#BIRTHDAY: Eleftheria Eleftheriou from Greece is 35 today For every act that makes it to the big Eurovision stage, there are many who try and fall by the wayside. Persistence can pay off, and those who keep trying sometimes – eventually – make it. Today’s birthday girl Ελευθερία […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nathalie Pâque is 47 today You may think that the winners are the most important things to come out of the contest. They are one of them, obviously, but sometimes you have to look deeper to pick out other important aspects. Today’s birthday girl brought about a […]
#ESC2024: The Netherlands will not perform in the Grand Final The European Broadcasting Union has published a statement surrounding the Dutch entrant for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest Joost Klein. It says: “The Dutch artist Joost Klein will not be competing in the Grand Final of this year’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kikki Danielsson from Sweden is 72 today It’s home entrant time again. When you look through the years, several nations have had more home entrants than others – obviously. These may have been because their country won the previous year, or maybe because their country picked up […]
#ESC2024: The best/worst lyrics of the final? We all know that a killer lyric can be key to success (or failure). We’ve taken a look at those songs competing in the Grand Final, to see if there’s anything that will earn them those crucial extra points that could […]
#BIRTHDAY: Romuald Figuier is 86 today Eurovision loves a trier. You don’t win? No problem, just come right back with another song that could be a killer, maybe for another country. After all, it might not be you Europe is uncomfortable with, it could be the little principality […]
#ESC2024: Irish fans give their views Eurovision Ireland made it to the Eurovision quiz organised by OGAE Ireland at Fagan’s Irish pub in Malmö city centre. We got chance to speak to a few fans about their time in Malmö and their views on Ireland’s saviour Bambie Thug. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marie Myriam from France is 67 today A winner? Well, someone has to. And this year it will be one of 37. Well, we can probably discount more than half of the field before they’ve sung a note in competition. Back in 1977, the field was a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elisa from Portugal is 25 today The year 2020 seems a long time ago now. It was the year some thought the world had ended, because their favourite TV show went on hiatus. There were, of course, far more serious things going on. But we’re hear to […]
#ESC2024: Live Blog of SF1 rehearsal – from 14.45BST/15.45CET The Monday afternoon technical rehearsal is the first time we get to see how a TV show hangs together. It’s bound to involve a few hiccups here and there, but it’s also bound to be all right for the […]
#ESC2024: The Malmöhagen Carpet – Part 2 Eurovision Ireland was granted access to the VIP carpet event at the Malmöhagen pre-Contest party in Copenhagen. We spoke to a number of the artists, who gave us their views on various Eurovision-related matters. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael from Spain is 81 today It must be galling when your country wins, and you went and performed for them the year before that win. Obviously, there have been occasions where a country has won (at least) two years running. It must have been even worse […]
#ESC2024: The Malmöhagen Carpet – Part 1 Eurovision Ireland was granted access to the VIP carpet event at the Malmöhagen pre-Contest party in Copenhagen. We spoke to a number of the artists, who gave us their views on various Eurovision-related matters. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
#BIRTHDAY: Ben Dolic is 27 today You have to feel for the Class of 2020. Well, maybe not all of them as they got held back and became part of the Class of 2021. But those who ‘graduated’ in 2020 so they were off the scene a year […]
#ESC2024: Interview with Marcus & Martinus from Sweden Eurovision Ireland caught up with Marcus & Martinus at Malmö Live. They will be representing Sweden at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. We asked them about pre-parties, rehearsals and staging. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland