BIRTHDAY: Elhaida Dani from Albania is 26 today Just occasionally a song passes me by completely. It’s not a bad song, or a silly song. It might just be unfortunate enough to be in a contest with more memorable songs. I’ll stop digging a hole for myself now. […]
Well, what a busy weekend it’s been! Australia’s first ever Eurovision event, Montevizija, the UK’s Eurovision: You Decide and Sanremo has just finished… just about! We know have another 4 songs lined up for Tel Aviv – double the amount we had Friday morning!! – but how have […]
Every year, Eurovision Ireland keeps an eye on and scrutinises the Betting Odds to see who the bookies think is going to walk away with the most coveted trophy on the European music scene! Yes, we know we only have a handful of songs to chose from, but […]
BIRTHDAY: Hersi from Albania is 29 today Are you from a country that’s never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that [at least] one of your songs should have won, so we can see the delights of what your capital city has […]
Last night, Jonida Maliqi won the 57th edition of Festivali i Kenges with her entry “Ktheju tokes”. Jonida revealed in the post show that “Ktheju tokes” will remain in Albanian. This is the second consecutive year that the Albanian entry has remained in their native language – however, […]
This evening, Festivali i Kenges 57 final took place – also the first National Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest season. After three days of competition, Jonida Maliqi won with her song Ktheju tokës. Lidia Lufi was runner up with her song Rrëfehem. Eranda Libhova completed the […]
ALBANIA: Live blog of Festivali i Këngës Final from 20.45 CET We’ve been through two nights of quality song from Tirana. Tonight is the Grand Final of Festivali i Këngës 57, and the winner will carry the double-headed eagle to Tel Aviv next May. Fourteen songs have made […]
ALBANIA: Live Blog of Festivali i Këngës 57 from 20.45 CET The 2019 Eurovision season kicks off properly tonight, with the first show of Festivali i Këngës from Tirana in Albania. A grand total of 22 acts will perform tonight with the aid of the RTSH Symphonic Orchestra. […]
The rehearsals are over now and we are in the Dress Rehearsal stage of the week here in Minsk. I had the pleasure of sitting through the first Dress Rehearsal this afternoon and I’m now here to bring you the goings on during the Jury Rehearsal. You know […]
The first rehearsals are now over, so let the second rehearsals of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin! Today see’s the first ten acts take to the stage again, but in reverse order – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 08:00CET by regularly refreshing the […]
Year after year, Eurovision Ireland gives you its views of songs heading to Eurovisions and Junior Eurovisions across the continent. But as it’s children who participate in Junior Eurovision and arguably the contest is aimed at a younger crowd, we thought who better to ask than its intended […]
It’s time! Let the rehearsals and the first #LiveBlog of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin! Today see’s the first ten acts take to the stage for their first rehearsals – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 11:00CET by regularly refreshing the page for all […]
Last Saturday the talented Inis Neziri from Albania won the international singing competition “The Golden Stag Festival” and with her interpretation of the Romanian song ‘Dau Viata Mea Pentru O iubire’ (I Give My Life For One Love), she also won the hearts of many Romanians. We had […]
Albania will debut at this year’s Eurovision Young Musicians in Edinburgh. On Monday night Klaudio Zoto won the Albanian National Final and will go on to represent his country in Edinburgh, in August. The 15 year old will perform on the Cello. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
Eurovision 2018 will always stand out in the history books for the year that 3 countries lost their 100% qualification rates from the semi-finals. Many of us here at Eurovision Ireland never dreamed we’d see the day Russia or Romania failed to make it into Saturday night’s main […]
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