Just before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, we asked the readers of Eurovision Ireland which country they thought should have won our beloved contest more than they have. The results are in – but hold on to your hats, it’s about to get more exciting […]
#BIRTHDAY: Esther Hart from the Netherlands is 55 today There are some times when we wish that more than one country could win our favourite TV show. Not always because there are two or more songs that are worthy. But because it’s been so long since some countries […]
#BIRTHDAY: Thérèse Steinmetz from the Netherlands is 92 today If you were a performer at a Eurovision Song Contest, when would you like to perform? First, to get it out of the way (and get to the free bar), or later on, once the crowd were warned up […]
#ESC25: And the first ten qualifiers are… The first semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest has just finished. Fifteen countries went in, but only 10 have got the gold-ish tickets to proceed to the Grand Final on 17 May. But who are the lucky ten? In the […]
The big week has arrived ! Tonight , we at Eurovision Ireland are kicking off our live coverage when we bring you the first of our Live Blogs for this year. Tonight we are covering Semi Final 1 Dress rehearsal 2, where the international juries will be watching […]
Today the Eurovision Turquoise carpet event took place in Basel, officially signalling the start of Eurovision week. Due to there being no access for press to rehearsals as has been the case in previous years, we have been following the short clips of rehearsals via Tik Tok.It’s difficult […]
The First Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is just around the corner, coming to us live from hip Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday 13th May at 21:00PM CET (make sure you check your local listings to find out where you can watch!) Soon enough we’ll know who makes […]
Rehearsals are well and truly underway in Basel and while all first and second rehearsals are closed to the Press, we are still able to see very short clips of rehearsals via social media platforms such as Tik Tok and Facebook . We at Eurovision Ireland have been […]
Being surrounded by other Eurovision fans, discussions inevitably turn to what if… what if that song had been better staged? What if they’d had a better spot in the running order? What if that saxophone hadn’t sounded like a weasel being beaten to death with bagpipes? During these […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maggie MacNeal from the Netherlands is 75 today A host broadcaster never wants to win. They may tell you otherwise, but deep down they know that our favourite TV show is something that would get expensive if the hosts had it for a second – or even […]