#BIRTHDAY: Kaija from Finland is 62 today OK, so we’ve gone vintage again. But 1991 was an interesting year when lots of songs got decent scores. And of course the EBU’s St Frank Naef had to employ a tie-break to pick a winner. Whether it was the right […]
Northern Finland, have chosen their representative for the 2024 Pan-ArcticVision Song Contest, in Nuuk. The entry for Northern Finland, Talonpoika Lalli, was selected during the Silence festival Lapland. You can watch Talonpoika Lalli’s song “Älä Selitä”, which has received over 2,000,000 streams, below: Let us know what you […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jasmine from Finland is 48 today Eurovision always loves a good sing-a-long song. Those mumbly arty Swedish types have their place, but nothing can beat a jovial singer with a big hearty smile. And a guitar. OK, the guitar is an optional extra, but when you get […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jari Sillanpää from Finland is 59 today It’s opening song time again. And not just any old opening song. Oh no. This was has a special place in Eurovision history. It was the first song in the first semi-final in the host country. And only a mere […]
Today, the 2024 Summer Olympics continue and we have added a Eurovision twist to the proceedings. We will be celebrating the best of Eurovision participating countries, ranked by their gold medal success at the Summer Olympics, up to and including Tokyo 2020. Finland rank 14th overall – 101 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Monica Aspelund from Finland is 78 today Those Finns have been unlucky over the years. Yes, they’ve had one win, but very few other finishes in the top 10. How many songs that maybe should have done better, ended up a long way down? Back in 1977, […]
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 20th, we are continuing with Saara Aalto. She represented Finland with “Monsters”, taking 25th place with 46 points. […]
After catapulting Finland back into second place at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, Käärijä has announced his ‘Euro’ tour, which will take place during October this year. The tour will visit the United Kingdom, with shows taking place in London (Oct 18th), Bristol (Oct 20th), Manchester […]
With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and who has […]
#ESC24: Live Blog the Grand Final, Dress Rehearsal 1 – from 12:30 BST/13:30 CEST The Friday afternoon technical rehearsal is the first time we get to see how the Grand Final hangs together. It’s bound to involve a few hiccups here and there, but it’s also bound to […]
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