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 6th: Saturday 6th April 1974 On this day in 1974, the 19th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue 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 Tokyo 2020. Spain rank 28th overall – 48 […]
During the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, Sam Ryder secured the United Kingdom a record sixteenth second placing. The last time the United Kingdom reached this position was in 1998, one year after their last victory. Today we continue to look back at the second placings. 1965 Kathy Kirby […]
Of course, a lot gets made of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest – how can it not? They’ve just won the biggest televised competition on the planet! But what about the songs that came in 2nd? The songs that a lot of people loved, but it […]
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