#OBITUARY: Peppino di Capri Italian entertainment legend Peppino di Capri has died at the age of 86. Born Giuseppe Faiella, he had been singing for audiences for some eighty years, starting with entertaining American troops on the island of Capri from the age of four. by 1958 he […]
#OBITUARY: Bo Halldórsson has died aged 74 Icelandic singer Björgvin ‘Bo’ Halldórsson, known in Eurovision circles for his performance in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness, shortly before his 75th birthday. A well-known star on the Icelandic music scene for many years, he […]
Eurovision Ireland has tonight heard the sad news that Marinella, who represented Greece in their very first participation in Eurovision in 1974, has passed away at the age of 87 . Marinella performed at the contest in Brighton with the song “Krasi Thalassa ke t’agori mou”. She came […]
Today , Eurovision Ireland heard the sad news that Clodagh Rodgers , who represented the United Kingdom at the 1971 contest with the song “Jack in the Box” has passed away at the age of 78 . Clodagh’s son , Sam Sorbie broke the news on Social Media […]
The Eurovision Ireland Team have very sadly heard today of the death of a long -standing much loved UK Eurovision Winner. Martin Lee , main lead vocalist and also guitarist of the Brotherhood of Man from the United Kingdom passed away on Sunday 29th September 2024 at the […]
#OBITUARY: Guy Bonnet of France has died French singer songwriter Guy Bonnet has died aged 78. The representative of France as a performer at two Eurovision Song Contests, and the writer of a third song, he passed away in the French city of Montpellier. His first attempt as […]
We are nearing the end of another eventful year in the world of Eurovision and it’s at this time that we at Eurovision Ireland traditionally take a moment to look back and pay tribute to all the past performers at Eurovision , who passed away during the year. […]
Eurovision Ireland has today heard the sad news that Toto Cutugno, who won the Eurovision Song Contest contest for Italy in 1990 in Zagreb ( then in Yugoslavia, now capital of Croatia) has passed away at the age of 80 years old, following a long illness in Milan, […]
We are coming to the end of another year and sadly, as is inevitable , there are a few of our past Eurovision stars who passed away this year.We at Eurovision Ireland felt that we would like to honour and remember some of the past stars of the […]