PrePartyES have announced the dates for their 2026 Pre-Party Concerts. Following the 2025 edition of PrePartyES over the weekend, the organisers have revealed that the 2026 edition will be taking place on Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th April. At this moment in time, no further details are known. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Željko Joksimović is 53 today There are great songs, and there are great songs. Others may not think so, but I think this is one of the greatest. Cast your mind back to 2004. We didn’t have just one show in the host city – we had […]
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 April 19th: Saturday 19th April 1980 On this day in 1980, the 25th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
Ilya Volkov from Belarus, has turned 23 years old today. Ilya represented Belarus, at the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 3rd place, with “Poy so mnoy”. Happy Birthday, Ilya! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rolf Løvland from Norway is 70 today The phrase Mr Eurovision is bandied around quite easily sometime. Some countries have one contender. Others have several. It’s a great discussion point the next time you’re with like-minded fans. Over in Norway, there are a number of possible Mr […]
Today , Eurovision Ireland heard the sad news that Clodagh Rodgers , who represented the United Kingdom at the 1971 contest with the song “Jack in the Box” has passed away at the age of 78 . Clodagh’s son , Sam Sorbie broke the news on Social Media […]
KTRK, the Kyrgyz national broadcaster, have announced the finalists for their selection for the 2025 Intervision Song Contest, in Moscow. KTRK have announced twelve finalists after a total of fourteen application were made. KTRK will hold their national selection for the 2025 Intervision Song Contest on Wednesday 23rd […]
The Regio Songfestival organising committee, have announced the rules for the third edition of the Contest, which will be taking place in Arnhem, in November. The rules for 2025 are: Let us know what you think about the Regio Songfestival – either in the comments below or on […]
Alexey Zhigalkovich from Belarus, has turned 29 years old today. Alexey represented Belarus, at the 2007 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 1st place, with “S druz’yami”. Happy Birthday, Alexey! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments […]
#BIRTHDAY: Géraldine Gogly is 79 today We love vintage here. There is more to Eurovision than someone clucking in ultra high definition. There were days when we had nothing more than respectable black & white, and an altogether more demure look. Today we go back to 1967, when […]