#OBITUARY: Hayko from Armenia has died aged 44 Eurovision Ireland is sorry to hear of the death of Armenia’s Hayk ‘Hayko’ Hakobyan (Հայկ Հակոբյան). He was 44. Hayko participated in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Anytime you need. He had already qualified for the Grand Final in […]
New Wave 2021 concluded yesterday and we have a winner. Saro Gevorgyan took victory for Armenia at this year’s Contest in Sochi. Saro was a backing singer for Srbuk in Tel Aviv, in 2019. You can watch Saro’s performance of “Listen” below: Let us know what you think […]
Welcome to the return Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest, which we started last summer. Over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest to conclude the A to Z. Today, we look at Q. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Eva Rivas from Armenia is 34 today It’s always interesting to hear about the theme of a Eurovision song. Falling in love is probably the top one. Songs about falling out of love often follow. And then the others. Maybe about things you like, or things that […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we celebrated the countries that participated in this year’s Contest, in Rotterdam. We are now remembering the countries that had previously participated in the Contest – today we remember Armenia. Armenia […]
As you loved these articles in 2018 and 2019, we knew we had to crunch the numbers again for 2021! Now that the semi finals are done and dusted, we can take a look at whose all important qualification rate has benefitted the most from reaching Saturday night’s […]
The fourteen finalists of this year’s New Wave Festival have been revealed. They include Samra Rahimli, the Azerbaijani representative at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The finalists are: Armenia – Saro Gevorgyan Australia – Alfie Arcuri Azerbaijan – Samra Rahimli Belarus – CHEICHAI Bulgaria – Denitsa Karaslavova Georgia […]
We can all recall the disappointment of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest being cancelled last year and probably no-one was as disappointed as all the 2020 performers , who were putting their hearts and souls into producing great performances for us in May 2020 . However, whilst many […]
#BIRTHDAY: Emmy from Armenia is 37 today It can always be a lottery taking part in a semi-final. Yes, these days only five countries don’t have to take part in them. But luck, whether it’s bad or good, can get you through to the Grand Final, or hold […]
Want a review that doesn’t take up all of your precious time? Then you’ve come to the right place! It’s your favourite lightening-fast review show: Review in Two, better known as #ReVu2! #ReVu2 – Eurovision 2025 – Basel Basel 2025 saw the contest return to its roots in […]