Winter is here… And so is Eurovision! Although it might not seem like it at a first glance, HBO’s hit TV adaptation Game of Thrones and the Eurovision Song Contest do have quite a bit in common: people from far-away lands, speakers of different languages and with different […]
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 […]
With song submission period for Selectia Nationala 2019 ending in 5 days (December 10), Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst transmitted today a message for the next Romanian representative at ESC 2019 in Tel Aviv. The 24 semi-finalists will be revealed on December 20. In each of the two semi-finals, […]
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 […]
As true fans of Eurovision we love to sing along to our favourite songs. Some can do it better than others, but we’re not here for that. We’re here to present our choices for the first round of one special battle between the covers of the winning songs. […]
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 […]
Hello Europe, Australia calling! After placing 5th last year with the amazing Guy Sebastian, Australia wants to do it “tonight again”. See what I’m doing here? 🙂 Millions of fans from all over the world will be watching as the singer Dami Im will try to bring Australia’s […]
Our sweet diva Conchita added an exclusive cover of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ into her set list on Friday night in Linz. In true Conchita style it was a flawless performance, full of emotion and perfectly staged. It’s not the first time we’ve seen her sing it, you might […]
When she announced her tour to everyone back in January, I just knew I had to be there for her opening night! I have been a fan of Conchita’s ever since I was introduced to her by Eurovision Ireland in the run up to Eurovision 2014. By the […]
Do you remember back a few years ago when radio stations across the UK refused to play any Cliff Richard songs? He was completely removed from virtually all playlists as though his 50+ year musical career hadn’t happened. Now whether you like Cliff’s music or not doesn’t […]
Following on from last weeks article highlighting some rather impressive Eurovision tattoos that fans have had inked into their skin (myself included!) So being Eurovision Ireland’s resident tattoo lover, I thought I’d have a look at some of my favourites tattoos we’ve seen on the Eurovision stages. Guy Sebastian Starting […]
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 […]
A few days ago there were a lot of posts across Facebook about the potential of Russia being the host nation for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. With Sergey Lazarev and ‘You Are the Only One’ still leading the list of the Bookie’s favourites, Russia are going into […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 5-6 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
If there’s one country that likes to party, it’s Latvia. They also love the Eurovision. So much so, that since 2014, Latvia has been throwing an annual pre-Eurovision party extravaganza to celebrate their participation. This year, organisers OGAE Latvia have pulled out the stops and are promising to […]
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