According to our good friends at escXtra – Austria could be opting for an Internal selection for their Eurovision 2014 act. Despite a triumphant return to Eurovision in 2011 where they reached the Eurovision Grand Final – the country has failed to qualify for the final for the […]
Tonight the Jury vote on Semi Final 1 and I will give you the news – there are some shocks as there has been some nervous performances and technical hick-ups. It is just Garrett here so bear with me. Austria I have not see Natalia this nervous all week. Her […]
Ireland and Denmark came together in the playground to show that “Only Love and Only Teardrop Survives”. Yes Ryan Dolan and Emmile De Forest spent the day together catching up and sharing their Eurovision experiences so far. Both songs are scoring highly in the Press Poll in the […]
Monday May 13th – so what is happening today at Eurovision? Well there will be the first full dress rehearsal of Semi Final 1 at 17:00 (CET) and the 2nd one at 21:00 (CET). We will be in the arena and will have a rolling blog of the show so we […]
Day 5 here at the Malmo Arena for the 2nd rehearsals of the first semi final at Eurovision2013. Well folks we are now in the official press centre. As usual there are a few teething issues but here at Eurovision Ireland we carry on with a smile (OK […]
Roberto Bellarosa of Belgium has come out in place of Lithuania who were due on stage next. So what of “Love Kills” from Roberto. First off he is looking and sounding great. Who can resist a tall dark handsome man in a well cut suit? Roberto’s vocals were […]
Estonia take to the stage for their first dress rehearsal and my jaw has just dropped. What are they thinking of?? Birgit is dressed in a white flowing ball gown with some metallic trimming. She looks very pretty when they engage the most important piece of Eurovision technology […]
The stage is dark blue and there are giant lit crystals – that look like they came from Superman’s home of Krypton that stand tall on the stage among Natalia and her backing singers. Half way through the song they defy gravity and rise to the […]
OGAE Malta – Official Eurovision Fan Club – have “officially” cast their Eurovision votes that our friends at our good friends at ESCflashMalta.com had given to us some time ago. So who did Malta see as this year’s contenders? OGAE Malta 1 point: Austria 2 points: Azerbaijan 3 points: Ireland 4 […]
(Photograph Courtesy of oe3.orf.at) At the ripe old age of 17, Natália Kelly has won “Österreich Rockt Den Song Contest” aka the Austrian national final with the song Shine composed by Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla, Alexander Kahr and Natália Kelly herself The voting was a 50/50 split between […]
(Photograph courtesy of Hans Leitner (ORF) Vienna, Austria is the setting of the Austrian National Selection Final tonight aka “Österreich Rockt den Song Contest”. 5 Acts will be taking part in tonight’s show. They are as follows Falco Luneau – Rise Above The Night (written by Falco Luneau, […]
Following Austria’s less than successful entry last year (last place in Semi Final 1); the only way is up for Austria. The national broadcaster ORF have gone back to basics and re-jigged their national selection format. Invitations were sent out in October for song submissions and ORF have selected 5 to […]
(Photograph Courtesy of ORF) Who will represent Austria at Eurovision 2013? Tomorrow morning at 6.30am CET the first entry will be played on Austrian Radio. ORF – Austrian National Broadcaster – will then host a Press Conference at 10.30 am (CET). The 5 artists in contention are Yela, Natalia […]
(Photo courtesy of Andres Putting (EBU) Glen Webb (EBU)) Austria – Take to the stage Austria this year have the Hip Hop Act “Trachshittaz” – careful how you say that!! They are singing the equally tricky song title “Woki mit deim Popo” Austrian Eurovision Song – This is another feel good […]