#BIRTHDAY: Mando from Greece is 55 today In a contest like Eurovision, it often happens that we get different songs with the same title. We even have two songs within the 2021 crop, luckily in different semi-finals. But a similar song title doesn’t always guarantee a similar finish. […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Croatia. Croatia debuted at the Contest in 1993, in Millstreet, Ireland. Put finished in fifteenth […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmy from Armenia is 37 today It can always be a lottery taking part in a semi-final. Yes, these days only five countries don’t have to take part in them. But luck, whether it’s bad or good, can get you through to the Grand Final, or hold […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Norway. Norway debuted at the Contest in 1960, in London, the United Kingdom. Nora Brockstedt […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part I – The Finalists The Rotterdam contest is fast approaching, so it’s only right that we at Eurovision Ireland review the 39 contenders. In this first of seven reviews, we look at the six songs already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Cyprus. Cyprus debuted at the Contest in 1981, in Dublin, Ireland, Island finished in sixth […]
#BIRTHDAY: Mélovin from Ukraine is 24 today If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It’s obvious, isn’t it. But how to stop that show? With a song that you can’t help falling in love with? Or with a bonkers stage show? Both […]
Shay Healy, the winning Songwriter behind “What’s Another Year” has passed away at the age of 78. RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, gave the following obituary: “From Sandymount in Dublin, he originally worked in RTÉ as a trainee cameraman, but soon found himself on the other side of […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate North Macedonia. North Macedonia debuted (as Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) at the Contest in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Linas Adomaitis from Lithuania is 45 today Who’s your favourite duo? Is it one that won? Is it one that had two performers yelling at each other whilst stood close together? Or is it one of those duos that tried their best, but failed to make the […]