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, 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 English, Estonian and Finland Swedish. English English 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 1985. 1985 – “Piano, piano” In 1985, when the Contest was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, Mariella Farré & Pino Gasparini represented Switzerland with […]
It’s that time of year again when the next two weeks are given over to the fun and excitement of the build up to the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, this year to be held in Basel , Switzerland. My colleagues , John ,James and Richard are already out […]
This year at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Ireland will be marking 60 years since their first participation. Today we continue with 1990. 1990 – “Somewhere in Europe” In 1990, when the Contest was held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Liam Reilly represented Ireland with “Somewhere in Europe”. […]
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 5th: Saturday 5th May 1990 On this day in 1990, the 35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place […]
It’s that time of year again when the next two weeks are given over to the fun and excitement of the build up to the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, this year to be held in Basel , Switzerland. My colleagues , John ,James and Richard are already out […]
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. Italy rank 6th overall – 217 […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France commenced 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 two, with the tour continuing in the Italian city of Cesenatico. […]
Eurovision Ireland has today heard the sad news that Toto Cutugno, who won the Eurovision Song Contest contest for Italy in 1990 in Zagreb ( then in Yugoslavia, now capital of Croatia) has passed away at the age of 80 years old, following a long illness in Milan, […]