To celebrate Dublin’s Pride Parade this weekend, we here at Eurovision Ireland are taking a look back at some of the superstars of LGBTQ culture who have graced the Eurovision stage over the years – that’s right, it’s time to look at Eurovision drag queens! Thanks to shows […]
Every now and again a new book about Eurovision rises up through the ether purporting to be a definitive guide to the contest and its history. Most of the time they end up being either a dry, sociopolitical treatise or yet another list-based run through of the same […]
As pride season continues across the world, tributes continue to take place for those who lost their lives or were injured in the horrific shooting in Orlando last weekend. For those of us in the LGBT community around the world, we’ve been hit hard, and we know this will […]
A few days ago there were a lot of posts across Facebook about the potential of Russia being the host nation for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. With Sergey Lazarev and ‘You Are the Only One’ still leading the list of the Bookie’s favourites, Russia are going into […]
Has Aram MP3 just ruined his chances of winning Eurovision 2014 with his alleged homophobic comments? He has been the favourite to win Eurovision since he released his song “Not Alone”. There seems to be no stopping people from looking at the cinematic video to his song that […]
Question : Will Russian Political Action Affect Your Vote for the Russian Entry at Eurovision? “Eurovision does not take place in a vacuum” was the story from NDR’s Official German Eurovision website last November that we reported on. Mr Thomas Schreiber – the Executive Producer of the 2011 Eurovision Song […]
“The Reference Committee of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in the history of the competition, wrote a warning letter to the Russian TV Channel One and RTR” inquiring about artistic freedom and the safety of participants and fans should Russia win the Eurovision Song Contest again. […]
Happy Dublin Gay Pride from the team here at Eurovision Ireland. You know that Eurovision was created to bring Europe together after World War II and promote a sense understanding as opposed to violence. That sentiment continues today in the contest on a social, cultural and sexual orientation […]
Eurovision 2005 winner Helena Paparizou has come out with her 6th studio album and a kiss with Courtney Parker – fellow Greek singer. Helena is linking the release of her new album “tha prays vgoume Ti” (What Time Did You Leave) with her campaign to support the Gay Pride celebration in […]
1998 Eurovision winner Miss Dana International has released one rather provocative video for the song “Loca” that is being used to highlight Tel Aviv Gay Pride 2013. Pride Week in Tel Aviv starts on June 2nd, and will have events throughout the week until Saturday June 8th. The […]