Last night on a live show on Logo TV, international superstar and the “mother”of all drag queens RuPaul confessed that she was invited to perform as interval act at the 63rd edition of Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The news hit like a storm all social media and […]
It’s the story Eurovision fans have been waiting for – today it was officially announced that work is under way for a musical based on the life of everyone’s favourite Sammarinese Eurovision star! The stage spectacular is expected to open in London’s West End early next year. Tentatively […]
OBITUARY: Yugoslavia’s Sabahudin Kurt has died News has reached us that Yugoslavia’s representative in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest – Sabahudin Kurt – has died. He was 82. He sang the song ‘Život je sklopio krug’ at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. As you may know, only […]
Earlier today, our friends over at ESCExtra discovered a song online that sounds remarkably similar to Croatia’s Eurovision 2018 entry ‘Crazy’ by Franka Batelic. Have a listen to “Ceea Ce Iubim” by Romanian singer Guez – does it sound familiar to you? He took to Facebook Live to […]
Hello Eurovision fans! Welcome to the second episode of SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER! In this series, Eurovision Ireland will look back at some of the performances of each country taking part in Eurovision from the last decade, anlaysing camerawork, staging, costumes and even musical content to decide what went […]
Being at opposite ends of Europe, you’d think Cyprus and Finland wouldn’t have much to do with each other – and it seems that they really don’t! Since both countries started taking part at Eurovision, Finland and Cyprus have only appeared in the final together 17 times […]
#EUROVISION 2018: What are the most popular videos? It’s that time of the week again, when we chart the most popular official videos of the songs taking part in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. You can find them all HERE on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. This chart […]
The sad news is coming through that Eurovision’s first Winner Lys Assia has died today at the age of 94 according to Swiss Broadcaster SRF. Assia shot to international fame when she won the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 with the now legendary song ‘Refrain’. She […]
#PARTY: Who’s going to Rīga? Now the national final season is over, we move onto the party season, and who doesn’t love a good party. There are a few taking place around Europe in the coming weeks, and the acts will be honing their presentation skills in front […]
#OBITUARY: Doyen of Eurovision Katie Boyle has died News has reached us that one of the greatest presenters in Eurovision, Katie Boyle, has died aged 91. She had been ill for some time. Katie’s association with Eurovision goes back to 1960, when she was known as Catherine. The […]