#BIRTHDAY: Michalis Rakintzis from Greece is 64 today Things got a little odd at the turn of the century. We were trapped in Nordic/Baltic Europe after time in the eastern Med. Countries were taking it in turns to be relegated. And we had some interesting acts. When we […]
James was lucky enough to catch up with Kateryna Pavlenko and Taras Shevchenko from the electro-folk band Go_A, who will be representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song “Shum”! How have the band been keeping busy during the global COVID-19 pandemic? What do have […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucía from Spain is 57 today It’s noticeable that Eurovision song titles are getting shorter. Year after year we get these one-word titles, with the word in question often buried deeply in the lyric of the song. It’s as if there’s no imagination. But these one-word titles […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. On our tour of Scandinavia, so far we’ve checked off Iceland and Finland – now […]
Eurovision Ireland is excited to announce the UK and Ireland EUROVISION REUNION on ‘The Lewis Nicholls Show’, this Monday – April the 5th. The celebrity interviewer and host of show has reunited for you 11 Eurovision stars to share their experience, behind the scenes moments, personal moments and […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
#OBITUARY: Patrick Juvet has passed away aged 70 Eurovision Ireland has found out that Swiss singer Patrick Juvet has died in Barcelona. He was 70. he was best known in Eurovision circles for his appearance at the 1973 contest in Luxembourg with the song Je vais me marier, […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
#BIRTHDAY: Armando Gama from Portugal is 67 today The set at a Eurovision Song Contest is always a talking point. In the 21st Century, it’s an eagerly anticipated announcement. How many video screens will it have? Will there be an island stage? Will the fans get equal billing […]
Drag race superstar, Bimini Bon Boulash, runner up on the RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 2, has appeared in an instagram post saying ‘This Ember is on Fire!’ The picture appears to be taken from the rehearsal for the Eurovision performance and the fans are loving it saying […]