Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. We’ve covered the Big 5 and Scandinavia, so are now turning our attention to the […]
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 […]
#CHRISTMAS: Eurovision Ireland Advent Calendar Day 7 Christmas is a-coming, so we at Eurovision Ireland want to share some notable performances by Eurovision acts of festive songs. Some are standards, and some may be new to you. Today’s song is… Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
In a world where most of us chase the here and now, we almost forget sometimes to appreciate the memories… This evening I opened the Youtube page and saw the recommendation to watch Céline’s new video, Courage. The lyrics are so sincere and I felt an instant connection. […]
Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv this May not only gave The Netherlands their 5th win at Eurovision, but also their first win since 1975 – a staggering 44 years ago! This got us here at Eurovision Ireland thinking… of all the countries that have won the contest, […]
She’s one of the most influential singers in the whole world, and one of the best selling artists of all time with record sales in excess of over 250 million. So with the recent release and success of the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, it was only a […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]
What makes a winning Eurovision song? This is the million dollar question and Ivan Yates from Newstalk Radio speaks to the man who has been part of Eurovision for many years plus he gave us Dustin The Turkey back in 2008. Bill Hughes – Award Winning TV and […]
Recently we wrote a Top 10 list detailing the first half of countries at the Eurovision Song Contest which have yet to score over 200 points. And now that the busy 2018 national selection season is over, we can bring you part 2! 21 countries have yet to […]
An old saying warns us to keep our friends close, and our enemies closer… but perhaps it’s just easier to snub them at Europe’s favourite music competition?! Show business is full of famous feuds… Joan Crawford and Bette Davis… Lindsey Lohan and Hilary Duff… Taylor Swift and whoever […]
Some of you may recall that last year I published a best and worst at Eurovision article for every country that was taking part in Eurovision 2016 with the exception of Australia who were only competing for the second time. So this year I will publish one for […]
Celine Dion is back. Following her ‘Icon Award’ and performance at last night’s Billboard Music Awards where she wowed the audience with ‘The Show Must Go On’. Now the global superstar has just released a new song ‘Encore Un Soir/ One More Evening’ and she has said that […]
Celine Dion was presented last night the ‘Icon Award’ at the American Billboard Music Awards. Her global success story was introduced by British singer Seal that included shots of her winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1988. https://www.facebook.com/esteveztv/videos Dion then took to the stage to give […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 4 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over the […]
I know, I know tattoos are not everyone’s cup of tea, but I confess I am a bit of an ink addict! I now have 12 and my latest one is a nod to my beloved Eurovision Song Contest. As the ink was setting I shared a picture […]