Tõnis Niinemets co-host for Eesti Laul 2021 has been announced for the forthcoming national selection. Joining Tõnis will be Grete Kuld for both the Semi Finals and the Grand Final. A former weather presenter, Grete is now an actress and singer. In 2020, when Tõnis Niinemets joined the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Koit Toome from Estonia is 42 today What better way to kick off 2021 with the birthday of some who may get to Rotterdam in May. It’s often nice when we see people having another go at winning European singing’s biggest prize. Back in 1998, we saw […]
Olga Shimanskaya, the Russian participant at the 2020 Turkvision Song Contest, has won the Audience Sympathy Award – after the vote closed on New Year’s Eve. Olga took victory with 39,588 after competing against thirteen of the other 2020 Turkvision participants. No monetary prize was awarded, unlike the […]
The Welsh selection process for Eurovision Choir has been put back a year, to 2022 – after the auditions had already been DELAYED by the Coronavirus pandemic. The rescheduled dates of Côr Cymru are: Semi Finals – 18th to 20th February 2022 Children’s Final – 2nd April 2022 […]
#OBITUARY: Liam Reilly has died aged 65 Legendary Irish singer/songwriter Liam Reilly died aged 65 on 1 January. An incredibly popular figure in the Irish entertainment industry, the Eurovision community will best remember him for coming second in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb. In 1978 he […]
HAPPY 2021 FROM ALL OF US HERE AT EUROVISION IRELAND! Eurovision fans the world over ring in each New Year with ESC Radio’s annual Eurovision Top 250, the much coveted list of contest entries as voted for by the fandom. The top spot (for the 9th consecutive year) […]
#OBITUARY: Carlos do Carmo has died aged 81 Portuguese singer Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida died on 1 January 2021 aged 81. He was widely known throughout Portugal as an exponent of the Fado tradition. In 1976, he was selected by broadcaster RTP to represent […]
TOP250: Loreen is still top of the pops In its annual chart of the favourite songs of 2018, Euphoria has been revealed by ESC Radio as Number One. This is the ninth consecutive year Loreen’s winner from 2012 has placed first. The runner-up was Fuego by Eleni Foureira, […]
This has been a very different year thanks to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, however we have had plenty of Eurovision related music to enjoy. Here at Eurovision Ireland and our friends from the around the Eurovision Community, we have chosen just five tracks that have summed up our […]
#BIRTHDAY: Siw Malmkvist is 84 today We end the year with a legend among singers from the more northern end of our fair continent. Still in show business, she’s been doing her thing for 60 years. I’m talking about today’s birthday girl Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist. Swedish by […]
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