We are very sad to hear the news that Estonian Eurovision singer “Silvi Vrait” has died today. We have a special place for Silvi here at Eurovision Ireland, as it was in 1994 at Eurovision in Dublin, that Estonia made their Eurovision debut and Silvi was their singer […]
Eurovision winner 2012 – Loreen – has released today an official video for her 2011 Swedish Eurovision Selection song “My Heart is Refusing Me”. It may seem strange that she is releasing a video for a song that is over 2 years old now, but her record company […]
YAY – Our regular segment where we ask you to send in your favorite Eurovision and National Selection songs that put a smile on your face and give you that “Friday Feeling” that sets you up for the weekend. You were a very busy bunch writing to us […]
Norway’s 2010 Eurovision Representative Didrik Solli-Tangen, releases his new song “Without You”. The Pop/Opera singer looks set to score a hit with this song in Norway. The is a very retro 80’s song that has a Depeche Mode feeling to it. It is an electro/pop single. Atmospheric and […]
Russia’s band Serebro came 3rd at Eurovision in 2007 with their pop/rock number “Song #1”. They are the only girl band that have made the Top 3 since then. As you can see from above they are not shy in coming forward. Usually girl bands are shrinking and […]
Englebert Humperdinck may have finished 25th in the Eurovision Song contest in 2012 in Baku but the man is showing no signs of slowing down. He will be the headline act at the “R:Rock Festival” in the grounds of Kiewit Hasselt. The festival takes place on August 11th and […]
€208,000 was spent by RTE on competing at Eurovision 2013 – according to the Irish Mirror Newspaper. So how does the newspaper claim the money was spent and why do they fail to mention the revenue that participation in the contest generates? Firstly RTE took 17 people as […]
The Eurovision Song Contest and the Performance of Europe’, a lecture by Prof Brian Singleton,as part of the Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe. Though heavily criticised for its camp staging and the simplistic lyrics of many of its songs, the Eurovision Song Contest has survived for 58 years […]
UK Eurovision Winners Bucks Fizz will perform at this year’s Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards to mark 40 years of UK commercial radio. 1981 Eurovision winners Bucks Fizz will open the show taking place at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza Hotel in central London on July 3. They will […]
The official video for the Eurovision 2013 winning entry “Only Teardrops” has just been released by Danish Television. Shot on location on June 3rd on and around the beach of Tisvildeleje in North Zealand, it is part creative and part documentary where you see Emmelie being an enchantress in […]