It is sometimes difficult to get off a “Carrousel” ride – And this maybe the case with Switzerland. We all looked at the Swiss final on Saturday and saw The ‘Heilsarmee’ crowned the winners with their song “You and Me”. We all clapped along and thought this is a […]
Lithuania have announced the combined Jury results from last night’s Second Semi Final and this week – the Jury and the Public agreed on the 4 songs (Peace is Restored). So the artists that qualified from last night’s Semi Final are Linas Adomaitis Girmantė Vaitkutė DAR Monika Linkytė Now we have […]
Really – Selecting on a Sunday morning – Is nothing sacred anymore. Yes belgium decides on the radio with a live web link. Watch here now http://www.rtbf.be/livecenter/live_eurovision-2013-selection-du-titre?id=45948 Well as you will know since 10:30 CET the Belgian artist Roberto Bellarosa is performing live on radio and a live video web link. The […]
Switzerland start their final NOW. Follow us live here on Eurovision Ireland as we talk you through the show Follow live here http://www.glanzundgloria.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2012/12/15/International/Eurovision-Song-Contest/Wer-vertritt-die-Schweiz-am-ESC-Verfolgen-Sie-die-Show-im-Livestream?WT.zugang=gg_newsteaser The Performers are Ally – Catch me Chiara Dubey – Bella sera Carrousel – J’avais rendez-vous Anthony Bighead – Do the monkey Heilsarmee – You and me […]
Tonight sees the second Semi Final for the Lithuanian ticket to Eurovision 2013 in Malmö. So sit back and enjoy the fun with us as we review the songs live. Will there be another shock at the disparity between what the Public and What the Jury Want. So […]
Will they or Won’t they be in Malmö – Well the answer to that question has just come through to us now Slovenia WILL be at Eurovision 2013 in Sweden – Horray!!! We had spoken about Slovenia a few weeks ago and there were concerns that they too may […]
Oh you can hear the rumblings in Lithuania tonight. After the live first semi final that I reported on I am glad to say that 3 of my Top 4 acts were announced as the Top 4 acts to make it to the Grand Final. However the Public vote and […]
Last year Anmary have had one of the best voices in the contest but the song left us asking the question “Why are you here at Eurovision if Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney want you to write songs for them”. Looking like the cast of Desperate Housewives the song […]
This is a new section to our Blog that we like to call – “Ones That Got Away 2013”. Every year Eurovision fans debate who should have won the National Finals or even who should have won the Eurovision itself. After the first country selected their song last […]
Croatia has had a run of indifferent luck at Eurovision from when they first started in the contest – making the Top 10 on several occasions. With failure to qualify this year and with a Big named Act, the national broadcaster HRT has now advised that they will this year […]
RTBF – The Belgian broadcaster had 6 songs submitted for their artist Roberto Bellarosa of which 3 were selected by an internal jury. That seems like a small number of entries but as they say “It is Quality and not Quantity” that counts. You will only have to wait until December 11th […]
Reuters have just reported that 4 terrorists that were arrested on the eve of Eurovision in Baku earlier this year have been sentenced for up to 14 years in prison. Azerbaijan has a more relaxed approach to religion than some of its neighbours and this they feel places […]
I call Belarus the Sleeping Beauty of Eurovision as you know that as it is a huge country with huge talent too that it is surely going to lay a claim on the Eurovision Title. Well Switzerland tend to be the first country to select their entry for […]
Switzerland continue the tradition of being the first country to select their entry for Eurovision. Is this in the hope that people will know the song by the time the contest comes along 5 months later? As in recent years too the land locked country has had several selection heats which include the […]
How many times are we reminded that Eurovision was created to overcome political differences and unite the continent through cultural exchange. Well in a unpressedented economic environment “Politics and Eurovision” are taking centre stage in Greece. I feel that I am doing the “Hokey Pokey” dance where Greece are […]