ALBANIA: Interview with Jonida Maliqi at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Jonida Maliqi, just before she performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. She told us about Festivali i Kengës and her favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland Advertisements
It’s been exactly a week now since all the songs for Eurovision 2019 were released. You’ve made your Top 10s and have your favourites, but now the dust has settled and everyone has had a chance to hear everything – what are the bookies thinking? We deliberately waited […]
It’s been another really busy weekend for Eurovision fans everywhere with no less than 7 national finals this week (including Serbia and Georgia tonight!) and over half of the songs heading to Tel Aviv have been released. So what has this done to the betting odds? It’s been […]
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 […]
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