#BIRTHDAY: Ingeborg from Belgium is 57 today Do you remember 1989? The world was a very different place. We were in sunny Switzerland for our favourite TV show. There were no bloodbath-style semi-finals. And the United Kingdom did better than they generally do today. As it was an […]
You want a classic song? And I mean a classic song. A classic amongst classics. If you were around when this was performed live on that stage in sunny Lausanne, you will have been blown away by this performamce. More than the bouncy song that won, or the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Britt Synnøve Johansen from Norway is 53 today Is there an ideal age for taking part in our favourite TV show? Should you have already earned your spurs in the entertainment scene, or could a complete novice do it? Obviously, those with experience start at different times, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marianna from Greece is 68 today As we often say, there were Eurovision Song Contests before the year 2000. Can you imagine that? A 20th Century contest? Well, some of them even churned out good songs. Can you believe it? Well today’s song comes from the 1980s. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Yannis Savvidakis from Cyprus is 60 today We mentioned duets occasionally, and how with two performers, you’re likely to tick more boxes. And more ticked boxes mean more votes – or so you’d hope. Not that many duets have won our favourite TV show over the years, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nina from Spain is 56 today Are you a Spanish fan? Or just a fan of Spanish music? You must have been gutted in May when, in any other year, RTVE could have taken home the big prize. Fate is a cruel thing. But over the years, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Nathalie Pâque is 46 today You may think that the winners are the most important things to come out of the contest. They are one of them, obviously, but sometimes you have to look deeper to pick out other important aspects. Today’s birthday girl brought about a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Tommy Nilsson from Sweden is 62 today There’s a core of people out there who believe that a certain country can do no wrong. You know the thing, a person could read out the phone book on stage and still make the top five. In other news, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Thomas Forstner from Austria is 52 today Today we delve into that murky realm of the repeat performer. You know the one. They have a stab at winning the thing, they get an admirable result, and then try again. It’s that second attempt that lets them down. […]
#HALL OF FAME: Our ninth and tenth inductees Here at Eurovision Ireland, we want to celebrate those most illustrious people who have made our favourite TV show the thing that it is today. In each edition, we’ll induct two performer or personalities from somewhere in Eurovision land. These […]
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