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: Tony Wegas from Austria is 55 today There’s an exclusive club. Well, yeah, there are lots of exclusive clubs. But today’s exclusive belongs to those people who did back-to-back appearances in our favourite TV show. We can name plenty – Lena, Jedward, Val Monetta – all illustrious […]
#BIRTHDAY: Timna Brauer from Austria is 59 today These days, our favourite TV show is fairly free and easy with language. If a country isn’t using its own language, then English is the favourite but not the only choice. Some songs even contain a plethora of tongues to […]
The Austrian public have chosen their winner of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. During this week on Tuesday, Thursday and last night, a jury selected a winner from 13 or 14 songs – depending on the line-up. The winners went on to a public vote after the […]
Four of the most recent Austrian participants have come together to cover “We Are The World”. PÆNDA (2019), Cesár Sampson (2018), Vincent Bueno (2020) & Nathan Trent (2017) have recorded their vocals from home. Joined by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the artists have recorded the track with […]
Last SUNDAY, we announced the first 13 countries and their broadcasters that are going to show this year’s special, one-off programme – “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”. Now a further four countries have announced their commitment to showing the programme. The four countries that will be showing the […]
Next week on Tuesday 14th, Thursday 16th and Saturday 18th April, Austria will select their winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Contest will be on ORF1 at 20:15 CET. Andi Knoll, the Austrian commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest, will host the show. Ten jurors, all […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #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 […]
Last time we had a look at the betting odds, only Albania had declared and it was a bit odd only having a Top 1 – but with the majority of entries now known for Rotterdam, it’s time to take a look again at the betting odds! Remember, […]
This morning, following yesterday’s Press Conference introducing Vincent Bueno, the official video for “Alive” was released. You can watch “Alive” below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: eurovision.tv
Today Austrian boradcaster ORF presented Vincent Bueno’s Eurovision entry “Alive” to selected Press and Fans at a press conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Luckily enough, Eurovision Ireland’s own Sascha Frasz was among those attending the event! If you’re a fan of a mixture of electronic funk, retrofunk, […]
BIRTHDAY: Pænda from Austria is 32 today We like to celebrate the characters of Eurovision here. There have been plenty, and they’re not all Nordic. Come to think of it, which Nordic singer would be the biggest heap of fun at a dinner party? Aside from the north […]
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 […]