#BIRTHDAY: Alexander Rybak from Norway is 36 today Some songs have just scraped a win, and some have won at a canter. Did you prefer the close contest, or should there by a time when a runaway runaway winner is a good thing? Occasionally a song comes along […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. Our Nordic Tour has seen us crown winners from Iceland, Finland and Denmark – next […]
BIRTHDAY: Eneda Tarifa from Albania is 39 today For some performers, it can be a long time between their selection, and the time they get to exercise their vocal chords on the hallowed Eurovision stage. Or at least it can seem a long time. Spare a thought for […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]
Alexander Rybak catapulted to Europe’s attention back in 2009 when his Eurovision song “Fairytale” became the highest-scoring entry ever at that time – a title it held on to till 2016. This year he’s back, many suspecting he’s after that all-time high score once more with “That’s How […]
Oh what a night… you could even say “this is the night, this is the night,” 😉 EuroStarz was back for 2017 and bigger than ever – and what a night it was! Hosted by the effortlessly charming Karl William Lund, 6 Eurovision acts from across Europe performed […]
Our friends in Albania haven’t been at the Eurovision game all that long, but some of their songs have made a lasting impression. On this National Day for the land of Skanderbeg, we take a look at some of the 13 songs they’ve sent. First, we must start […]
Eurovision Ireland caught up with Eneda Tarifa from Albania. She tells us about music and what she thinks of her chance to perform in front of a massive audience. For more info make sure to check us out on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, PERISCOPE and YOUTUBE for even more news and gossip! […]
We had the pleasure of chatting to the ever so calm, cool and collected Eneda Tarifa from Albania ahead of the London Eurovision Party, hear what she has to say here… Thanks Eneda, see you in Stockholm! For more info make sure to check us out on FACEBOOK, […]
What will Ened’a new version of her song for Eurovision 2016 sound like? Well wait no longer. ‘Fairytale’ is released. This is obviously different from the version that she won Festivali i Këngës with in last December. The lyrics are in English and the song has a more studio […]
One thing we love here at EIHQ is a good old Q&A with former Eurovision winners and contestants. We have a particularly soft spot for 2009 winner Alexander Rybak who scored a victory for Norway with his wonderful song ‘Fairytale’. Since then, Alexander has continued to enjoy a […]
NORWAY : Who sang it better – Alexander Rybak or MØRLAND & Deborah Scarlett? MØRLAND & Deborah Scarlett will represent Norway at Eurovision 2015 in Vienna with their song ‘A Monster Like Me’. However they have uploaded a video of them both performing a version of Alexander Rybak’s […]
Russia : We all know Dima Bilan the Eurovision winner from 2008 and also the runner-up in 2006. One of the biggest singers in Russian history. You could spot him a MILE away! Right? Well take a look at the picture above of him. Well if you looked […]
Belarus – Eurovision winner Alexander Rybak has been working on the potential Eurovision 2015 entry for Belarus with the newly formed girl band Milki and the fruits of their work are now on video. Rybak told Eurovision Ireland in Malta recently that he auditioned hundreds of hopefuls in […]
Could this be another ‘Fairytale’ for Alexander Rybak here at Eurovision 2015? Well he has teamed up with the Maltese singer ‘Franklin’ for the song ‘Still Here’ that competes to represent Malta at Eurovision 2015. We met up with the ‘A-Team’ as we call them and spoke about […]