All six shows for next year’s Melodifestivalen will take place from the same venue in Stockholm – SVT has just announced. 2021 was due to be the twentieth anniversary tour for the Contest. Anette Helenius, the Project Manager for Melodifestivalen, had the following to say: “An intermediate tour […]
Welcome to Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest. Today, we are at the letter G. Lisbon Lisbon, hosted the sixty-third Eurovision Song Contest in 2018 – […]
Following on from a similar campaign by NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster and VRT, the Belgian national broadcaster, the European Broadcasting Union is launching #SayHi – an international campaign around friendship, inclusion and anti-bullying. The European Broadcasting Union had the following to say: “The Junior Eurovision Song Contest […]
#BIRTHDAY: Paola from Switzerland is 70 today Our friends in Switzerland are in a curious situation. They have lots of languages to choose from, and they can confuse the average casual viewer by entering in a tongue we don’t always expect. Today’s birthday girl Paola Felix (née Paola […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nela Pocisková from Slovakia is 30 today The duet is a curious beast. Two performers that you hope are in tune with each other – in every sense of the word. It’s no good having two randomers just thrown together for a song contest. Today’s birthday girl […]
The second themed round of Ranina, “World Hits”, has been completed in Georgia over the past two weeks. Each week, five of the ten finalists took to the stage. Here are the results as they stand after two rounds: 236 points – Rato Gelovania & Sandra Gadelia 234 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Leonora from Denmark is 22 today Sometimes, what you need to get ahead is a really good prop. It could be because you don’t think your song can manage without one, or it could be to enhance an already top-draw song. But it’s the choice of prop […]
#BIRTHDAY: Baby Doll from Yugoslavia is 58 today Being on first can be that double-edged sword. You get your performance out of the way (meaning more time at the bar), you get a nice fresh audience, and who knows, people have won from the front before. Casting your […]
Welcome to Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest. Today, we are at the letter K. Kyiv Kyiv, hosted the fiftieth Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 and […]
#BIRTHDAY: Elpida from Greece is 70 today Our friends in Greece are having a better time at Eurovision in the 21st Century than they did in the 20th Century. Musical tastes have widened. Greek music was once viewed by some as exotic, but it can now be just […]
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