#ESC25: Eurovision Ireland interviews… Klemen from Slovenia Eurovision Ireland caught up with Klemen Slakonja. As you know, he’s performing Slovenia’s song How much time do we have left at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. He told us about celebrating Eurovision winners, his ideal duet partner, and […]
#UKRAINE: Live blog of Vidbir 2025 from 17.30CET The national finals are coming thick and fast this weekend. Today includes the turn of Ukraine – a country you can never write off, as they definitely ‘get’ Eurovision. Ten acts are competing for the lucky Golden Ticket to Basel. […]
#IRELAND: And the winner is… The special Eurovision edition of RTÉ’s Late Late Show has just finished, and Ireland has picked a song that could maybe – just maybe – secure an eighth win. After a combination of public and jury voting, the song going to Basel in […]
#IRELAND: Live blog of Eurosong 2025 from 22.35CET Seven-time winners of the Eurovision Song Contest Ireland hold their selection show tonight. In the Late Late Show slot on RTÉ1, six acts will vie for that golden ticket to Basel in May. Patrick Kielty will host, and members of […]
#IRELAND: The Eurosong 2025 performers Eurovision Ireland’s roving reporter Dermot Manning caught up with the six acts vying for the golden ticket to represent Ireland and RTÉ at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel in May. We asked the performers about influences, stagings and their songwriting experiences. […]
#OBITUARY: Joe Grech has died aged 90 Veteran Maltese singer Joseph ‘Joe’ Grech, who was the first act to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 90. He was renowned for promoting the Maltese language, both in his own country and throughout Europe. Joe was […]
#OBITUARY: Dickie Rock has died aged 88 Irish singer Richard ‘Dickie’ Rock has died aged 88. A mainstay of Ireland’s showbands down the years, he represented his country at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest. Dickie was born on 10 October 1936 in Dublin, and raised in Cabra. In […]
#CHRISTMAS2024: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 4 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#HALLOWE’EN: Eurovision goes bump in the night Hallowe’en and Eurovision. Does it scare you? Do you tremble on 31 October when you get a sinister knock at your door? Are you relieved when you find out it’s only the local kids going trick-or-treating? Or do you leave the […]
#ESC2024: Irish fans give their views – Part 2 Eurovision Ireland ventured to Malmö’s Eurovillage at Folkets Park. We asked what how they were enjoying their time in Malmö, and what they thought of Bambie Thug’s chances in the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Author: […]