Welcome to a new series of articles we will be running every Wednesday across the summer – #WinnersWednesday. Every week, we will look back at three winners from Eurovision Song Contest past. 1956: Switzerland In 1956, the 1st Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Teatro Kursaal, Lugano. […]
Every Monday for the next few weeks, we will be looking back at former participating nations at the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we look back at Andorra – the only country never to appear in a Eurovision Song Contest final. Andorra debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest […]
Just before the contest this year, it was revealed that a Eurovision Song Contest board game would soon be going on sale, giving fans across the globe the chance to live their dreams and win the contest for themselves! The game was available for pre-order and sold out […]
Earlier today on the Crimean coast, twelve entries took to the Artek stage for the Russian National Final of their Junior Eurovision Song Contest selection. Anna Filipchuk was picked through a 50/50 jury/public vote. Anna will be going to Minsk with the song ‘Nepobedimy’, meaning ‘Invincible’ in English. […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 29th May 2018 and we look at the last time Israel hosted the Eurovision Song Contest. 29th May – 19 Years Ago Today On this day in […]
Eurovision 2018 will always stand out in the history books for the year that 3 countries lost their 100% qualification rates from the semi-finals. Many of us here at Eurovision Ireland never dreamed we’d see the day Russia or Romania failed to make it into Saturday night’s main […]
Since Netta took victory for Israel in Lisbon with her song ‘Toy’, various Israeli politicians have come out with a range of statements. The one to have grabbed the most attention since Lisbon, is probably the following: The statement in English, reads as follows: “The Israeli Minister of […]
Back in 2005 Donna McCaul and her brother Joe represented Ireland at Eurovision in Kyiv with the pop song “Love?” Even though they failed to qualify into the final, obtaining 53 points and thus being on the 14th spot (in the Semi Final), they will always be in […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 26th May 2018 and we look at a Euphoric victory for Sweden, at the Eurovision Song Contest. 26th May – 6 Years Ago Today On this day […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 25th May 2018 and we look at the first ever win for Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest. 25th May – 16 Years Ago Today On this […]