The Georgian national final has just finished, and Tako Gachechiladze has been declared the winner with the song Keep The Faith a dramatic Bondesque style ballad. The competition was close, with only 15 points between 1st and Nutsa Buzaladze in 2nd. Here is her Final performance. How […]
The Belarusian national final has just finished, and NAVIBAND has been declared the winner! The competition was close, with them scoring 18 points out of a possible 24. This was 6 from the televote and 12 from the jury. Here is their official video. The first song in Belarusian […]
As you know, our friends in Belarus will be selecting their song for Kyiv this coming Friday. we’ll be blogging it, and there will be portals all over the interweb for you to watch it. In preparation, we at EI are reviewing the 13 lucky finalists. You can […]
Hungary has become the latest country to reveal its list of songs for Eurovision. Our Magyar friends have made the Saturday night Grand Final for the last six years, so with a good record like this there will be a lot of pressure. The method for selecting Hungary’s […]
Swiss broadcaster SSR SRG Idée Suisse has revealed the finalists for Die Entscheidungsshow in February. As you know, this has become the annual event to select the Confederations representative for Eurovision. For the fifth year, six songs will be up for the prize of two weeks in Kyiv. […]
It is with great pleasure that we at Eurovision Ireland wish our good friends in Finland a very happy Independence Day today. If they celebrate this anything like they do Vappu/Första Maj/May Day, it’s bound to be a heap of fun. Especially if Saara Aalto has anything to […]
It’s Romania’s national day today, so we at Eurovision Ireland wish the country all the very best wishes, and hope they’ve been celebrating in customary fashion. This gives us an ideal opportunity to have a look at Romania’s participation in Eurovision, since the first attempt in 1993. Yep, […]
Our friends in Albania haven’t been at the Eurovision game all that long, but some of their songs have made a lasting impression. On this National Day for the land of Skanderbeg, we take a look at some of the 13 songs they’ve sent. First, we must start […]
YLE in Finland has revealed more details of the potential entrants to the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv next May. For the sixth time, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will be the programme that showcases and selects the winning song. The 10 finalists are: “Arrows” – Alva. Composers Arto Ruotsala, […]
Eurovision Ireland are here in Malta to cover the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valetta. The rehearsals begin on Tuesday 15th November and run for 4 days. So in advance of that and in a similar vein to articles published for the main Eurovision I am […]