#IRELAND: Stats about Ryan As you’ll know, Ryan defied the odds and got one of the coveted places in the Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. What you may not know is that the broadcast on RTÉ2 had an average audience of 329,000, which is a […]
#AllAboard: Live blog of the Second Jury Semi-Final from 2100 CET More fun and games for the countries in the second semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Eighteen countries will compete for the 10 remaining spots in the Grand Final. Tonight is the what the juries […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 9th May 2018 and we look at two of Johnny Logan’s victories. 9th May – 31 Years Ago Today On this day in 1987, the 32nd Eurovision […]
#IRELAND: Audio interview with ‘Together’s writers Raidió Teilifís Éireann’s Rayna Connery caught up with the writers of the Irish entry in the 2018 Eurovision Connery. Mark Caplice & Laura Elizabeth Hughes have co-written ‘Together’ with Ryan O’Shaughnessy. They talk about their pride watching Ryan on stage last night, and […]
Each day, I aim to bring you a couple of highlights and lowlights from this year’s Contest here in Lisbon. What did Days 9 & 10 have to offer us? Highlights Ireland qualifying!!! Lowlights There were always going to be shocks from Semi-Final 1. Over the Dress Rehearsals, […]
After what can only be described as a bloodbath of the first semi-final, where there was always going to be some shock results, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for Semi-Final 2. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh […]
The first semi-final has taken place and we know the first ten finalists to join the Big 5 and Portugal. As you may have read earlier, Ireland have qualified for the first time in five years, after been revealed as the tenth qualifier – nothing like a bit […]
Tonight was the first Semi-Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and boy oh boy we had a really powerfull show! Europe has spoken and now so did the bookies. Let’s see how our top 10 looks like after the first Semi-Final! Cyprus (Eleni Foureira – Fuego) (Up 3 […]
It was the unspoken phenomena of Eurovision… and even as recently as tonight, this writer was adamant it wouldn’t happen! But Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest will feature both Finland and Cyprus – for the first time since 2002, an incredible 16 yeas ago! Since both […]
Once we’d found out all of the acts competing here at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, we here at Eurovision Ireland created a poll to find who YOU, the Eurovision Ireland readers thought would qualify for the Grand Final from the 1st semi final. We then combined […]
#IRELAND: Ryan makes it to the final!! As you will have seen, Ryan has done the business and made it to Saturday’s Grand Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. In true fashion, his envelope was the last one out. So there will have been lots of bitten […]
One year ago today, Slavko took to the stage in Kyiv to take part in Semi Final 1. Sadly, Slavko didn’t qualify for the Final. We’ve caught up with him one year on, to see what he has been up to since Kyiv. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovision […]
This week, the Irish radio station Newstalk, will be hosting week-long coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. They started off the week off with a look at the highs and lows of the Eurovision Song Contest and a look at Ireland’s chances with Ryan O’Shaughnessy with his entry […]
#ESC2018: Blue Carpet event 2018 – The second semi-finalists Eurovision Ireland was at the Blue Carpet event which marked the “official” launch of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. See what the competitors of the second semi-finalists have to say about Lisbon, and their messages for Ireland. You […]
Hello everyone! The jury have had their saying tonight and so have we! It’s that time of the year when Eurovision Ireland & friends predict who’s going to qualify from the First Semi-Final. We’ve been watching all the rehearsals and after a team meeting and discussions we can […]
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