#BIRTHDAY: Filipa Azevedo from Portugal is 29 today What were you doing 10 years ago? Were you an ardent fan? Had you even discovered the contest? Or were you thinking it was time to take up hang-gliding instead of staying in on a Saturday night in May? If […]
Several Dutch singers have come together to cover some of the songs from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga”. The performances will filmed in an empty Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam – the location of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Edsilia Rombley (ESC 1998 & 2007) – “Husavik” […]
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga is going from strength to strength. This week, “Husavik” is the Record of the Week on BBC Radio 2 in the UK. Since Saturday and through to the end of this Friday, “Husavik” will be played in the majority of […]
#BIRTHDAY: Luiz Ejlli from Albania is 35 today It’s a thing these days that most songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember when there was no free language rule. So it’s nice when a country uses its own […]
The magic of Skjálfandi captured by Will Ferrell and My Marianne in hit song Húsavík has captured the audience in the USA! Just a few weeks after the release of Netflix’s musical comedy Eurovison Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Will Ferrell scores his first entry on a Billboard songs […]
PLAY JA JA DING DONG!!! Yes, you read that right – everyone’s favourite song from everyone’s favourite movie now has its own restaurant in Húsavík! Earlier today the JaJa Ding Dong Húsavík opened in the Icelandic town, setting of Will Ferrel’s film, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of […]
#THE REAL ME: Eurovision Memories from David Shardlow Eurovision Ireland asked fan David Shardlow for a Eurovision song that means something to him. He tells us his story… I was just eleven years old at the time and A Song For Europe for me, was more important than […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tó Cruz from Portugal is 53 today As you know, our friends in Portugal achieved their victory after the longest ever non-winning streak to date. They had tried everything since their début in 1964. Amongst Portugal’s notable achievements was sending the first black male performer in 1967. […]
Another former and winning participating country will not be returning to the line-up in Warsaw. Croatia won the inaugural Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, before withdrawing in 2007. Croatia took part in one further Contest in 2014. HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have put financial restraints as […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Belgium. 1961 In 1961, Belgium was […]
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