#BIRTHDAY: Danijel Popović is 70 today The country that was Yugoslavia made 27 appearances in our favourite TV show. As we know, it’s successor states have had varying fortunes since they took its place, but Yugoslavia itself wasn’t without success. For years, when they showed up it was the […]
HRT, the Croatian national broadcaster, have confirmed non-participation at the 2026 Eurovision Young Musicians, in Yerevan. Croatia last participated at the Eurovision Young Musicians in 2022, in Montpellier. HRT had the following to say in their statement regarding their non-participation: “We nonetheless continue to support young musical talent […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vanna from Croatia is 55 today The fortunes of countries come and go. You can tell some are gearing up for a win. And once they have, they revert to being also-rans. Of course, some that you think should win make an effort and then lose interest. […]
The winners for the second edition of Biser Jadrana have been announced. Biser Jadrana took place in Tivat, Montenegro, over Friday & Saturday evening. On Friday evening, the Domestic Evening took place with twenty Montenegrin artists. Andrijana Božović took victory with “Dobro je” (which you can listen to […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Dalmatian Croatian, Danish and Dutch. Dalmatian Croatian […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Crimean Tatar, Croatian and Czech. Crimean Tatar […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Chakavian, Constructed and Corsican. Chakavian Chakavian or Čakavian is a South […]
#BIRTHDAY: Baby Lasagna from Croatia is 30 today It’s often the case that a certain song gets a massive head of steam behind it, and becomes the stand-out performance of a contest, even though it doesn’t win. We can all name songs falling into that category. In 2024, […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 16th, we are continuing with Nina Kraljić. She represented Croatia, with “Lighthouse”, taking 23rd place with 73 points. […]
Just before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we asked the readers of Eurovision Ireland which country they thought should have won our beloved contest more than they have. The results are in – but hold on to your hats, it’s about to get more exciting […]