Moments ago, Samanta Tina revealed her entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest – “The Moon Is Rising”. You can watch the official video below: Samanta was originally chosen through Supernova, the Latvian national selection last year and was internally selected to represent the nation once again in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Justs from Latvia is 26 today It’s always a tough ask, when you take part in the contest the year after your country does well. This might be because your country won, or could just be because your country had a really good result the previous year. […]
Samanta Tina has revealed via her Instagram account that her song for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed on Friday 12th March, following the conclusion of a five-part documentary, which will be airing from next Friday, February 12th. Samanta originally won Supernova, the Latvian national final […]
This week see’s the third of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has four shows, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 25th January Israel – HaShir Shelanu L’Eurovizion (19:15 GMT/20:15 CET) Norway – Semi Final 2 Songs & Artists Announcement (11:30 GMT/12:30 CET […]
Over the last couple of months, Eurovision Ireland have been looking for your all time favourite songs from the Big 5 members of the Eurovision Song Contest, and also Ireland. Each month, we run semi finals, a final and then reveal the results on a live video through […]
#BIRTHDAY: Aminata from Latvia is 28 today Does it ever pique your interest when you see someone with a noteworthy name taking part in our favourite TV show? They could be a native of their country, but have an interesting ancestry. Today’s birthday girl Aminata Savidogo is one […]
HAPPY 2021 FROM ALL OF US HERE AT EUROVISION IRELAND! Eurovision fans the world over ring in each New Year with ESC Radio’s annual Eurovision Top 250, the much coveted list of contest entries as voted for by the fandom. The top spot (for the 9th consecutive year) […]
In this series from Eurovision Ireland, we will be taking a look at the participating countries and their entries that have avoided the dreaded ‘Nul Points’ in the Grand Final – thanks to just one other participating country. Today we look at Latvia. 2003 In 2003, Latvia was […]
#STAGGY: Review of 2020 Part II Our top pundit Staggy has views on some of the 2020 crop of songs. If you missed his take on four of them, you can it HERE. He looks at four more. First he turned to Latvia’s Samanta Tīna. Maybe the official […]
Tonight would have been the Second Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, coming to us live from the Dutch port of Rotterdam. 10 of the 18 countries taking part would have advanced on to Saturday’s Grand Final. Of course, due to ongoing restrictions to contain the […]