The Estonian broadcaster, ERR, has received 178 songs for next year’s National Selection. Of those 178 songs, 76 were submitted in Estonian. Ringvaade, the Estonian television show, will reveal the 24 songs to appear in Eesti Laul 2020 next week – 12 on Wednesday and 12 on Thursday. […]
In the aftermath of Eurovision 2018, we here at Eurovision Ireland looked through the nations competing to see who has the best qualification rate at the contest. According to our stats, many of you still check back to that article – which you can check that out HERE […]
BIRTHDAY: Tanel Padar from Estonia is 39 today Do you remember the start of this century/millennium? The bug was behind us and we had a whole new one hundred/one thousand years to look forward to. And of course our favourite TV show carried on. One year in, and […]
The venues for Eesti Laul 2020 have now been confirmed. Karl-Erik Taukar and Tonis Niinemets have been selected to host the shows. On Thursday 13th February and Saturday 15th February, the Semi Finals will once again take place at the University of Tartu Sports Hall. The Grand Final […]
Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv this May not only gave The Netherlands their 5th win at Eurovision, but also their first win since 1975 – a staggering 44 years ago! This got us here at Eurovision Ireland thinking… of all the countries that have won the contest, […]
The Grand Final of Eesti Laul, the Estonian National Selection, will take place on Saturday 29th February. Semi Final One will take place on Thursday 13th February, while Semi Final Two will take place two days later. Locations for the three shows have yet to be announced. Submissions […]
Have you ever tried to say different phrases while wearing a mouthpiece that won’t let them shut your mouth? That’s exactly what ‘The Speak Out‘ game does! Here, at Eurovision Ireland, we thought to combine this game with our favourite topic: Eurovision. The idea came to us while […]
ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster, have confirmed to ESCToday that Estonia will be present in the Netherlands next May. This is as far as ERR went however, with no confirmation how their entrant will be selected – it’s expected Eesti Laul will be used as normal. Victor Crone […]
BIRTHDAY: Tanja from Estonia is 36 today Should a song be all about singing, or should it be about the whole package? That is, the singing, the dancing, the costumes, even the camera work? Our winner this year was all about the song, but it’s not always the […]
BIRTHDAY: Ivo Linna from Estonia is 70 today Hooray! A big birthday! And a legend’s. Well, we think he is anyway. It’s from the time when a certain Baltic nation started to show us what it could via the gift of song. It’s a very important thing in […]
BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 38 today Back in the mists of time, just after the Eurovision Song Contest started, in the 1990s, a certain musical country from the Baltic started doing really well. So much so, that a win wasn’t far away. I jest of course. The […]
The time has come! Welcome to the Jury Grand Final Live Blog AND our last Live Blog of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest season, here from Tel Aviv! Tonight, the twenty qualifiers from across Tuesday and Thursday take to the stage, joining Israel and the Big 5. 50% […]
#ESC2019: Live Blog of Semi 1 Jury Final #DareToDream from 21:00 CET Dusk may have fallen over Tel Aviv, not that it slows this bustling city down! We’re super excited here in Israel as it’s time for the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the Jury […]
The start of Eurovision 2019 is just days away!! So you know what that means – it’s time to cast your predictions on who will qualify from the 1st Semi Final! Just like the juries at the contest, you get to vote for your Top 10, meaning YOU […]
Day Six? Where was the Day Five rehearsals we hear you cry? Well, Day Five was Memorial Day in Israel, so everything stops in terms of work. This will be why we started rehearsal coverage on Saturday instead of the traditional Sunday. ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SIX REHEARSALS […]
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