As we all know , Austria won the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song contest in Basel, with JJ and “Wasted Love”. It has now been announced that we will be travelling to Austria’s capital city, Vienna , for the 2026 edition of our beloved contest. JJ’s victory […]
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 1973. 1973 – “Je vais me marier, Marie” In 1973, when the Contest was held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Patrick Juvet represented Switzerland […]
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 May 7th: Saturday 7th May 1977 On this day in 1977, the 22nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1977. 1977 – “It’s Nice to Be in Love Again” In 1977, when the Contest was held in London, the United Kingdom, The Swarbriggs […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue (although the Opening Ceremony takes place tomorrow) 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 […]
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 ten, with the tour continuing in the French city of Orléans. […]
Tonight, the BBC, the British national broadcaster, broadcast live week four of the 2023 season of Strictly Come Dancing. For week four, Angela Rippon, the host of the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest, danced a Rumba. Angela danced the Rumba to the winning 2014 Eurovision Song Contest entry, “Rise […]
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. Kyiv Kyiv hosted the 2005 and […]
It’s back ! As we are now well into post Eurovision season, we at Eurovision Ireland are continuing our series , Here Today, Gone Tomorrow , where we look at former Eurovision stars and what happened to them following their time representing their country at Eurovision . As […]
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. 1975 The Shadows […]
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