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. Our Nordic Tour has seen us crown winners from Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Norway – […]
THE REAL ME: Eurovision memories from Sarah Rudman We at Eurovision Ireland want to hear from you. Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? […]
Over the years since our beloved contest began , way back in 1956, many artists have graced the Eurovision stage over the years, enjoying the opportunity to make themselves known far and wide. But…what happened once all that preparation for the contest and the actual appearance was done? […]
BIRTHDAY: Charlotte Perrelli from Sweden is 45 today One of the golden rules of our favourite TV show is this: If you win, leave it at that. You’ve reached the pinnacle, so don’t try again. It’ll end in tears. Unless you’re Seán Sherrard. Cast your mind back to […]
SWEDEN– LIVE BLOG of Melodifestivalen Semi Final 1 from 2000 CET!!! Sweden– Join us today at 20:00 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the first Semi Final 2017 of Melodifestivalen where 7 acts will compete for a place in the Final in Stockholm and hope to go on to represent their country in Eurovision 2017. […]
SVT have made their announcement for the Melodifestivalen Hosts for 2016. As expected Gina Diwawi, who the good people at Aftonbladet said would got the call, indeed got named first as the main hostess. However in two surprise announcements Petra Mede and Charlotte Perrelli have been announced as co hosts for […]
The “Curse” of The OGAE Poll? Will it happen again this year at Eurovision? We are just over half way through the OGAE Eurovision 2015 Votes so our guest writer Barry Joyce takes a closer look at the results over the years. As we head into the final […]
The running order for Melodifestivalen 2015 has been announced by SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster). Pundits always look to see who is opening and closing each show so it is interesting to see who has nabbed those prized places. Molly Pettersson Hammar and her song ‘I’ll be fine’ has […]
Are they the most prolific music publishing company at Eurovision 2015? ‘Sweden Songs’ music publishing company (music publisher Keith Almgren) have so far 9 songs (maybe 10) (!) in national competitions to Eurovision 2015 MALTA L-Ahwa (the siblings of Gianluca Bezzina who represent Malta in Eurovision song Contest 2013 with song […]
‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ or Stockholm for that matter. Yes the multi award-winning and Hollywood blockbuster movie is set to get the Swedish Schlager Eurovision treatment and probably a wind machine too. Yes a Eurovision winner is set to step into the shoes of “Eva Perón”. September […]
I cannot believe that I am going to mention the “C” word – yes Christmas! If you are in Sweden and a Eurovision Fan then there is one almighty “Christmas Eurovision Battle” brewing! Many of Sweden’s Eurovision stars will have Christmas offerings to fill your stocking or add […]
MRT (FYR Macedonian National Broadcaster) yesterday officially announced that they will be represented by the singer Tijana Dapčević at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest! From the offset we think that FYR Macedonia have just scored a major “Eurovision Goal” with Tijana’s selection for the contest. She has […]
Eurovision Ireland met with Irish Song writer Michael James Down – who had 13 songs in 5 Eurovision National Selections across Europe this year. We wanted to see how this young man became interested in Music, Composing and Eurovision and to give us an insight into what the […]
Malmo – like Oslo did in 2010 – will be rolling out a “Pink Carpet” for the visiting singers, delegations, press and fans at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The City is saying that it is going to celebrate the large Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender following that […]
Language is one of those subjects that divides Eurovision Fans. Popularity vs. Authenticity It has been generally held in high regard that if a country wanted to win the Eurovision Song Contest, they needed to sing in a language that had a wide recognition. Hence there have been […]