#BIRTHDAY: August from Iceland is 51 today It’s duet time. And one from over 20 years ago. It’s scary that when we talk about over 20 years ago, we can still be in the 21st Century. Does it make you feel old? In 2000, today’s birthday boy August […]
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 12th, we are continuing with Elín Eyþórsdóttir. She represented Iceland as part of Systur with “Með hækkandi sól”, […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jónsi from Iceland is 47 today We move north after our little sojourn into the Balkan world. And to someone who has been on that stage twice. Once alone, and once with a pal. You see it’s true that some just can’t get enough of the heady […]
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 […]
#ESC2024: Live Blog of SF1 rehearsal – from 14.45BST/15.45CET The Monday afternoon technical rehearsal is the first time we get to see how a TV show hangs together. It’s bound to involve a few hiccups here and there, but it’s also bound to be all right for the […]
We are just days away from the First Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, coming to us live from cool Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday 7th May at 21:00PM CET (make sure you check your local listings to find out where you can watch!) Although soon enough we’ll know who […]
Today has seen the fifth day of rehearsals in the Malmö Arena, this time the acts who will participate in Semi Final 1 get a second round of rehearsals on the Malmö stage . This round of rehearsals is to check any changes made from the first rehearsals […]
#ESC2024: Eurovision Ireland reviews – Part 2 We at Eurovision Ireland have cast our discerning eye over the 37 competing songs at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. In this second review, we look at the songs from Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland and Norway. You can find our […]
Today has seen the second day of rehearsals in the Malmö Arena, with the remaining acts from Semi Final 1 took to the stage for the first time in the arena . As has been the case with previous years, the first and second set of rehearsals are […]
#BIRTHDAY: Halla Margrét from Iceland is 60 today Back in the 1980s our favourite TV show was bumping along nicely. Lots of entries every year Lots of interesting languages. And lots of interesting results. Take Iceland for example. They débuted in 1986 and finished 16th. Oddly enough, in […]