#BIRTHDAY: 7 Sept – Ami Aspelund from Finland is 73 Finland. Who doesn’t love Finland. A land of content people, vast expanses of nature and a language many people have been known to find incomprehensible unless there’s a “cha” or two involved. And it’s fair share of very […]
#BIRTHDAY: 22 August – Jasmine from Finland is 50 Eurovision always loves a good sing-a-long song. Those mumbly arty Swedish types have their place, but nothing can beat a jovial singer with a big hearty smile. And a guitar. OK, the guitar is an optional extra, but when […]
As we all know, Bulgaria took their first ever victory at the Eurovision Song Contest, this year held in Vienna , Austria with Dara and her song “Bangaranga”. With attention now turned to the prospect of Bulgaria hosting the contest in 2027, we at Eurovision Ireland, decided to […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have appointed a new executive supervisor, ahead of UMK 2027 – their national selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. FOLLOWING Anssi Autio stepping away as UMK executive supervisor earlier this month, Yle have announced Mikko Silvennoinen as his successor. Mikko Silvennoinen has […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 22nd, we are continuing with Jari Sillanpää. He represented the Finland with “Takes 2 to Tango”, taking 14th […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have a departure, ahead of UMK 2027 – their national selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. Anssi Autio, Executive Producer of UMK, has announced that he is stepping away from the Contest after fifteen years. Anssi Autio has been with UMK from the […]
#BIRTHDAY: 11 June – Pernilla Karlsson from Finland is 36 It was always interesting when our friends at the EBU relaxed the rule about singing in your own language. Obviously, where most songs are sung in a non-native language, it’s usually English. But since 1999, countries do often […]
INFE have returned with their tenth annual poll. The eighteenth and final country to award their points, in the quest to find the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest winner, is Australia. INFE Australia awarded the following points: Following the addition of the Australian votes, the final INFE Poll 2026 […]
The semi finals are over for another year, so that means it’s time for one of the most popular annual articles Eurovision Ireland publishes – it’s time to find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have revealed the first details for UMK 2027 – their national selection for the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. Yle have revealed that UMK 2027 will take place on Saturday 20th February, in Tampere, at the Nokia Arena. Applications to take part will be […]
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