Tonight , Heat three of Melodifestivalen took place in the Tegura Arena in Leksand, Sweden . Seven Acts competed for two places direct to the final and two places in Andra Chansen ( second chance round ) . After an entertaining evening , the results were as follows: […]
ESTONIA: Interviews with Eesti Laul 2019 performers Eurovision Ireland has been lucky enough to get access to the artists performing in Eesti Laul 2019. We caught up with six acts for short interviews. Find out about inspiration, family and eating habits. Do you have a favourite to win […]
BIRTHDAY: Anneli Saaristo from Finland is 70 today What’s your favourite decade of Eurovision? There are so many to choose from. It’s true that some decades have more songs than others. But quantity doesn’t always mean quality. I really like the 1980s. It was a smaller pool of […]
POLAND: Tulia to represent his/her/their country in Tel Aviv Poland has dispensed with a national final this year, and broadcaster TVP has chosen their representative internally. At a recent it announced, TVP revealed that Tulia will sing at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Patrycja Nowicka, […]
#FINLAND: Darude reveals second UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Superman. Here it is. The first song was […]
BIRTHDAY: Anita Thallaug from Norway is 81 today It’s about time we had a song in black & white. Some people forget that there were contests before 2000, and there’s a rich seam of good music buried in the 20th Century. All you have to do is look […]
BIRTHDAY: Sonia from the UK is 48 today Do you wish that contests were close these days. The current scoring makes things a little more dramatic, but there were days when it genuinely came down to the last set of votes. In the 1990s there were a couple […]
BIRTHDAY: Ajda Pekkan from Turkey is 73 today Some countries seem to have fallen out with our favourite TV show of late. It wasn’t that long ago you’d see the likes of Monaco, Andorra and Slovakia eager and willing to take part. Now they just sit on the […]
BIRTHDAY: Simone de Oliveira from Portugal is 81 today Did you go to Lisbon last year? Did you go there for the contest? Did you enjoy it? Were you there on that amazing night down in the Eurovision Village? I’ll elaborate. I was down there with some Riigi […]
BIRTHDAY: Poli Genova from Bulgaria is 32 today The fan community can be a big mover and shaker in what sinks and what doesn’t at a Eurovision. They can use their cunning and guile, and occasionally influence what the televoters of Europe can vote for. Obviously, it’s not […]