#SPAIN: RTVE reveals hopefuls for Eurovision 2019 Spain, one of the Big 5, has revealed the line-up of participants competing for the lucky ticket to Tel Aviv next May. Seventeen songs have been selected by a special jury for an online vote. But what are they? Famous “No […]
#IRELAND: Molly Sterling to appear in First Fortnight Festival Former Eurovision participant Molly Sterling is throwing her weight between the European Mental Health Art & Culture Festival , First Fortnight. As well as being at the official launch last month, she will be taking part in the festival’s […]
#FRANCE: Destination Eurovision hopefuls announced France Télévisions has revealed its format to hopefully win the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. As for the contest in Lisbon, 18 acts will participate in Destination Eurovision. But who are they? Aysat – Comme une grande Battista Acquaviva – Passio Bilal Hassani – […]
#IRELAND: Ryan O’Shaughnessy to perform Christmas show Not content with singing for his country in May, and giving his Junior Eurovision countryman a helping hand last month, Ryan is concluding his of Ireland with a Christmas Show on Thursday 20 December at the Grand Social on Liffey Street […]
#HUNGARY: A Dal 2019 participants revealed Hungary seems to have found a good way to pick a Eurovision song of late. They’ve made the Grand Final at the last eight contests, and since 2012 has used the A Dal format. In 2019, 30 songs will compete in three […]
#ESTONIA: Eesti Laul 2019 participants revealed One of the most eagerly-awaited selection processes for the Eurovision Song Contest is Eesti Laul, a series of shows from Estonian broadcaster ERR. The broadcaster has now unveiled the final 24 songs vying to be the Estonian representative in Tel Aviv. A […]
#ARMENIA: Srbuk to sing at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Public Television of Armenia has revealed the first confirmed performer at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Srbuk will be carrying her country’s hopes. Srbuk, or Սրբուհի Սարգսյան/Srbuhi Sargsyan was born in 1994 in Yerevan. She took […]
#LATVIA: Supernova auditions released Latvian broadcaster LTV is getting in early, and has released a clutch of audition videos showcasing its final 33 songs. Over the coming weeks, these will be narrowed down to 16 songs, which will compete in semi-finals and final. Latvian music professionals cut the […]
#CHARTS: Time to vote for your favourite songs Every year a vote takes place to find which song the fans love most. The winner for the last six years has been Loreen. Can she make it a seven year itch? Or will the new upstart Netta make a […]
Eurovision Ireland is expanding! We tasked one of our new writers to tell us about their relationship with the Eurovision Song Contest – so enough from me, here’s Sade to tell us more! I get asked quite often “Sade, when did you start watching Eurovision?” and “What’s your […]
#LITHUANIA: Skamp music video gets banned Skamp, who you may remember participated in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, have just released their latest song, ‘Love me like there’s no tomorrow’. However, it’s drawn a bit of controversy in Lithuania. The video features various couples, both young […]
#PORTUGAL: Maria Guinot has died Portuguese singer Maria Guinot has died after a short illness. She was famous in Eurovision circles for performing in the 1984 contest in Luxembourg with the song ‘Silêncio e Tanta Gente‘. It finished 11th with 38 points. Many think it should have done […]
Yesterday the Israeli broadcaster KAN revealed the slogan to accompany Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv – DARE TO DREAM! Slogans have been part of Eurovision since 2002 and each host city devises one to sum up their hopes, themes and generally message of their contest. But what we […]
#IRELAND: RTÉ puts out a call for songs RTÉ announced today that it is inviting accomplished songwriters and performers, with a proven track record of success in the music industry, to submit a song to be considered to represent Ireland next May. Executive Producer and Head of Irish Delegation Michael Kealy said: […]
#FRANCE: Charles Aznavour dies It has been announced that the legendary French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94. He was performing as recently as 19 September on Osaka. Born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, he was very proud of his Armenian roots, and promoted the country whenever […]
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