The final countdown has begun to the Grand Final in Tel Aviv on Saturday 18th May. As usual we will have our traditional Live Blogs and Interviews during the fortnight. What else would you like to see from our coverage this year though? Let us know your ideas […]
So…..the dust has settled on Lisbon 2018 (which I had the pleasure of attending this year) and as 2019 and the road to Tel Aviv 2019 has begun, with Albania being the first to select their entry! I felt it timely to write my first article as a […]
#IRELAND: Molly Sterling to appear in First Fortnight Festival Former Eurovision participant Molly Sterling is throwing her weight between the European Mental Health Art & Culture Festival , First Fortnight. As well as being at the official launch last month, she will be taking part in the festival’s […]
#IRELAND: Ryan O’Shaughnessy to perform Christmas show Not content with singing for his country in May, and giving his Junior Eurovision countryman a helping hand last month, Ryan is concluding his of Ireland with a Christmas Show on Thursday 20 December at the Grand Social on Liffey Street […]
Eurovision Ireland is expanding! We tasked one of our new writers to tell us about their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest – so enough from me, here’s Sade to tell us more! I get asked quite often “Sade, when did you start watching Eurovision?” and “What’s your […]
#IRELAND: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin has died One of Ireland’s most renowned composers and arrangers, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, has died. Whilst his name may not be uppermost in the mind of the Eurovision fan, he was responsible for ‘Lumen’, the interval act from the 1995 contest held at […]
#IRELAND: RTÉ puts out a call for songs RTÉ announced today that it is inviting accomplished songwriters and performers, with a proven track record of success in the music industry, to submit a song to be considered to represent Ireland next May. Executive Producer and Head of Irish Delegation Michael Kealy said: […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]
Eurovision Winner Linda Martin talks to Ivan Yates from Newstalk about bringing back a National Eurovision Song Selection contest. Linda talks about the hard work she put into her career and how winning the Eurovision Song Contest changed her life. Linda fills Ivan in on the ‘Eurovision Legends’ […]
What makes a winning Eurovision song? This is the million dollar question and Ivan Yates from Newstalk Radio speaks to the man who has been part of Eurovision for many years plus he gave us Dustin The Turkey back in 2008. Bill Hughes – Award Winning TV and […]
The two men that helped Ireland to their historic three in a row win at Eurovision talk to Ivan Yates on Newstalk. Yes the 1994 Eurovision Winners Paul Harrington& Charlie McGettigan spoke about Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s chances of winning the contest in Lisbon, their ‘Eurovision Legends‘ tour with Niamh […]
After a flawless performance at the first dress rehearsal for the Grand Final, Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s performance melted the hearts of the press here in the Press Center near Altice Arena. Could Ryan be the one to bring victory again for Ireland? After qualifying from the first Semi-Final, his […]
#IRELAND: Ryan round-up As you’ll know, there’s been lots of interest in Ryan O’Shaughnessy since he made it through as one of the ten qualifiers from Tuesday night’s semi-final. First, he’s up to third in the betting, currently behind Cyprus and Israel. If you look, you can still […]
#IRELAND: Stats about Ryan As you’ll know, Ryan defied the odds and got one of the coveted places in the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. What you may not know is that the broadcast on RTÉ2 had an average audience of 329,000, which is a […]
Ireland’s Representative at the Eurovision Song Contest for 2018 is Ryan O’Shaughnessy. Newstalk’s Breakfast Show caught up with the ‘Together’ singer and composer. LISTEN: Will Ireland's @Ryan_Acoustic qualify for the #Eurovision final? He competes in tonight's semi final in Lisbon. He spoke to our own Eurovision expert @GMulhall1 […]
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