The magic of Skjálfandi captured by Will Ferrell and My Marianne in hit song Húsavík has captured the audience in the USA! Just a few weeks after the release of Netflix’s musical comedy Eurovison Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell scores his first entry on a Billboard songs […]
PLAY JA JA DING DONG!!! Yes, you read that right – everyone’s favourite song from everyone’s favourite movie now has its own restaurant in Húsavík! Earlier today the JaJa Ding Dong Húsavík opened in the Icelandic town, setting of Will Ferrel’s film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of […]
#THE REAL ME: Eurovision Memories from David Shardlow Eurovision Ireland asked fan David Shardlow for a Eurovision song that means something to him. He tells us his story… I was just eleven years old at the time and A Song For Europe for me, was more important than […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 53 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
Another former and winning participating country will not be returning to the line-up in Warsaw. Croatia won the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, before withdrawing in 2007. Croatia took part in one further Contest in 2014. HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have put financial restraints as […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Belgium. 1961 In 1961, Belgium was […]
Welcome to Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest. Today, we are at the letter H. Harrogate Harrogate, hosted the twenty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 – […]
#BIRTHDAY: André from Armenia is 39 today It’s début time again, and one that saw an expansion into the Caucasus – that area some claim is Europe and some claim is Asia. We’re not going to discuss that geographical question here. Today’s birthday boy Անդրեյ Սերգեյի Հովնանյան/André Sergey […]
German broadcasters NDR, ZDF and KiKA have announced that they have joined forces for a debut at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Warsaw. Germany will be the 40th and final Big Five country to participate in the Contest. Dr. Astrid Plenk, the Director of Programming at […]
#BIRTHDAY: Omar Naber from Slovenia is 39 today Many people can claim to have a unique record in our favourite TV show. It could be their country’s only winner. Or the only person to win twice as a performer. More often – probably – are people who share […]
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