There will be no more “Good Evening Europe, this in London calling”, but you’ll now hear “Good Evening Europe, this is Salford calling”. From this year the points awarded by the UK professional jury will be announced by the spokesperson from a North West of England location for […]
Six new celebrities took to the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor – including former UK commentator Mel Giedroyc. She was up against Adrian Chiles, Anne-Marie, Fred Sirieix, Jay Blades and Moira Stuart. Mel Giedroyc took to the dance floor with professional partner Neil Jones. Their Street-Commercial routine scored […]
As those of us who are fans are aware, Strictly Come Dancing returned to UK TV screens in September and through out the weeks so far, we at Eurovision Ireland, have been watching out for any connections between Eurovision and the UK’s very popular dance competition , starting […]
The BBC, the British national broadcaster, have announced their plans for the forthcoming 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, in Turin. After collaborating with BMG, the BBC and BBC Studios have teamed up with TaP Music. TaP Music have the likes of Dua Lipa, Lana del Rey and Ellie Goulding […]
Steps are back in the UK with their new album, “What the Future Holds Part 2”. On the new album, Steps cover “A Million Years”, originally performed by Mariette and “Victorious”, originally performed by Lina Hedlund at Melodifestivalen. You can listen to both Steps covers below: Let us […]
During the duration of the Olympic Games, which are been held in Tokyo, we will be taking a different Eurovision country each day. Today we are looking at the United Kingdom’s best Eurovision entry, after they (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) took Gold in the Men’s Modern Pentathlon […]
The UEFA 2020 European Championships are here after a postponement of one year – more commonly known as Euro 2020. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the matches played on that day. Today sees one match – England vs. Denmark. England (UK) […]
As part of the national ‘Thank You Day’ in the United Kingdom, Prince Charles revealed his thirteen favourite songs during a radio broadcast. While all thirteen songs feature on a Spotify playlist, one stands out for the Eurovision community. Ireland’s last winner to date, Eimear Quinn’s “The Voice” […]
ABBA have reached a record-breaking milestone. ABBA’s “Gold – Greatest Hits” album has now spent 1000 weeks on the Official UK Albums chart, since been released back in September 1992. This week, the album is placed 17th in the chart. “Gold – Greatest Hits” is the second best-selling […]
Following Måneskin’s two entries (“I Wanna Be Your Slave” and “Beggin’”) taking a second week in the Official Top 40’s top ten, they’ve made another achievement. Following Daði Freyr last year, a Eurovision Song Contest act has made a BBC Radio 1 playlist, for a second year running. […]