SRG SSR, the Swiss national broadcaster, along with the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have revealed the new Semi Final Qualifier Announcement format ahead of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel. In a split screen for viewers, three countries will be shown at a time, with one […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lill Lindfors from Sweden is 85 today Yesterday we had a lady from Sweden in this slot. And guess, what, here comes another one. Flickorna tar över, as they say in sunny Örebro. Now, Sahlene could only manage a pitiful third in her contest, and she was […]
#ESC25: Best Eurovision lyric Part I As we know, a song can live or die on that killer lyric, and could even rely on a single line in that lyric. We at Eurovision Ireland have had a look through the lyrics of the songs competing in Basel, and […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, we will be looking back at Switzerland since their first participation. Today we begin with 1967. 1967 – “Quel coeur vas-tu briser?” In 1967, when the Contest was held in Vienna, Austria, Géraldine represented Switzerland with “Quel coeur […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s May 12th: Saturday 12th May 2018 On this day in 2018, the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
#ESC25: The Basel Media Centre As ever, the media centre is always where some of the important action takes place. Eurovision Ireland got to Basel’s early, and managed to shoot a short video before it started filling up. Just so you know, it’s usually an ice hockey stadium. […]
If one semi final wasn’t enough, the Second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 continues all the fun and spectacle leading up to Saturday’s grand final. This year, the show will be coming to us live from charming Basel, Switzerland on Thursday 15th May at 21:00PM CET […]
Today the Eurovision Turquoise carpet event took place in Basel, officially signalling the start of Eurovision week. Due to there being no access for press to rehearsals as has been the case in previous years, we have been following the short clips of rehearsals via Tik Tok.It’s difficult […]
#ESC25: The turquoise carpet Every year the contest ‘officially’ opens with a carpet event, where the participants (and their delegations) put on their finery and parade through the host city for all to see. This year, after a ride on a vintage tram, some of them briefly met […]
This year, as we have in recent years, we have had a slightly different start to the Eurovision Song Contest. We haven’t got access to the first week of rehearsals. We have hopefully adapted to this to bring you the coverage you have all grown to expect. Day […]
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