#BIRTHDAY: Dima Bilan from Russia is 40 today As you’ll know, some people can’t get enough of the drug that is the Eurovision stage. Some we like to see back. Some even do better second time round. The trouble with this article is that we have to pick […]
As those of us who are fans are aware, Strictly Come Dancing returned to UK TV screens in September and through out the weeks so far, we at Eurovision Ireland, have been watching out for any connections between Eurovision and the UK’s very popular dance competition , starting […]
As we have seen , recently with Måneskin’s song “Beggin” being used as one the dance tracks for one of the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 couples, Eurovision often makes its presence felt in the UK’s leading Dance competition. This week, while we haven’t had a former Eurovision song […]
BIRTHDAY: Dima Bilan from Russia is 38 today As you’ll know, some people can’t get enough of the drug that is the Eurovision stage. Some we like to see back. Some even do better second time round. The trouble with this article is that we have to pick […]
After missing out on their first ever Eurovision final in Lisbon, we knew Russia would come back fighting for Tel Aviv. Rumours circulated for months (making it possibly the worst kept secret in showbiz!) and Russia eventually confirmed that Sergey Lazarev was to return to the Eurovision stage […]
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 […]
Muz-Tv Awards 2017 took place last night in Russia, where Sergey Lazarev received the award for the Best Song with “You Are the Only One” (Eurovision 2016 – 3rd place). But the suprise of the night was the guest performance of Sergey with the winner of Eurovision 2008 Dima […]
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 […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 2 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
You never forget your first time (Or so they say) No, I’m talking about Eurovision! I think all of us who know and love the Eurovision Song Contest have a special place in our hearts for the first one we ever encountered. In this little series we’re making […]
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 […]
Everyone loves a man in uniform – so they say! Well if you are a Dima Bilan fan then be prepared to swoon as he has just joined the army! It sound like Elvis being drafted into the US Army but in this case it is Dima’s new […]
Russia : We all know Dima Bilan the Eurovision winner from 2008 and also the runner-up in 2006. One of the biggest singers in Russian history. You could spot him a MILE away! Right? Well take a look at the picture above of him. Well if you looked […]
Rewind to 2009 and ‘I Don’t Wanna Put-in’ was the song that boogied with controversy when Georgia selected their song for Eurovision in Moscow. Rumblings and meetings in EBU buildings deemed the song to be political in nature and Georgia withdrew from the contest. Fast forward to 2014 […]
In case you haven’t known but ‘The Voice of Russia’ has started back on Channel 1 and they have promoted the show ‘Big Style’. Eurovision winner Dima Bilan is one of the mentors on the show and along with his fellow judges they took to the stage for […]