So both the Dress Rehearsals are over on this, my seventh day in Minsk. One went particularly well, the Jury Final tonight, with a spare five minutes of running order to spare. This morning’s dress rehearsal was a completely different matter and ran over by well over 30-35 […]
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 […]
I’m still here in Minsk and we are now on the eve of the Dress Rehearsals. But today was the final day of second rehearsals and those taking part were mainly polishing their performances, rather than making any major changes. I took my first OFFICIAL visit into the […]
Earlier this week, Eurovision Ireland asked James’ nephew what he thought of the Junior Eurovision entries heading to Minsk this Sunday. He reviewed the first 10 already and now it’s time for the remaining 10 – so over to Eurovision Ireland’s youngest member, 6 year-old Jack! To keep […]
Get ready to vote online for your favourite Junior Eurovision Song Contest entries of 2018. From 20:00CET tonight, until 15:59CET on Sunday afternoon, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for 3, 4 or 5 countries after watching a small recap. Don’t forget, with the online vote, you can […]
During the Online Press Conference earlier in the week that Jon Ola Sand participated in, the subject about possible semi finals at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and a new upper limit of number of participating countries was brought up. This is what he had to say: “It […]
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 first rehearsals are now over, so let the second rehearsals of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest continue! Today see’s the remaining 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 […]
Day 5 saw much the same from Day 1 of the first rehearsals on Tuesday, however it was Day 1 of the second rehearsals. We saw a lot of perfecting of performances and sorting out production elements of others. For me, today’s stand out was Ireland. While it […]
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, […]