EUROVISION IRELAND: Meet Staggy, the squeaky-clean story-hunting mouse Eurovision Ireland can proudly reveal our latest team member. He’s already made an impression with a number of this year’s performers. So if you see him, say hello. Or just squeak at him. It’s Staggy Ristamouse. If you look hard […]
BIRTHDAY: Marianna from Greece is 64 today As I’ve said before, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of them even churned out good songs. Can you believe it? Well today’s song comes from the 1980s. […]
BIRTHDAY: Mikel Herzog from Spain is 59 today Isn’t it often the way that you can tell where someone’s from, just by their name? If it ends in ‘dottir’, it’s usually Icelandic. Or if it ends in ‘ić’, it’s usually from a lot further south-east. So imagine Europe’s […]
NETHERLANDS: Interview with Duncan Laurence at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Duncan Laurence, just before he performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. He told us about writing collaboration, compering shows and his favourite cake. Can Duncan win in Israel? Tell us […]
ALBANIA: Interview with Jonida Maliqi at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Jonida Maliqi, just before she performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. She told us about Festivali i Kengës and her favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
IRELAND: Interview with Sarah McTernan at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland was lucky enough to catch up with our representative Sarah McTernan, just before the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris near Leicester Square. Sarah told us about her time recording her postcard in Israel and her […]
BIRTHDAY: Alla Pugacheva from Russia is 70 today We get heroes performing at our favourite TV show every year. But it’s not every day that we get a People’s Artist of their country – the highest award their country can bestow a performer. Not only is today’s birthday […]
BIRTHDAY: Jacques Houdek from Croatia is 38 today Singer, writer. It’s a well-trodden path. If you’re a singer worth your salt, you may have dabbled in songwriting too. It implies that you can sing, and understand how music properly works. No, I’m not rambling. I’m leading up to […]
BIRTHDAY: Mando from Greece is 53 today Have you noticed that the last few birthdays have featured singers using stage names. Maybe it’s a thing to give them a completely different persona to the off-stage singer. But it’s interesting that stage names can be very different to real […]
OBITUARY: Dina from Portugal has died aged 62 Singer Dina, who represented Portugal in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, has died after a short illness aged 62. She sang in the contest held in Malmö’s Isstadion on 9 May 1992, performing the song Amor d’agua fresca, co-written by […]
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