BIRTHDAY: Mija Martina from Bosnia & Herzegovina is 35 today I think we need to start a campaign to bring tempt countries back to entering songs in our favourite TV show. Maybe our friends at the EBU should make it cheaper to enter. Bosnia AND Herzegovina is/are one […]
Every Monday for the next few weeks, we will be looking back at former participating nations at the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we look back at Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country who has made the Final 18 times, 2016 been the only year not to qualify for […]
Just before the contest this year, it was revealed that a Eurovision Song Contest board game would soon be going on sale, giving fans across the globe the chance to live their dreams and win the contest for themselves! The game was available for pre-order and sold out […]
Eurovision 2018 will always stand out in the history books for the year that 3 countries lost their 100% qualification rates from the semi-finals. Many of us here at Eurovision Ireland never dreamed we’d see the day Russia or Romania failed to make it into Saturday night’s main […]
Last year in Kyiv, not only did Salvador Sobral break the record for the highest number of points ever scored at the Eurovision Song Contest (so far!), he also broke another slightly more dubious record – namely, ending Portugal’s reign as country with the Most Participations at […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the last week, Eurovision Ireland has posted 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be crowned Eurovision […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the coming week, Eurovision Ireland will be posting 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be crowned […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
Earlier this week, the complete list of Eurovision 2017 participants was published, naming the 43 countries who will take to the stage in Kyiv, Ukraine next May. 43 countries taking part equals the record first set in 2008 in Belgrade, then matched again in Düsseldorf in 2011. This […]
Lights! Camera! Action! Bosnia recently hit the Eurovision headlines for BHRT’s debts and what this could mean for the country’s participation in future contests (read about it here). But now we have some much more positive news! According to our friends over at Eurovisionary, the story of Bosnia’s […]
According to the Bosnian news website Klix.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina are “in danger of being excluded from the EBU” as soon as the end of this month if it fails to settle its unpaid debts, much in the same way as Romania’s TVR were just weeks before this […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
Who Should Qualify For The Grand Final of Eurovision 2016 From Semi Final 1? You have read the reviews of the performances from the rehearsals (HERE, HERE and HERE) and you have seen the Second rehearsals too. So what 10 countries do you now think should qualify from […]
They’re back – and this time, they mean business! The Eurovision Song Contest is no stranger to veteran performers. Most years we get at least one singer returning to the stage for another chance to grab the gold in Europe’s favourite music competition. But for 2016, a lot […]
Here I am again, bringing you up to speed, reminding you who’s who, and taking a closer look at all the songs and performers in this year’s show. Yesterday we looked at the first half of Semi Final 1, with my thoughts on each song. Today we’re delving […]
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