#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Kim from Belgium is 52 today It’s a well-known fact that Eurovision fans love records. No, not the seven-inch kind, but the “Who got the most 12s” sort of record. One of those of note is the youngest winner. It’s held, of course, by today’s birthday […]
There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond (né Jozef Remon) got the gig on his […]
#BIRTHDAY: Laura Tesoro from Belgium is 28 today Do you enjoy good national final? No, not that Melodifestivalen thing – I’m talking about good national finals. I jest of course. Every national final will have good songs and, erm, other songs. Our friends in Belgium flit between televised […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. We will be celebrating the best of Eurovision participating countries, ranked by their gold medal success at the Summer Olympics, up to and including Tokyo 2020. Belgium rank 30th overall – 44 […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France commenced and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. During the Tour, we will be looking at the Italian and French winning entries of the Contest. Today is stage eight, with the tour continuing in the French city of Semur-en-Auxois. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Gustaph from Belgium is 44 today Ah, the guilty pleasure. The term might be a little odd, but we all have the song that you think you shouldn’t like, but you do. It becomes your earworm when you least expect it, like buying yoghurt at the supermarket, […]
Today, the 2024 UEFA European Championships continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. Today is match day sixteen, with the forty first and forty second match of the Championships – France vs. Belgium is the forty first match. But who will win? For the […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 28th, we are continuing with Mustii. He represented Belgium with “Before the Party’s Over”, taking 13th place in […]
Today, the 2024 UEFA European Championships continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. Today is match day thirteen, with the thirty third, thirty fourth, thirty fifth and thirty sixth match of the Championships – Ukraine vs. Belgium is the thirty third match. But who […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Zegers from Belgium is 77 today What do you think of the stages? Are they too over the top? Do they compliment a song perfectly? And do performers need to make the most of them? Back in 1984, we had a typical stage for the age. […]