AUSTRIA: INTERVIEW WITH PÆNDA Eurovision Ireland caught up with Austria’s PÆNDA after rehearsals at the Eurovison Song Contest. What has she been up to in Tel Aviv? What are her plans for after the contest? And what does she have to say about her #1 fan Staggy?? Do […]
ESC2019: What’s in the bag? Every year, we’re lucky enough to get a press bag containing things useful to the job we do. In this reveal, we see what the 2019 bag contains. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Contest last been held in Israel. In 1999, the Contest was held in Jerusalem and twenty three participants took part. Over a series of five articles, we are going to look at where those twenty three participants are now. The […]
IRELAND: Where does Eimear Quinn come from? It may sound like an odd question, but contest sponsor MyHeritage has been doing research into the past of Ireland’s last winner, and has found some interesting results. First, she is not completely Irish. Mostly, yes, but there are some other […]
Day 5 saw a break in proceedings here in Tel Aviv, as everything stopped for Israel’s Memorial Day. It started at sundown, 8pm, on Tuesday night and concluded at 8pm yesterday (Wednesday). Sirens sounded at both 8pm on Tuesday evening for a minute, then a further two minutes […]
STAGGY: Day five at Eurovision 2019 A day off, so time to get away from the press centre. Squeak! They have a beach (or seven) here! Squeak! “22”? Is that a sign? Squeak! All this warm sun! Always protect your eyes. Squeak! Staggy Ristamouse is on Facebook. Author: […]
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 […]
Day Six? Where was the Day Five rehearsals we hear you cry? Well, Day Five was Memorial Day in Israel, so everything stops in terms of work. This will be why we started rehearsal coverage on Saturday instead of the traditional Sunday. ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SIX REHEARSALS […]
BIRTHDAY: Marie Myriam from France is 62 today A winner? Well, someone has to. And this year it will be one of 41. Well, we can probably discount three quarters of the field before they’ve sung a note in competition. Back in 1977, the field was a mere […]
Eurovision is a busy time of year and it’s easy to miss things in all the excitement… So in case you did miss any of our Semi Final thoughts on the artists and their first rehearsals, here they all are in one convenient place! Want to know our […]
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