This weekend, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 should have been coming to us live from Warsaw in Poland – but in a year that has been anything but ordinary, we of course now know that JESC will be taking place under more unfamiliar circumstances, with most acts […]
The Host City for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be announced next Friday, during a special broadcast on NPO. The programme will be broadcast at 11:58 CET, on NPO1 and last for two minutes. The broadcast will then be repeated at 19:58, again on Friday. Author: Richard […]
With a decision on the Eurovision 2020 host city expected in the coming weeks, we thought we’d ask you, the Eurovision Ireland readership where YOU think the contest is heading next! Will it be Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port? Or will it be Maastricht, birthplace of the Euro currency? […]
It’s been just over a week now since all the fun and excitement of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, where the Netherlands claimed their 5th Eurovision victory with Duncan Laurence and ‘Arcade’. While we’re all in the throws of post-Eurovision depression, it’s time to look ahead to the […]
Who doesn’t love a Top 10? All Eurovision fans do! So here are our Top 10 Fun Facts for you to impress at your Eurovision parties and show off to your friends! Read on! 1 – This is the first time Tel Aviv has hosted a Eurovision event […]
We’ve now seen the rehearsals for every country taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! Out of all the Big 5 rehearsals, including host Israel, who was your favourite? Need some help deciding? Here are some reminders! FRANCE – ROI GERMANY – SISTER ISRAEL – HOME ITALY […]
Wandering around the gorgeous host city Tel Aviv earlier today, we noticed that rental bike company Tel-O-Fun have decorated some of the wheels of their bikes with flags of the nations taking part at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. The wheels feature an image of the flag […]
As there were no Eurovision rehearsals yesterday, the Eurovision Ireland team decided to head out and explore the sights and sounds of host city Tel Aviv! While wandering around this glorious coastal city, we noticed some colourful hearts painted on one of the seaside walkways and the combinations […]
Last week, I began by introducing my series of articles on hosting the Eurovision song contest and what this means for the host country . Today , I am going to look at one of the most important things that the winning country of the year has to […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
Yes, we know many of you suspected this is where we were heading, but today it’s been officially confirmed by the EBU that the gorgeous seaside city of Tel Aviv in Israel will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! Interestingly, some of you might remember that Tel Aviv […]
Nadav Guedj promised us in 2015 he’d show us Tel Aviv – but apparently not for Eurovision 2019! According to Hebrew news portal globes.co.il, Tel Aviv is already out of the running to host Eurovision 2019, not even 24 hours after Netta’s victory in Lisbon. Tel Aviv’s mayor […]
Loreen took us higher and higher, all the way uh-uh-uh-uh-uppp with Euphoria – but Eurovision Ireland’s James and Bogdan took the cable car instead! Running along the waterfront outside the Altice Arena, the Telecabina Lisboa (sometimes also called Teleférico do Parque das Nações) opened for tourists during Expo 1998 […]
The Semi-Final Allocation Draw, which decides which Eurovision semi final a country will participate in will take place in Lisbon’s stunning City Hall on 29th January at 13:00 CET. The ceremony, which will be presented by Eurovision 2018 hostesses Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, will also see the […]