BIRTHDAY: Sakis Rouvas is 48 today Any country can win our favourite TV show. Even a country that languishes way down low when the scores come in can confound those critics and finish first. Just look at Portugal. That was a good win. At the end of the […]
BIRTHDAY: Amaia from Spain is 21 today As you’ll know, we pick performers from all years when we celebrate birthdays here. You’ll relish the black & white of some, but equally you’ll enjoy the “4K HD-ness” of the more recent contests. As it happens, today we go all […]
BIRTHDAY: Sanda from Romania is 50 today A whole host of countries have yet to finish first at our favourite TV show. Will one of them break that duck this year? Or will it be a ‘popular’ Nordic win yet again? I’d like to see a new country’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Gisela from Andorra is 41 today Happy New Year! And may your dreams for 2020 all come true. Whether it’s trying your first lobster thermidore, taking that trip to Funchal, or that [insert country here] wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam on 16 May. But you’re […]
Happy 2020 from everyone here at Eurovision Ireland! ESC Radio’s yearly Eurovision Top 250 is a staple in the fan calendar, with lovers of the contest from across Europe and beyond listening in on New Year’s Eve to find out if their favourites have earned a place on […]
BIRTHDAY: John Allison from the UK is 80 today Another year ends, and we have a birthday to delight you. As you’ll know, the contest started deep in the 20th Century, so we’re going back to those early days. The United Kingdom of stuff had a proud reputation […]
The Irish started the decade well, however this didn’t last (apart from one bit of luck in 2018). 2010 Niamh Kavanagh returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the 1993 edition. Niamh performed “It’s for You”, finishing in 23rd place, with 25 points. 2011 Jedward debuted on […]
TRM – The National Broadcast Television from Moldova, has opened the submission period for the ones wanting to represent the country at Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The organising committee of the national stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 contest has made public the National Preselection Regulation, which […]
EUROVISION: Lise Darly is 38 today Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the sidelines. We can all name several. For those places that can’t get out of the semi-finals, it’s understandable […]
BIRTHDAY: Boris Novković from Croatia is 52 today If you’re not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they’l be on your side, and if things don’t go well, you can lay the blame on […]