#BIRTHDAY: Rona Nishliu from Albania is 34 today Do you remember when the contest went east? About as east as it’s possible to go whilst still being in Europe? It was a wild old affair, and the host country couldn’t do enough – even building a venue. There […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, has started the search for the entries of the 59th edition of Festivali i Kenges. Songwriters and performers have until Friday 2nd October to either email their submissions to the broadcaster or hand deliver them. It is currently unknown whether Festivali i Kenges […]
#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 […]
RTSH have confirmed that ‘Festival i Kenges’ will be used to select the Albanian participant for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest – therefore Arilena Ara will not go forward to Rotterdam again. While no dates for this year’s Contest has yet to be revealed, the submission period will […]
Over the last 6 decades, 27 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest, ranging from Portugal in the far west of mainland Europe, all the way across to Azerbaijan on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This also means that just over half of all countries to have […]
Dear readers, Eurovision Ireland needs you! Eurovision 2020 will always be remembered as the contest that never was, but that doesn’t mean we can’t crown our own winner! You’ve voted in our polls for both Semi Final 1 and Semi Final 2 – now its time for the […]
Tonight would have been the Second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, coming to us live from the Dutch port of Rotterdam. 10 of the 18 countries taking part would have advanced on to Saturday’s Grand Final. Of course, due to ongoing restrictions to contain the […]
BIRTHDAY: Jonida Maliqi from Albania is 37 today Did you enjoy the last Eurovision Song Contest. You must remember, it was in Tel Aviv. You were wearing your blue jumper. It hardly seems 10 months ago that we were by the sunny Mediterranean. Our friends in Albania, more […]
Albania, the Czech Republic and Romania have all revealed their revamped entries over the past 24 hours. Arilena Ara from Albania has revealed the revamped “Shaj”, now known as “Fall From The Sky”. You can watch the lyric video below: Benny Cristo has worked on the revamped “Kemama” […]
Welcome to a brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – or if you prefer, #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
Following North Macedonia’s reveal of Vasil earlier today, we now have the first 10 acts waiting to go to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 – hurrah! We may still only have one actual song, but if we know Eurovision fans, you’ve been on YouTube and Spotify working out whose […]
BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE SONG!!! You’ve all just screamed at your computer screens (or mobile phones)!! Yes, we do – but that doesn’t stop the bookies from already taking a look at who they think will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Remember, betting odds are calculated […]
Happy 2020 from everyone here at Eurovision Ireland! ESC Radio’s yearly Eurovision Top 250 is a staple in the fan calendar, with lovers of the contest from across Europe and beyond listening in on New Year’s Eve to find out if their favourites have earned a place on […]
After a stellar night in Tirana, Arilena Ara has been crowned winner and will fly the Albanian flag in Rotterdam with the song Shaj. Albania will first have to sing in one the semi finals, due to take place on May 12th or 14th. We will find out […]
The live final of Festivali i Këngës 58 is just under an hour away – so what better time to announce the results of our poll? We asked you who you thought was going to win tonight and go on to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest […]
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