As we all know , Austria won the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song contest in Basel, with JJ and “Wasted Love”. Which means that next year, we will be travelling to somewhere in Austria for the 2026 edition of our beloved contest. JJ’s victory in Basel was […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Icelandic, Irish and Italian. Icelandic Icelandic is […]
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 continue with 1965. 1971 – “One Day Love” In 1971, when the Contest was held in Dublin, Ireland, Angela Farrell represented Ireland with “One Day Love”. […]
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 March 25th: Saturday 25th March 1972 On this day in 1972, the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France continues and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. During the Tour, we will be looking at the Italian and French winning entries of the Contest. Today is stage twelve, with the tour continuing in the French city of Aurillac. […]
On August 12th, the SHORT LIST for the 2023 Host City was revealed. While we don’t know where the Eurovision Song Contest will be held next year until the Autumn, we thought we’d look back at the cities that have already hosted the Contest. Dublin Dublin hosted the 1971, 1981, […]
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 […]
Sandie Jones, the Irish entry at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest and their only entry to date to sing in the Irish language, is sadly reaching the end of her life in a hospice. The hospice is in the United States, where her brother Tony has said she […]
Eurovision Contestant and Croatian superstar has praised the decision of HRT (the country’s national broadcaster) for withdrawing from Eurovision 2014. HRT cited economic reasons for their departure from the contest. However Tereza Kesovija – whom has performed twice at Eurovision – has a very different point of view. In […]