#BIRTHDAY: Baby Lasagna from Croatia is 30 today It’s often the case that a certain song gets a massive head of steam behind it, and becomes the stand-out performance of a contest, even though it doesn’t win. We can all name songs falling into that category. In 2024, […]
Following the news yesterday that Vienna has submitted a bid to host Eurovision 2026, today , Innsbruck have officially submitted their own bid for the right to host the contest next year, with the slogan “Together on Top”.The proposal is to stage the contest at the Olympia Halle […]
#BIRTHDAY: Regina from Slovenia is 60 today Some think semi-finals are a 21st Century thing. But they go way back, well to the 1990s. In 1996 so many countries wanted to take part that there was an audio-taped pre-selection to cut it down to a mere 23 songs. […]
Polina Bogusevich from Russia, has turned 22 years old today. Polina represented Russia, at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 1st place, with “Wings”. Happy Birthday, Polina! Let us know what you think about the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – either in the comments below […]
The EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, have held their General Assembly in the United Kingdom today, but they have refrained from expelling Israel for now. Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Greece and Switzerland supported the presence of Israel, while the United Kingdom abstained. The debate, reported to be lively, lasted […]
Vienna has officially submitted its bid to become host city, for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. Vienna has submitted a bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time. Following Basel’s tagline of ‘Welcome Home’ in 2025, Vienna wants to use the tagline of ‘Europe, shall […]
SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have confirmed participation at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. SVT have confirmed that Melodifestivalen will be used, as is tradition. Launched in 1959, Melodifestivalen has been held, with the exception of 1964 due to a strike, 1970 & 1976 due to withdrawal. As […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Belarusian, Bosnian and Breton. Belarusian Belarusian is […]
The 22nd International Festival of Language & Culture took place over last weekend in Geseke/Eringerfeld, Germany. As part of the festival, the ‘Colors of Voices’ Song Contest and Turkish Song Contest were held. On Friday 27th June, the Colors of Voices Song Contest took place. Papua New Guinea […]
DR, the Danish national broadcaster, have opened song submissions for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. DR have opened song submissions, for 2026 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and will remain open until Sunday 2nd November, 00:00 CEST. The rules […]
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