has a good record in our favourite TV show, it puts extra pressure on performers to keep up this tradition. But there will come a time when that country will do badly. Last year, our friends in Azerbaijan […]
It is now the end of June and the participation deadline for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is upon us. Not that surprisingly, Greece have confirmed that they will not be returning to the Contest this year – although no specific reason has been given by ERT. Greece […]
Year after year Eurovision competitors try to reinvent the wheel and impress us with either a heart-felt performance, strong visuals or powerful voices. Some try to have it all; sometimes it works, other times it’s just too much for the viewers to handle. Today we’re going to look […]
BIRTHDAY: Jean-Karl Lucas from France is 37 today Do you remember 2018? We were in sunny sunny Lisbon. Everyone was tipping certain countries to win. Or do badly. They got some predictions right. And some, well, not quite as right. As with every year recently, the Big Five […]
To celebrate Dublin’s Pride Parade this weekend, we here at Eurovision Ireland are taking a look back at some of the superstars of LGBTQ culture who have graced the Eurovision stage over the years – that’s right, it’s time to look at Eurovision drag queens! Thanks to shows […]
Ever since the publishing part one of the ‘The Naked Men of Eurovision‘ back in 2015, the public asked us if we’ll ever going to do a part two. Well, after four years, we thought it was the time to give our viewers an update with more recent […]
Sofia Pride will be welcoming their first ever Eurovision Song Contest winner to the event – on June 8th, Netta will take to the stage. The concert that Netta will perform at will be held at the Soviet Army Monument. Netta had the following to say: “When you […]
ITALY: Staggy’s National Day playlist Staggy, with a bit of help from the Eurovision Ireland team, has put together a short playlist to help celebrate Italy’s Festa della Repubblica. If you’re Italian, we hope you have a good day. Squeak!! First, let’s start with the song from 2017. […]
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