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 […]
#ESC2026: Live Blog of Semi-final 1 Jury Show from 21.00CEY/20.00BST It’s starting! Semi-final 1 of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest is nearly upon us. We at Eurovision Ireland have access to the Jury Show, which may give us an idea of who will qualify for the Grand Final […]
One sleepy Sunday morning during the rehearsals for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, we were around the breakfast table and our minds started to wander… discussions eventually turned to Astrology and we hit on an interesting notion: which Zodiac sign has won Eurovision the most? We did the […]
Yesterday,was Day 5 of the rehearsals in Vienna and today has also been the first opportunity to take a glimpse of the performances as we will see them on TV next Tuesday. So without further ado , let’s see the clips, with my opinions of how I think […]
The First Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is just around the corner, coming to us live from imperial Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday 12th May at 21:00PM CET (make sure you check your local listings to find out where you can watch!) Soon enough we’ll know who makes […]
Hello dear fans and readers! After several weeks since the National Final season ended , the big fortnight is here and it’s time to get on with the serious business of Eurovision 2026, taking place, as we all know by now , in Vienna, Austria . While some […]