BIRTHDAY: Anneli Saaristo from Finland is 70 today What’s your favourite decade of Eurovision? There are so many to choose from. It’s true that some decades have more songs than others. But quantity doesn’t always mean quality. I really like the 1980s. It was a smaller pool of […]
#FINLAND: Darude reveals second UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Superman. Here it is. The first song was […]
Well, what a busy weekend it’s been! Australia’s first ever Eurovision event, Montevizija, the UK’s Eurovision: You Decide and Sanremo has just finished… just about! We know have another 4 songs lined up for Tel Aviv – double the amount we had Friday morning!! – but how have […]
FINLAND: Darude reveals first UMK song As we know, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu is the Finnish selection for Eurovision. This year, Darude and Sebastian Rejman will be carrying hopes and sending one of three songs. Tonight we heard the first, called Release me. Here it is. We’ll be hearing […]
Saara Aalto came back fighting on this week’s Fairytale themed Dancing On Ice. She portrayed Pinocchio, while skating along to Sandie Shaw’s “Puppet On A String”. Her performance can be seen below: Ryan Sidebottom and Saira Khan faced each other in the Skate Off. In a majority vote, […]
Tonight on Dancing on Ice, Saara Aalto will come back fighting after taking part in last week’s Skate Off. This week, she will be skating to a Eurovision classic – but not any classic, the first UK winner! Sandie Shaw performed “Puppet On A String” back in 1967, […]
Every year, Eurovision Ireland keeps an eye on and scrutinises the Betting Odds to see who the bookies think is going to walk away with the most coveted trophy on the European music scene! Yes, we know we only have a handful of songs to chose from, but […]
It has been revealed this morning during a YLE Press Conference that Darude will be representing Finland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Just like Saara Aalto, Darude will perform three songs in UMK, when the entry for Tel Aviv will decided. UMK will take place on Saturday […]
Saara Aalto took to the ice in week four of Dancing On Ice – not once, but twice. Sadly she faced the dance off, but made it through after the judges decided that Didi Conn – known for the film Grease, would be eliminated this week. Saara Aalto’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Jaana Pelkonen from Finland is 42 today What’s this? A birthday and it isn’t a singer? Well we like to mix things up a little sometimes. So we’ve picked a presenter. Jaana did her stuff in Finland in 2007. She wasn’t alone – only Swedes do that […]
Week three saw Saara Aalto skate to “Let It Go” from the film “Frozen”. She finished 3rd on the leaderboard, with a total of 26.0 points. Richard Blackwood and Saira Khan faced the skate-off – with Richard Blackwood going home. You can watch Saara’s interpretation of Frozen on […]
In week one of this year’s Dancing On Ice, Saara Aalto wowed the judges and the viewers to avoid the dance off – which took place in week two last week. Sadly Mark Little, of Neighbours fame, was the first to be eliminated. Saara Aalto did take part […]
Saara Aalto took to the ice rink for the first time tonight, on Dancing on Ice, on the first week of the series. Saara Aalto was one of the first six celebrities to take to the ice. Saara finished joint second with 20.5 points, alongside Jane Danson of […]
Tonight, Series 11 of Dancing On Ice starts here in the United Kingdom. Saara Aalto, Finland’s representative in Lisbon, is taking part in the show. Viewers in the United Kingdom can follow her progress on ITV, while viewers in the Republic of Ireland can also watch the show […]
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 […]
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