HappyNewYear: The 2021 Eurovision Season starts here Happy New Year! You may be wondering why we’re playing a non-Eurovision song (even if it’s by an obscure Nordic band from the 1970s). Well, from today, any song released for public consumption is eligible for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. […]
#IRELAND: Review of Ireland’s Eurosong 2013 At Eurovision Ireland we like to delve into the history of our favourite TV show, and review what’s taken place. This time we review the Irish national final from 2013. As you may know, Ireland made it through to the Grand Final […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Ireland. 2004 In 2004, Ireland was […]
Former Irish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, Brendan Murray, is back with his brand new single – “Let Go”. Brendan co-wrote his new single alongside Liam Geddes. You can watch “Let Go” here: Brendan represented Ireland at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, in Kyiv, with the song […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marc Roberts from Ireland is 52 today The home entrant. It could be disappointing if you like travelling. Especially if you miss out on a place warm and sunny. Or it means you might be able to go home between rehearsals. If you were Irish in the […]
A fundraiser for the Key Workers of Ireland is taking place this Saturday at 20:00 GMT. Eurovision alumni from on-stage and off-stage have come together for this Lockdown Concert to be streamed on YouTube. Details of where the money will be going can be found HERE. The trailer […]
#STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part VII This is Staggy’s last outing on the 2020 crop of songs for the contest that never was. You can see his previous thoughts HERE. If he’s not reviewed your favourite, fear not as he probably likes it. First in this final batch […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we are happy to announce the start of a new series: One Day Love! Each week we will celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you will find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the […]
Next Sunday, the 2020 Eurovision Young Musicians was due to take place in Zagreb – however it has been postponed until a later date due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Today, we are taking a brief look back at the Irish participation in the Contest. Ireland took part a […]
#BIRTHDAY: Colm C T Wilkinson is 76 today Over the years, many big stars have taken part in our favourite TV show. Some are stars of the charts, some are TV personalities, but plenty have excelled in musical theatre. Back in 1978, the contest was opened by today’s […]
The RTE website have ran a poll to find the all-time favourite Irish winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Coming out on top of the poll with 35.39% of the votes was “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids”, performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Relieve “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids” […]
In a series of articles during Eurovision fortnight, we are going to have a look back at our Interviews from years gone by. Today we look back at our interviews with Ryan O’Shaughnessy in 2018. At The London Eurovision Party Outside Lisbon’s Oceanarium Over Looking Lisbon Old Town […]
In a series of articles during Eurovision fortnight, we are going to have a look back at our Interviews from years gone by. Today we look back at our interviews with Sarah McTernan in 2019. At The London Eurovision Party After The First Rehearsal In Tel Aviv On […]
Here we outline the television and radio coverage of all Eurovision 2020 programming for the weekend – especially for the UK and Ireland. All times are in GMT. Here is a list of programming in chronological order: Friday 17:40: UK – Ultimate Eurovision Winners! – MTV OMG 19:00: […]
Dear readers, Eurovision Ireland needs you! Eurovision 2020 will always be remembered as the contest that never was, but that doesn’t mean we can’t crown our own winner! You’ve voted in our polls for both Semi Final 1 and Semi Final 2 – now its time for the […]