On Sunday 23rd September, the Albanian National Final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place. Efi Gjika will represent her nation with the song, “Barby”, beating 15 other participants. Efi’s performance from the National Final can be seen below: Video: YouTube/Eurovision Fan Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
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 […]
Who could ever forget the Romanian artist Cezar Ouatu or the so called by many “the singing vampire” of 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. This year the talented opera singer (who finished 13th in the final of Eurovision 2013 with the song ‘It’s My Life’) tries his luck on […]
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 […]
BBC Studios has today opened the public song submissions to find the UK’s entry for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel next May. Like in previous years, all public entries will be shortlisted by a representative panel from OGAE UK. While entries are also being […]
It sold out well over two months before opening night, brought the house down and received no less than 5 standing ovations from its delighted Dublin audience – what could generate THAT much hype? Why, Ireland’s Eurovision – The Ultimate Show! Hosted by the unparalleled Paddy Cole, Eurovision […]
Chwilio am Seren (Search for a Star), begins tonight on S4C, at 20:00 GMT/21:00 CET in Wales. For the next three weeks, we will see all the budding entries reduced down to just six, in readiness for the Live Final from Llandudno on Tuesday 9th October. For those […]
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 […]
SVT have revealed the venues for the forthcoming season of Melodifestivalen. 2019 will see no debut cities holding any of the rounds and instead will be revisiting previously used venues throughout the whole six weeks. Gothenburg (Semi 1) – 02nd February Malmo (Semi 2) – 09th February Leksand […]
The Final of the Irish National Selection Junior Eurovision Eire will the broadcast as a pre-record on Sunday 11th November, where the Irish public will get to discover who’ll represent them. In the weeks preceding the Final, four Semi Finals will be broadcast on TG4, starting on Sunday […]