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, […]
The concept for this year’s Postcards, the little 40sec clips between each performance, as been revealed. The participating acts recorded these postcards during Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. This year’s concept see’s the participant place on a set of Virtual Reality goggles, that transports them to different […]
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 […]
Day 4 here in Minsk saw the second half of participating countries take to the stage in the Minsk Arena. We saw a lot of white dresses in one form or another today – but one act stood out… Kazakhstan – one of this year’s two debutants, the […]
Year after year, Eurovision Ireland gives you its views of songs heading to Eurovisions and Junior Eurovisions across the continent. But as it’s children who participate in Junior Eurovision and arguably the contest is aimed at a younger crowd, we thought who better to ask than its intended […]
It’s that time again! Let the rehearsals of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest continue! Today see’s the second ten acts take to the stage for their first rehearsals – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 08:00CET by regularly refreshing the page for all the up-to-date […]
The first set of first rehearsals kicked off today and we were set for a treat. There was quite a variety presented to us from ten various participating countries. Whether it be props, lighting effects, back projections or costumes, we had a bit of everything. Ireland’s Taylor Hyne’s […]
Today, the President of Belarus, Mr Lukashenko met all of this year’s participants at the Palace of Independence. Former Belarusian Junior Eurovision participants also attended. President Lukashenko had the following to say: “You must be proud and happy that you are the winners in your countries, and now […]
It’s time! Let the rehearsals and the first #LiveBlog of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest begin! Today see’s the first ten acts take to the stage for their first rehearsals – you know the drill, join me, Richard from 11:00CET by regularly refreshing the page for all […]