#BIRTHDAY: Vicky Rosti from Finland is 63 today Do you have a list of your favourites songs per country? Maybe you think Quedate conmigo is the best Spanish song ever. Or that Nel blu dipinto di blu is the best Italian song of all time. Or what can […]
#HALLOWE’EN: Eurovision goes bump in the night Hallowe’en and Eurovision. Does it scare you? Do you tremble on 31 October when you get a sinister knock at your door? Are you relieved when you find out it’s only the local kids going trick-or-treating? Or do you leave the […]
#HALL OF FAME: Welcome to inductees seven and eight Here at Eurovision Ireland, we want to celebrate those most illustrious people who have made our favourite TV show the thing that it is today. In each edition, we’ll induct two performer or personalities from somewhere in Eurovision land. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sonja Lumme from Finland is 60 today I like writing this column, as it sometimes allows me to pick my favourite songs from time to time. Today’s one of those days. But please be assured there were contests before 2001. But which is this legendary song? It […]
YLE, the Finnish national broadcaster, has put a call out for dancers for UMK 2022 – however it is currently unknown where it will be held. During the call for dancers, YLE announced that UMK 2022 will take place in the final week of February. Along with other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ami Aspelund from Finland is 68 today Finland. Who doesn’t love Finland. A land of content people, vast expanses of nature and a language many people have been know to find incomprehensible. And it’s fair share of very underrated songs. Today’s birthday girl Ami Aspelund – or […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jasmine from Finland is 45 today It’s a fact that the Eurovision semi-final isn’t a 21st Century phenomenon. Semi-finals of sorts happened in 1993 and 1996. But it’s always been the case that a song that qualifies from a semi-final way down the list is unlikely to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katri Helena from Finland is 76 today Do you ever see a performer and think “they have class”? That performer who doesn’t need to try. They have a stage presence, and have the audience in the palm of their hand. They may not win, but they are […]
Just a few days ago, on August 2nd, North Macedonia celebrated their Republic Day so we thought it would be only perfect to restart our series of ‘One Day Love’ with ‘Mojot Svet’ from 2007. Yes, you heard it right, One Day Love is back! Each week we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ann-Christine from Finland is 77 today Is there a language you’d love to hear more of? Maybe one that used to appear every year, but has now been supplanted by another language (cough English cough)? With no free language rule, it gave the contest a far less […]