It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 8th, we are continuing with Iolanda. She represented Portugal with “Grito”, taking 10th place with 152 points. Iolanda […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 7th, we are continuing with Angelina Mango. She represented Italy with “La noia”, taking 7th place, with 268 […]
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 11th: Saturday 11th May 2024 On this day in 2024, the 68th 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: Vlado Kalember is 71 today Time to slip in a little duet for your viewing pleasure. It comes from that mythical country Yugoslavia. And goes to show that, for a time at least, a larger entity can function perfectly well. Back in 1984, Yugoslavia (remember them?) was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jaklin Baghdasaryan from Armenia is 28 today We all remember 2024. It was memorable on so many levels. Not all of them completely savoury. But, we still had 37 songs competing for the crystal microphone. And one of them features today. Our friends in Armenia usually generally […]
#BIRTHDAY: Bambie Thug is 32 today The performance. It’s always about the performance. Or is it? You have three minutes to make yourself stand out from the crowd of many many other songs. You need to catch that elusive televoter’s eye. It has to be said that today […]
Hey Eurovision fans! We recently had the chance to chat with Javier, one of the talented backing vocalists for Mustii, Belgium’s representative for Eurovision 2024. Today, he’s back to tell us about his involvement with Tristeza, Josh’s song from Festival da Canção 2025. Watch the full interview below […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marcus & Martinus are 23 today There are false flaggers and there are false flaggers. Those that clearly come from a different place from the one they represent. And those that are only just representing a different country. That is, they may as well be from the […]