BIRTHDAY: Molly Sterling from Ireland is 21 today We like today’s birthday girl, and not just because she’s Irish. Some of us went on a boat trip with her, and chewed the fat for hours. It was a defining moment in 2015. It’s apt that the day Ireland […]
IRELAND: Sarah McTernan to perform ’22’ in Tel Aviv RTÉ has revealed the act, and song and video that will represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The song entitled “22” will be performed by Sarah McTernan and was written by Janieck, Marcia “Misha” Sondeijker and Roulsen. Speaking about being selected […]
TG4 have confirmed via their official Twitter feed that Ireland will once again be at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – this year will be Ireland’s fifth participation. While no further information has been released, we expect Junior Eurovision Eire to be used once again as their National […]
BIRTHDAY: Liam Reilly from Ireland is 64 today I mentioned yesterday that songs had certain themes. Usually involving love. And, thankfully, very rarely about domestic abuse. But there are certain get outs you can use if you’re stuck as a song-writer. That’s why today’s song uses one of […]
BIRTHDAY: Muriel Day from Ireland is 77 today* Some of you may only have ever seen contests in glorious colour. And the quality seems to get higher every year. A pity the songs don’t always follow suit. Although we take colour for granted now, it wasn’t always the […]
Brendan Murray, the 2017 Irish Eurovision semi-finalist and 2018 UK X-Factor semi-finalist, has released a cover of Wham’s “Last Christmas”. You can watch Brendan’s cover version below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: ESCXtra
The rehearsals are over now and we are in the Dress Rehearsal stage of the week here in Minsk. I had the pleasure of sitting through the first Dress Rehearsal this afternoon and I’m now here to bring you the goings on during the Jury Rehearsal. You know […]
Since Ireland debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, they have always broadcast the show on a delay. While this is still the same this year, the Irish audience will be able to watch the show LIVE via the TG4 Player online. By showing the Junior Eurovision Song […]
The Irish commentators for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest by TG4. This year, the responsibility will be taken up by Micheal O Ciarradh and Sinead Ni Uallachain – the first time either will have commentated at the Contest. Michael is a television presenter for TG4’s youth programming, […]
The first rehearsals are now over, so let the second rehearsals of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin! Today see’s the first ten acts take to the stage again, but in reverse order – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 08:00CET by regularly refreshing the […]