Who would have thought that ‘The Voice’ and Eurovision would become loveable bedfellows. I was shocked and had that Bruce Jenner permanent look of surprise on my face but that is what is happening across Europe. ‘The Voice’ is the show that prides itself on finding an act […]
‘The Hit’ to be used for Eurovision 2015 selection? The show that was created by Irish National Broadcaster RTE has become a success as the programme has been picked up by many broadcasters abroad. However it is now potentially being used as a vehicle to select entries for […]
We know the dates of Eurovision 2015 and we know that it will be hosted in Vienna. So all we now need are countries/broadcasters to participate. The following list is what we have seen announced so far as an “intention to participate” at Eurovision 2015. Of course not […]
Bonnie Tyler was one of the headline artists at one of Ireland’s largest music festivals ‘Electric Picnic’. In a stroke of complete “Irish Irony” someone forgot to put money in the meter as the singer was in complete darkness for her performance as above all things the ‘Electric […]
Friday Favourites here at Eurovision Ireland. This week we want to talk about something that we like to ‘beat a lot’. Get your minds out of the gutter as we are talking about the beloved DRUM and more importantly how it is a firm favourite at the Eurovision […]
Former Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds died today in Dublin. He led the country during the 1990’s and was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Peace Process between Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland. Today tributes came in for the former Taoiseach […]
To say that we are excited to bring you this news is an understatement. ‘Come on Everybody’ this is going to be so ‘Kuula’. Yes Eurovision Ireland is very excited to announce that Eurovision 2001 winner ‘Tanel Padar’ and Eurovision 2012 singer Ott Lepland are coming to Ireland […]
Eurovision Winner Alexander Rybak is to appear on the Irish devised show ‘The Hit’. The ‘Fairytale’ singer will be competing in the weekly knock out rounds to find a new song and gain the most votes from the public each week. In Ireland the votes are actually determined […]
Ireland’s 2013 Eurovision representative Ryan Dolan has played at the annual Rose of Tralee festival in County Kerry last weekend. He was joined by X-Factor’s Union J. The Rose of Tralee is a festival culminating in the crowning of the Rose of Tralee – which is a pageant […]
RTE (Irish National Broadcaster) announced their Autumn/Winter tv schedule and there was one programme that caught our attention – ‘What’s Another Year – The Shay Healy Story’. Shay Healy is the composer of the first Eurovision win for Johnny Logan back in 1980. ‘What’s Another Year’ gave Ireland […]