ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Three The Eurovision Ireland team today saw another nine songs rehearse. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point. This means a top score of 25. What did we […]
#ESC 2021: Day Three Rehearsals Blog from 10.00 CET (9.00 BST) What an Experience Eurovision is! This last weekend the official rehearsals started and today we ‘ll see the first rehearsal for the first half of Semi Final 2. REMEMBER: This year the first run through of each […]
We are at the end of Day 2, when the first rehearsals for the Semi Final 1 have finished. Here is the evolution of the Top 10 according to the bookies. France (+1) Malta (-1) Switzerland (N) Italy (N) Bulgaria (N) Iceland (N) Lithuania (N) Cyprus (+1) Sweden […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Iceland. Iceland debuted at the Contest in 1986, in Bergen, Norway. ICY finished in sixteenth […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part II – The Nordics With the Rotterdam contest approaching, we at Eurovision Ireland are reviewing the songs in seven bite-sized chunks. In our first review we looked at the automatic finalists, and you can see our scores at the foot of this article. […]
Want a review that doesn’t take up all of your precious time? Then you’ve come to the right place! It’s your favourite lightening-fast review show: Review in Two, better known as #ReVu2! #ReVu2 – Eurovision 2025 – Basel Basel 2025 saw the contest return to its roots in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maria Olafs from Iceland is 28 today We all know those semi-finals can be bloodbaths. Yes, each song may have a better than average chance of qualifying but it can still be brutal, knowing your quest for glory could end rather ignominiously on a Tuesday evening. It […]
#ICELAND: Daði reveals song for Eurovision 2021 It may have been leaked online, but Daði FreyrPétursson and his pals Gagnamagnið have officially revealed the song hoping to get Iceland its first win at the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s called 10 years. And here it is… During the presentation […]
Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. You asked us to take a look at the Scandinavian countries next, so our first […]
#BIRTHDAY: Svala from Iceland is 44 today Have you ever noticed any families taking part in our favourite TV show? We have had twins, siblings, and even a mother/daughter act. But as it’s been going 65 years, there’s the chance of dynasties emerging. Today’s birthday girl Svala Björgvinsdóttir […]