This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Japanese, Karelian and Latin. Japanese Japanese is the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ochman from Poland is 26 today What do you think of people representing countries other than their birth? It can be more controversial when their birth country and their chosen country both participate. Or is it worse of a country picks any old false-flagger? Today’s birthday boy […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vladana from Montenegro is 39 today Did you miss the countries that sat on the sidelines this year? We know some could return in 2026, but some have made the subs bench their second home. We obviously like bigger Eurovisions, so when the roster is revealed for […]
#BIRTHDAY: Achille Lauro from San Marino is 35 today Every now and then a performance comes along that just sets a new bar for performances. It’s so memorable in so many ways. And these ways are not always favourable. Of course, every song – without exception (well, maybe […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nadir Rüstəmli from Azerbaijan is 26 today You know how some countries that you write off when you first hear their song. And then they hit the big stage and you think they could be in with a chance? Much to your chagrin. In other news, we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rosa Linn from Armenia is 25 today Occasionally, we get non-winning songs that develop a life of their own. The so-called ‘break-out’ song. Some quarters think that, if you don’t win, your career is over. It may happen to some, but not to all. That’s the fun […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, we will be looking back at Switzerland since their first participation. Today we begin with 2019. 2019 – “She Got Me” In 2019, when the Contest was held in Tel Aviv, Israel, Luca Hänni represented Switzerland with “She […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s May 14th: Saturday 14th May 2022 On this day in 2022, the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 2021. 2021 – “Maps” In 2021, when the Contest was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Lesley Roys represented Ireland with “Maps”. Lesley finished in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Brooke Scullion from Ireland is 26 today Did you enjoy the contest in Turin/Torino? Did you go? Did the city meet your high expectations? And, of course, did your favourites make it to the Grand Final out of those cut-throat semi-finals? One highly tipped song didn’t actually […]