The cold days are with us again, the nights are drawing in…which means the return of the popular BBC Competition Strictly Come Dancing .What has Strictly Come Dancing got to do with the Eurovision Song Contest,you may ask? Well, during each series we often see a connection between […]
Of course, a lot gets made of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest – how can it not? They’ve just won the biggest televised competition on the planet! But what about the songs that came in 2nd? The songs that a lot of people loved, but it […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lulu from the UK is 72 today Do you remember when the UK of stuff were good at Eurovision? Yes, since we hit the 21st Century their fortunes have waned a little. But in their prime, the BBC were unstoppable. In 1969, the contest headed south-west and […]
Last week,we at Eurovision Ireland started our series looking at the fate and fortunes of acts who have graced the Eurovision stage over the years once they have had their minutes of glory in the contest. Today, we are going to look at the fortunes of Lulu, who […]
So, rehearsals are well under way in Tel Aviv and so far we’re getting some rather interesting and very varied acts judging by what the rest of my colleagues are reporting back from Tel Aviv and also the clips on various internet links. In Melodifestivalen this year, Sweden […]
“Alex Salmond plans to fast-track Scotland’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest if the Yes campaign wins”. That has been all over the internet today. The Scottish vote on Independence is too close to call it seems that every single potential voter is being targeted by both sides […]