BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 26 today Do you remember a few years ago when the Nordics, more specifically Scandinavia, had things sewn up. We say this from time to time that some countries could have a guy on stage humming and he’d still come third. […]
Tonight Denmark selected their entry for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Tel-Aviv Israel . Ten acts competed for the honour of representing their country but there could only be one winner and that is . LEONORA with ” Love is forever “ What do you think? Do […]
BIRTHDAY: Lise Haavik from Denmark is 57 today It’s a common thing that countries don’t always pick a national when they’re deciding who should sing for them. That’s down to the country concerned, whether it’s right or wrong. Some places had almost no national singing for them. Sometimes […]
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Ah, Valentine’s Day… a day for flirting, for romance, for you to confess your heart’s deepest desires… also a chance for it to all go spectacularly wrong! Let’s face it, the path to true love rarely runs smooth. Everyone has that date they’d rather […]
Well, what a busy weekend it’s been! Australia’s first ever Eurovision event, Montevizija, the UK’s Eurovision: You Decide and Sanremo has just finished… just about! We know have another 4 songs lined up for Tel Aviv – double the amount we had Friday morning!! – but how have […]
Every year, Eurovision Ireland keeps an eye on and scrutinises the Betting Odds to see who the bookies think is going to walk away with the most coveted trophy on the European music scene! Yes, we know we only have a handful of songs to chose from, but […]
The ten acts and their songs for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix have been revealed this lunchtime. Vying for Denmark’s place in Tel Aviv are: Simone Emilie – Anywhere Jasmin Gabay – Kiss Like This Rasmus Faartoft – Hold My Breath Marie Isabell – Dancing with You in My […]
#BIRTHDAY: Chanée from Denmark is 40 today It had to come soon enough that one half of a duo has a birthday. Do you think you can spot which half it is today? After all, I’ll wager some people had difficulty telling them apart in 2010. Yes, it […]
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 […]
We have seen all of this year’s participating countries rehearse once so far this year – but what about the countries thats have participated in the Contest previously? Denmark Denmark first took part at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, when it was held in Copenhagen, in 2003. They […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
This week as a one off, #WinnersWednesday is on a Sunday – after many winners have been crowned in various sporting events this weekend. This week, we continue to look back at past winners from the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we will be casting our eyes over […]
Welcome to the continuation of our new series of articles that we are running every Wednesday across the summer – #WinnersWednesday. This week as a one off, it’s on a Thursday – just like television schedules been mixed up during the World Cup. Every week, we will look […]
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 […]
After what can only be described as a shock-fest given to us from the semi-finals, I am here with coverage of the first Dress Rehearsal for the Grand Final. You can follow the LIVE BLOG HERE – as always just refresh the page from 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET for […]