This weekend, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 should have been coming to us live from Warsaw in Poland – but in a year that has been anything but ordinary, we of course now know that JESC will be taking place under more unfamiliar circumstances, with most acts […]
The Host City for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be announced next Friday, during a special broadcast on NPO. The programme will be broadcast at 11:58 CET, on NPO1 and last for two minutes. The broadcast will then be repeated at 19:58, again on Friday. Author: Richard […]
With a decision on the Eurovision 2020 host city expected in the coming weeks, we thought we’d ask you, the Eurovision Ireland readership where YOU think the contest is heading next! Will it be Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port? Or will it be Maastricht, birthplace of the Euro currency? […]
Wandering around the gorgeous host city Tel Aviv earlier today, we noticed that rental bike company Tel-O-Fun have decorated some of the wheels of their bikes with flags of the nations taking part at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. The wheels feature an image of the flag […]
As there were no Eurovision rehearsals yesterday, the Eurovision Ireland team decided to head out and explore the sights and sounds of host city Tel Aviv! While wandering around this glorious coastal city, we noticed some colourful hearts painted on one of the seaside walkways and the combinations […]
Last week, I began by introducing my series of articles on hosting the Eurovision song contest and what this means for the host country . Today , I am going to look at one of the most important things that the winning country of the year has to […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
Yes, we know many of you suspected this is where we were heading, but today it’s been officially confirmed by the EBU that the gorgeous seaside city of Tel Aviv in Israel will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! Interestingly, some of you might remember that Tel Aviv […]
Nadav Guedj promised us in 2015 he’d show us Tel Aviv – but apparently not for Eurovision 2019! According to Hebrew news portal globes.co.il, Tel Aviv is already out of the running to host Eurovision 2019, not even 24 hours after Netta’s victory in Lisbon. Tel Aviv’s mayor […]
Loreen took us higher and higher, all the way uh-uh-uh-uh-uppp with Euphoria – but Eurovision Ireland’s James and Bogdan took the cable car instead! Running along the waterfront outside the Altice Arena, the Telecabina Lisboa (sometimes also called Teleférico do Parque das Nações) opened for tourists during Expo 1998 […]
All aboard! The Portuguese national broadcaster RTP announced earlier tonight during a news broadcast on RTP1 that the hosts of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed next Monday, January 8th 2018! There have many rumours as to who will welcome Europe to Lisbon in May, but […]
Happy New Year from Eurovision Ireland! Lots of people make it their New Year’s Resolution to travel and explore the world around them – and what better way of doing that than combining it with everyone’s favourite musical extravaganza, the Eurovision Song Contest! For those who love […]
It’s not all work work work for Brendan Murray at Eurovision. He has been able to get out of the bubble and see a bit of the city. And what a beautiful city it is by the pictures below. Watch Brendan sing tonight in the second semi-final at […]
Welcome to Ukraine! One of the best things about Eurovision is the fact that the contest moves every year, giving us the chance to explore new and exciting places – and of course, try your hand at speaking a new language! So you’ve made it to Kyiv – […]