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 12th: Saturday 12th May 2018 On this day in 2018, the 63rd 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 1996. 1996 – “The Voice” In 1996, when the Contest was held in Oslo, Norway, Eimear Quinn represented Ireland with “The Voice”. Eimear finished […]
Today, the 2024 Tour de France concludes and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. The Slovenian Tadej Pogačar took overall victory in the 2024 Tour de France. Slovenia have achieved a 7th place twice – their best placing to date in 1995 & 2001. Today […]
Today, the 2022 UEFA Women’s European Championship concludes and we will be celebrating it this year, with a Eurovision twist. Today sees Match Day 20 and Game 31 of the tournament. England (UK) will be playing Germany, from 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. So which female Eurovision stars are we […]
Over the last weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look at the fortunes of the acts and hosts who have participated in Eurovision over the years . Was appearing at Eurovision as a participant or host the making of them…..or did it break them? Today […]
This afternoon the Town Council of Aalborg voted to withdraw their application to host Eurovision 2014. The Danish broadcaster DR has in its application process stated that 3,000 double Hotel Rooms are required for a city to be considered to host the contest. This stipulation rules out all […]