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 […]
Last week we found out the name of the song competing for a chance to wave the Estonian flag in Tel Aviv. Earlier today EER, the Estonian broadcaster announced the songs competing in each Semi-Final. For the First Semi-final on 31st of January we have the following acts: […]
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 […]
Following on from my series of daily #RichardReflects articles in Lisbon, I’ll be writing in my #MinskJournal throughout my time here at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Day 1 can be summed up under two topics, the first been arriving into Minsk. For those that are yet to […]
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 […]
Estonia has withdrawn from the second edition of Eurovision Choir of the Year – to be held in Gothenburg next August. The nation opened the inaugural Contest in Riga last year and also returned to Eurovision Young Musicians last year – after last competing in 2004. ERR confirmed […]
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 […]