Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cesár Sampson from Austria is 37 today We occasionally bang on about any country being capable of winning our favourite TV show. Some have that fluke result, some are knocking on the door of winning most years, and some blow hot and cold. Today we go to […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ilinca from Romania is 22 today It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don’t, otherwise they’d all finish up with the same number of points. But whilst they all want to stand out, some stand out because they […]
Starting today and lasting through to Wednesday 26th August, the Black Sea Songwriting Camp is taking place in the Bulgarian cities of Burgas and Primosko. Four teams of song-writers will be taking part in the camp. The songs that are composed will not only be offered to BNT, […]
Azerbaijan joins a list of other participating countries that have a brand new Head Of Delegation for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. Isa Melikov, who was responsible for writing Azerbaijan’s only winning entry to date, has been named the new Head Of Delegation and will lead […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jari Sillanpää from Finland is 55 today It’s opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It was the first song in the first semi-final in the host country. Yes, there have been […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, has started the search for the entries of the 59th edition of Festivali i Kenges. Songwriters and performers have until Friday 2nd October to either email their submissions to the broadcaster or hand deliver them. It is currently unknown whether Festivali i Kenges […]
Following that they would LIKELY be participating in Warsaw, RTP, the Portuguese national broadcaster have finally confirmed their 2020 participation. RTP told ESC Portugal the following: “If there is a competition, RTP will be present.” After the Portuguese confirmation, only three countries from 2019 have to reveal their […]
KiKA, the German broadcaster responsible for the country’s participation in the Contest, will be broadcasting “Junior Eurovision Song Contest – das Casting” across Tuesday 1st September and Wednesday 2nd September. On Tuesday 1st September, the first programme will show those that’ve auditioned and the five finalists been picked […]