For people who aren’t Eurovision fans (I know, hard to imagine, but such people do exist! Sad, lonely people…) one of the biggest stories of recent months has been the US election and its aftermath. Just to bring you up to speed, the Republicans won and Donald Trump […]
With Lindita’s “Botë” selected to represent Albania, the national selection season 2017 has officially began! Ah, nation selection season… for Eurovision fans, this means 2 things: – a heck of a lot of excitement, and more often than not, a bucket load of disappointment too! It’s the […]
Yesterday all the videos from UMK 2017 were published on the UMK official youtube channel and the odds bookmakers are giving us show an early favourite to win. According to eurovisionworld.com the favourite to win is Emma, followed shorty by Norma John. Who is your favourite? Author: Bogdan Stefan […]
It’s the last day of 2016 and we decided to make some notes about the highlights of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. But before we begin, from all the team here at Eurovision Ireland, we wish you a Happy New Year and may the odds be forever in your […]
It is with great pleasure that we at Eurovision Ireland wish our good friends in Finland a very happy Independence Day today. If they celebrate this anything like they do Vappu/Första Maj/May Day, it’s bound to be a heap of fun. Especially if Saara Aalto has anything to […]
Yes, she made it! Announced 2nd, Saara Aalto made it directly into The X Factor UK Finals! Now Saara counts on your support more than ever. Started as an underdog in the competition, the “fairy” from Finland proved with her voice that she can conquer the hearts of […]
We know you were all excited when YLE announced the 10 acts competing at Finnish Eurovision selection event Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – because we certainly were! We had the great pleasure of getting in touch with one of the acts from next year’s event – Norma John – […]
YLE in Finland has revealed more details of the potential entrants to the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv next May. For the sixth time, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu will be the programme that showcases and selects the winning song. The 10 finalists are: “Arrows” – Alva. Composers Arto Ruotsala, […]
The results for the week 6 of The X Factor UK are in and the first name we heard being safe was none other than our fairy from Finland, Saara Alto! She was thrilled jumping and screaming, but so were we. Congratulations Saara! Here is Saara (alongside with the other […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]