In a new series of articles, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 6th April 2018 and we have a special anniversary for the United Kingdom. 6th April 1968 – 50 Years Ago Today On this day in […]
Last night, the eleventh London Eurovision Party took place at the Cafe de Paris – organised by Russell Davies, Kabir Naidoo and their team. Nicki French and Paddy O’Connell took to the stage for hosting duties as ever, declaring this to be the best line […]
#INTERVIEW: Eurovision Ireland speaks to Ryan O’Shaughnessy Before the 2018 London Eurovision Party at the fashionable Café de Paris, Eurovision Ireland caught up with our own representative. He told us about his forthcoming travels, as well as the story about his video and the glue that holds his […]
Ryan O’Shaughnessy will be appearing on tonight’s Late, Late Show on RTE1 from 21:35GMT/22:35CET. Ryan will be discussing his Eurovision entry, as well as the Russian scandal surrounding the official video of “Together”. Boy George has also commented on the Russian TV scandal on Twitter, as can be […]
#OBITUARY: Sweden’s Lill-Babs has died Sweden’s entrant in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, Lill-Babs, has died aged 80 after a short illness. Born Barbro Margareta Svensson on 9 March 1938, she is best known in Eurovision circles for singing ‘April, April’ when the contest was held in Cannes in […]
#EUROVISION 2018: The semi-final draws We’re a step nearer to the contest next month, with the announcement of the draws for the semi-finals. These can be make or break for some songs. That song you originally tipped to perhaps win, might now think struggle to shine through. Or […]
#EUROVISION 2018: What are the most popular videos? It’s that time of the week again, when we chart the most popular official videos of the songs taking part in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. You can find them all HERE on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. There are […]
#OGAE: ESC 2018 International Poll Every year, the various national OGAE fan clubs around Europe and beyond cast their votes, to try and predict that elusive winner. Up to 44 clubs will be voting, so we should hopefully see some variety in who they vote for. Last year […]
Last night on a live show on Logo TV, international superstar and the “mother”of all drag queens RuPaul confessed that she was invited to perform as interval act at the 63rd edition of Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The news hit like a storm all social media and […]
It’s the story Eurovision fans have been waiting for – today it was officially announced that work is under way for a musical based on the life of everyone’s favourite Sammarinese Eurovision star! The stage spectacular is expected to open in London’s West End early next year. Tentatively […]