ABBA have reached a record-breaking milestone. ABBA’s “Gold – Greatest Hits” album has now spent 1000 weeks on the Official UK Albums chart, since been released back in September 1992. This week, the album is placed 17th in the chart. “Gold – Greatest Hits” is the second best-selling […]
Over the last weeks , we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look at the fates and fortunes of the many performers and hosts who have graced our beloved contest over the years. Once all that pre-contest preparation was over and the actual contest had taken place […]
Last night, the BBC showed “Eurovision: Come Together” as part of their Eurovision coverage for this year. The show had a vote to find their all-time favourite Eurovision Song Contest entry. Last night at the end of the show, Waterloo, ABBA, was revealed as the winner. This morning, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Björn Ulvæus is 75 today You may recall earlier this month we celebrated a big birthday of a member of some certain popular beat combo from the Nordic part of our great continent. Today we celebrate another birthday from a member of the same popular beat combo. […]
BIRTHDAY: Agnetha Fältskog is 70 today When we celebrate the birthdays here, we usually stick to soloists and duos. However, when we can we’ll post the occasional birthday of a bigger group member. Especially if it’s a big birthday. When you think of Sweden – and have stopped […]
BIRTHDAY: Benny Andersson from Sweden is 73 today It’s legend time. A real legend. Yeah, the term is used to describe anyone who came fifth in a Tuesday night semi-final. But this legend won our favourite TV show – with three others – and has remained high profile […]
BIRTHDAY: Frida from Sweden is 74 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest […]
Happy New Year! While a new year means that a new Eurovision Song Contest is edging ever closer, it also means it’s time to look through ESC Radio’s Annual Top 250! While Loreen has held on to her crown for a 7th consecutive year, James took a closer […]
So…..the dust has settled on Lisbon 2018 (which I had the pleasure of attending this year) and as 2019 and the road to Tel Aviv 2019 has begun, with Albania being the first to select their entry! I felt it timely to write my first article as a […]
Mamma Mia – Here We Go Again, was released in cinemas across the UK last Friday. The music is based on the back catalogue of Sweden’s first ever winner’s of the Eurovision Song Contest – ABBA! Here we look at a brief history of ABBA and their involvement […]
#ESC2013: Swedish musician Avicii has died Swedish musician, DJ and producer Avicii has died in Oman aged 28. Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm in 1989, his association with Eurovision was in 2013 in Malmö, when he collaberated with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus to compose an opening theme […]
Waiting for the UK to announce it’s acts for Eurovision: You Decide is a bit like waiting for Christmas morning. But as you’ve all been so very good this year (yeah, it’s only January, but so what!?), we’ve got an extra special surprise for you! Hot off the […]
Swedish heart-throb and Eurovision superstar Måns Zelmerlöw has just posted pictures on his Instagram and Facebook accounts, showing that’s he’s on location in Brighton today filming for the BBC’s Eurovision: You Decide! It seems Måns is quite taken with the sea side town, and not just because it […]
#UK: Details revealed of Eurovision Your Decision 2018 The UK’s broadcaster, the BBC, has today revealed that it is again going down the route of a national final, and this will happen on Wednesday 7 February 2018 on BBC2. It’s not coming from London, but this year has […]
Back in 1974, Sweden won for the first time the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Waterloo performed by ABBA. The song became a huge international hit and was the starting point of their legendary international career. The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest was held in UK at The Dome, in […]
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