#BIRTHDAY: Lys Assia would have been 100 today We’re breaking with tradition today and celebrating the birthday of someone no longer with us. That’s because this person has a special place in Eurovision folklore, and you might not know much about her. It’s Lys Assia! Today’s birthday girl […]
#ESC2022: Day trip to Lugano Eurovision Ireland loves its history. And what better was to indulge this by visiting the home of the first Eurovision Song Contest. So we took an excursion from Turin to Lugano to see what the Swiss lakeside town had to offer. And did […]
Some Swiss history from the Eurovision Song Contest has been discovered. Lys Assia’s full reprise of “Refrain” was discovered by Good Evening Europe after it appeared on YouTube just five months ago. You can watch the video below: Let us know what you think about Switzerland and the […]
Of course, a lot gets made of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest – how can it not? They’ve just won the biggest televised competition on the planet! But what about the songs that came in 2nd? The songs that a lot of people loved, but it […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]
The sad news is coming through that Eurovision’s first Winner Lys Assia has died today at the age of 94 according to Swiss Broadcaster SRF. https://youtu.be/IyqIPvOkiRk Assia shot to international fame when she won the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 with the now legendary song ‘Refrain’. […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
We’ve all celebrated well all of the anniversaries that have cropped up over the years. In London last year we had the gala night to celebrate 60 ESCs, before the 60th ESC had actually taken place. We’ve even just had the 61st Contest. Preparations are now in place […]
We’re all busy compiling lists of our favourite songs for 2016. No doubt they’ll all differ, as it’s a dull old world when we all agree. Is Sergey from Russia going to be everyone’s No.1 song, or is it over-rated? Will Serhat from San Marino and his re-arranged […]
International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements – And for that we are celebrating […]
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