#BIRTHDAY: Emly Starr from Belgium is 65 today Our friends in Belgium are a curious bunch. Plucky as ever, and taking part since the first contest (1956 in case you were wondering), and only ever had one win. It’s a nice arrangement that the broadcasters for the two […]
It’s back! After our break to cover the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Eurovision Ireland is returning to its search for your all time favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue – which as of 2022, is now over 1600 songs! We started […]
#BIRTHDAY: Dado Topić from Croatia is 73 today We celebrate all manner of things with our birthdays. The winners, the losers, the ‘also-ran’s. They all count, and you can guarantee that someone out there will like every single Eurovision song. So just occasionally, a song might not quite […]
BIRTHDAY: Tinkara Kovač from Slovenia is 44 today As you know, we often drone on about people who keep trying. Some of them make it to the final week/fortnight many times, and still want more (cough Monetta cough). Some have a couple of attempts as a national final, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ruth Jacott from the Netherlands is 62 today Do you remember the time the contest went west? I mean, really west. It mainly goes north or east these days (except for where we’re going next year). But in 1993, the old cavalcade found itself in a cowshed […]
‘Vision Travel”, a new Eurovision & Travel YouTube channel has gone live today. The new channel is a mix of the Eurovision Song Contest and European traveling tips. Introduced by Lisa-Jayne Lewis, a fellow Eurovision Ireland alumni, new episodes will drop every Monday and Thursday. You can watch […]
#BIRTHDAY: Stella Mwangi from Norway is 36 today The free language rule can be a bit of a challenge sometimes. Do you stay true to your country’s culture and only sing in a native one? Do you pick one that’s more widely known to the world? Do you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Laura Põldvere from Estonia is 34 today As I’ve mentioned before, many songs that we expect to do well, fall at the semi-final stage. We ask ourselves why. Well at least I do. Even more so when our friends in Estonia perform this non-qualifying trick. Admittedly, sometimes […]
#BIRTHDAY: Destiny from Malta is 20 today Eurovision can be a harsh beast. It lures you in with the promises of riches, fame and probably a lifetime’s supply of marzipan. Then throw in a generous dose of voting and those dreams come crashing down. Back in November 2015 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jendrik from Germany is 28 today Eurovision is an odd thing. The songs stoke emotions that are sometimes quite strong. How is it that a combination of notes can be loved or hated so much? And hate can be such a strong word. In sunny Rotterdam, not […]