This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, we will be looking back at Switzerland since their first participation. Today we begin with 1967. 1967 – “Quel coeur vas-tu briser?” In 1967, when the Contest was held in Vienna, Austria, Géraldine represented Switzerland with “Quel coeur […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we start from the beginning, in 1965. 1965 – “I’m Walking the Streets in the Rain” In 1965, when the Contest was held in Naples, Italy, Butch […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are taking a historical look back on our favourite Contests past and present, on the very day they took place. Today it’s April 8th: Saturday 8th April 1967 On this day in 1967, the 12th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics commenced (although the Opening Ceremony takes place on Friday) and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. We will be celebrating the best of Eurovision participating countries, ranked by their gold medal success at the Summer Olympics, up to and including […]
Today, the 2022 Commonwealth Games continues to take place, in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. Each day throughout the Games, will be looking at the Commonwealth nations that have sent artists to the Eurovision Song Contest. Today we are looking at England (UK). Sandie Shaw was the United Kingdom’s […]
Not a collaboration that we saw coming as we though that Eurovision winner Sandie Shaw had retired but WOW! Sandie Shaw is back with a new song ‘Riot Pictures’. The ‘Puppet on a String Singer’ who won Eurovision for the UK in Vienna in 1967 is back with […]