#BIRTHDAY: Mayte Mateos is 71 today There are songs out there that tick lots of boxes. A competent stage act, a potential winner, even a bit of false-flagness thrown in for good measure. And maybe an act that has form in the ‘muggle’ music industry. Today’s birthday girl […]
#BIRTHDAY: Solange Berry is 89 today Today we’ve picked an even grander dame. Singing for a Grand Duchy. As you’ll know, we’ve not seen Luxembourg participate since 1993, so this song might be before some of you were even born. It might be a song from before when […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jeane Manson is 71 today There have been many false flaggers taking part in our favourite TV show. For some, it’s obvious they’ve been parachuted in to sing for a country that’s not their own. But for others, they might as well be a native of the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sarah Bray from Luxembourg is 55 today Who’s looking forward to an Italian contest in 2022? Now the new season has started, we can look forward to a whole new crop of songs, sung by (possibly) a whole new crop of singers. But let’s look back to […]
#BIRTHDAY: Vicky Leandros is 72 today Being a winner at our favourite TV show is something no-one can take away from you. Few have won, and even fewer have won at their second attempt. And fewer still have won – at their second attempt – for a country […]
#BIRTHDAY: Hugues Aufray is 92 today Our favourite TV show has always been a fun beast. Every year millions tune in. Many many people record it, and watch it afterwards, picking apart the performances. It’s not always been this way. In 1964, the contest took place as planned […]
Welcome to the return of Eurovision Ireland’s first ever A-Z of the Eurovision Song Contest, which we started last summer. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be bringing you some alphabetical memories from everyone’s favourite Song Contest to conclude the A-Z. Today, we look at S. […]
Over the past fortnight, the 2021 Tour de France, has taken place. Each day, we have uploaded tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the races on that day. We can now present you the full playlist. Belgium 1958 – Ma petite chatte 1966 – Un peu de […]
The 2021 Tour de France in under way. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the race stage on that day. Luxembourg – “Croire” Lara Fabian represented Luxembourg at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland. Lara sang “Croire” and finished in […]
The 2021 Tour de France in under way. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the race stage on that day. France – “White and Black Blues” Joëlle Ursull represented France at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Joëlle sang “White […]
On days when we don’t have matches for UEFA Euro 2020, we will be looking at the Host Cities that have also hosted a Eurovision event – whether it be the Eurovision Song Contest, Junior Eurovision Song Contest or the Eurovision Dance Contest. Today we move on to […]
The 2021 Tour de France in under way. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the race stage on that day. Luxembourg – “L’amour de ma vie” Sherisse Stevens represented Luxembourg at the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest in Bergen, Norway. Sherisse sang “L’amour […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we celebrated the countries that participated in this year’s Contest, in Rotterdam. We are now remembering the countries that had previously participated in the Contest – today we remember Luxembourg. Luxembourg […]
The 2021 Tour de France in under way. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the race stage on that day. France – “N’oubliez pas” Lisa Angell represented France at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Lisa sang “N’oubliez pas” and […]
The 2021 Tour de France in under way. Each day, we will upload tracks into our Jukebox articles, to accompany the race stage on that day. Switzerland – “Tout l’univers” Gjon’s Tears represented Switzerland at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Gjon’s Tears sang “Tout […]