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 7th, we are continuing with Angelina Mango. She represented Italy with “La noia”, taking 7th place, with 268 […]
Rai, the Italian national broadcaster, have announced the dates for Sanremo 2026 – the Italian national selection for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. While Sanremo has traditionally been held during the first whole week in February, this will differ in 2026 due to the Winter Olympics, in Milan-Cortina […]
#BIRTHDAY: Enrico Ruggeri from Italy is 68 today It must be good to be in at the start of something. In years to come, you can tell your family you were there, and part of it. This particular ‘thing’ is the expansion of our favourite TV show. The […]
Being surrounded by other Eurovision fans, discussions inevitably turn to what if… what if that song had been better staged? What if they’d had a better spot in the running order? What if that saxophone hadn’t sounded like a weasel being beaten to death with bagpipes? During these […]
#ESC2025: Eurovision Ireland reviews As in previous years, the Eurovision Ireland team has reviewed the 37 songs taking part in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. Over the course of seven shows, we give our thoughts and see if we can pick a winner. You can find […]
#BIRTHDAY: Fabrizio Moro from Italy is 50 today If you could put money on the next country of the Big Five to win, who would you pick? Italy was the last of them to triumph, but who’s to say that they couldn’t do it again? Aside from winning […]
Rai, the Italian national broadcaster, have confirmed their representative, following Sanremo 2025 – their national selection for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel. The winner of the Sanremo 2025, Olly, has confirmed on social media that he will not represent Italy at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. […]
#ITALY: And the winner is… The 75th Festival of Sanremo has just concluded. As you’ll know, the Eurovision Song Contest is a child of Sanremo, and the winner of Sanremo usually goes to the contest. After five nights of competition and gala shows, the winner – that will […]
RTVE, the Spanish national broadcaster, will broadcast the final of Sanremo, the Italian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest live, for a second consecutive year. RTVE Play will broadcast the final of Sanremo live, with two options – one with commentary & one without commentary. The Spanish […]
RTSH, the Albanian national broadcaster, is broadcasting Sanremo, the Italian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest live. The first three evenings, including tonight, are been broadcast live on RTSH 2 & RTSH Muzikë. Tomorrow & Saturday evening will be broadcast live on RTSH 1 & RTSH Radio […]