Happy New Year! As it’s almost the first day of 2017 and we’re all thinking about the coming year, we here at Eurovision Ireland decided to kick off 2017 with our wish list of things we’d love to see at this year’s contest – now just 5 months […]
What do Måns Zelmerlöw and Alexa Curtis have in common? Well they both worked with one of the writers of Australia’s entry for JESC 2016, Tania Doko. 12 years old Alexa Curtis will sing later this month in Malta the song intitled “We Are”. The song carries an inspiring […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of only 3 days where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over the 60 […]
I know, I know tattoos are not everyone’s cup of tea, but I confess I am a bit of an ink addict! I now have 12 and my latest one is a nod to my beloved Eurovision Song Contest. As the ink was setting I shared a picture […]
Last week we looked at the lighting of a performance to see what a difference it made and I shared with you some of my favourite used of lights at Eurovision. This week I’m taking a look at the video projection that we see being used now to […]
It’s the party to end all parties so bring so get your glad rags on! The huge Tele 2 Arena that is right beside the Globen Arena will be the venue for the biggest Eurovision party and you’re all invited. So if you didn’t get tickets to Globen […]
Before Melodifestivalen kick’s off in Gothenburg this weekend amid controversy, we have already seen one song disqualified and a co-presenter sacked. However, let’s forget about this year’s contest temporarily and look back at ten moments that have made Melodifestivalen the contest it is! 1: Seventh Time Lucky For […]
BBC chomping at the teeth to get Eurovision Winner Måns Zelmerlöw on British TV. Newspaper reports are suggesting that Eurovision winner Måns Zelmerlöw is being lined up by the BBC to be a celebrity on the station’s winter prime time tv show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. Negotiations for next season’s show […]
All good Eurovision fans will know of that certain country in Scandinavia that happens to be hosting this year’s contest in May. Current champion Måns Zelmerlöw did have to compete to get to Vienna last year, due to Sweden’s selection process – it wasn’t just a stroll in […]
EUROVISION 2016 – National Selection or Network Announcement? For those of you like me who spent what felt like a fortnight in Tirana, Albania last Sunday evening you are probably well aware that now Christmas is over we turn to the months of announcements, national selection shows, voting, […]
While everyone at this time of the year wants to slim down with New Year’s resolutions, we here at Eurovision Ireland are encouraging you to go XXL this year with us! With 43 countries in the hunt for a victory at Eurovision we just know that there are […]
Eurovision fans across the world voted for their favorite songs from the contest for the past few weeks. Over the course of yesterday ESCRadio played the Top 250 songs. So who made the grade? Who are you still listening to? Five of the top 10 songs were entries […]
SVT have spoken and we have the dynamic duo of Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw hosting Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. With the announcement of Petra Mede I felt my mind going intp Sigourney Weaver mode in Alien when she says ‘I can’t remember you not in my life’. Yes […]
It’s that time of year again peeps! Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Top 250. Vote for your favourite Eurovision songs from 1956 to 2014. VOTE HERE The voting closes this Sunday December 13th at 18:00 CET – So GET VOTING! The Eurovision Top 250 will […]
No resting on his laurels or being on Tinder (Read Here) as our Eurovision ‘Hero’ confirms that he is already writing a new album. He won Eurovision, Released an Album and went on a highly popular tour of Europe all since winning Eurovision in Vienna in May. However […]