THE REAL ME: Eurovision memories from John Stanton We at Eurovision Ireland want to hear from you. Is there a song that really means something to you? Something that made you really fall in love with Eurovision? Something that you associate with a particular event in your life? […]
Over the last 6 decades, 27 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest, ranging from Portugal in the far west of mainland Europe, all the way across to Azerbaijan on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This also means that just over half of all countries to have […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
Happy New Year from Eurovision Ireland! Lots of people make it their New Year’s Resolution to travel and explore the world around them – and what better way of doing that than combining it with everyone’s favourite musical extravaganza, the Eurovision Song Contest! For those who love […]
Lights! Camera! Action! Bosnia recently hit the Eurovision headlines for BHRT’s debts and what this could mean for the country’s participation in future contests (read about it here). But now we have some much more positive news! According to our friends over at Eurovisionary, the story of Bosnia’s […]
Earlier today, SVT and the EBU presented the stage design for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm this May. It got us thinking here at Eurovision Ireland about the previous Stages we have witnessed over the history of the contest. Here we present the Top 10 Good […]
If you are a fan of Eurovision then this will be very sad news. Anita Notaro was the tour de force responsible for directing the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 from Millstreet in Ireland. The 1993 contest was brought from the small village of Millstreet in County Cork […]
Tomorrow is the closing date for applications to the Danish Broadcaster DR – for bids to host Eurovision 2014. Aalborg dropped out of the race earlier this week but we still have 4 cities in the running. Each of them have positives and challenges for DR in the […]
The Barbara Dex Award is voted by the public on whom they believed to be the worst dressed artists at Eurovision 2013. Barbara Dex represented Belgium at Eurovision 1993 in Millstreet, wearing an unfortunate dress that she made herself (see evidence above). The annual award for worst dress […]
Hot off the press. Eurovision Ireland has been told that Cyprus will not this year select a singer who will perform all the songs in the national final but that it will be an open invitation to all singers and composers. For a country so small that have produced […]
How many times are we reminded that Eurovision was created to overcome political differences and unite the continent through cultural exchange. Well in a unpressedented economic environment “Politics and Eurovision” are taking centre stage in Greece. I feel that I am doing the “Hokey Pokey” dance where Greece are […]
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