Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have revealed song submission details for UMK 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. FOLLOWING on from revealing that UMK 2026 will take place on Saturday 28th February, Yle have revealed song submission details. Song submissions will open on […]
Just before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we asked the readers of Eurovision Ireland which country they thought should have won our beloved contest more than they have. The results are in – but hold on to your hats, it’s about to get more exciting […]
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 2nd, we are continuing with Erika Vikman. She represented Finland with “Ich Komme”, taking 11th place with 196 […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have revealed the date for UMK 2026 – their national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. Yle have revealed that UMK 2026 will take place on Saturday 28th February. For a third year in the row, UMK will take place at the […]
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 […]
Good evening Europe! Good morning Australia! We have already seen Semi Final 1 and the 10 lucky qualifiers last night. Now we move on to Semi Final 2 and the remaining 16 countries who will battle for the final ten Grand Final slots tomorrow night . Tonight the […]
If one semi final wasn’t enough, the Second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 continues all the fun and spectacle leading up to Saturday’s grand final. This year, the show will be coming to us live from charming Basel, Switzerland on Thursday 15th May at 21:00PM CET […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kojo from Finland is 72 today In our favourite TV show, it’s easy to be winners one day, tail-enders the next. Hero to zero, or vice versa. It’s all good fun. We love them all, as they’ve done something most of us will never do. Today’s birthday […]
Being surrounded by other Eurovision fans, discussions inevitably turn to what if… what if that song had been better staged? What if they’d had a better spot in the running order? What if that saxophone hadn’t sounded like a weasel being beaten to death with bagpipes? During these […]
#ESC2025: Eurovision Ireland reviews As in previous years, the Eurovision Ireland team has reviewed the 37 songs taking part in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. Over the course of seven shows, we give our thoughts and see if we can pick a winner. You can find […]