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 4th, we are continuing with Boy George. He represented San Marino, alongside Senhit, with “Superstar”, taking 14th place […]
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 3rd, we are continuing with Lion Ceccah. They represented Lithuania with “Sólo quiero más”, taking 22nd place with […]
#BIRTHDAY: 3 June – Monika Törnell from Sweden is 72 If you’re ever in a tight spot, you can always rely on Sweden. Yes, the favourite of Eurovisions worldwide has come to our aid again. Some out there will think that Sweden can do no wrong. They could […]
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 2nd, we are continuing with Akylas. They represented Greece with “Ferto”, taking 10th place with 220 points. Akylas […]
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 1st, we are starting with this year’s Danish Act, Søren Torpegaard Lund. He represented Denmark with “Før vi […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 June – Tamara Todevska from North Macedonia is 41 A new month and you might be revelling in the post-Eurovision period, or maybe suffering from post-Eurovision depression. Or is it that pesky Eurovision cold instead? So how to get over PED? Well, we can look back […]
#BIRTHDAY: 31 May – Sopho Khalvashi from Georgia is 40 The first decade of this century saw a big expansion of the amount of countries taking part in our favourite TV show. Fifteen countries débuted. That’s more countries than took part in the first contests. One such début […]
#BIRTHDAY: 30 May – Pasha Parfeny from Moldova is 40 Mr Eurovision. Every country has one. Or several. Or someone who thinks they are deserving of this title. Not to be confused with Dr Eurovision, obviously. There’s only room for one of those. Moldova has a claimant to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Wyn Hoop from Germany is 90 Do you ever get confused by song titles? You expect a song in a certain language because of the title, and you get something else? Songs in Serbo-Croat with English titles for example. Today’s birthday boy Wyn Hoop (né Winfried Lüssenhop) […]
#BIRTHDAY: 27 May – Roger Bens from France is 58 It’s often debated which song contest is the best one ever. The one that took place in Göteborg/Gothenburg in 1985 will rank there among the best. It had some great songs, some tight voting, and Lys Assia. Representing […]