#BIRTHDAY: Fionnuala Sherry is 63 today We like to celebrate people who do the singing at our favourite TV show. But not everyone who makes a name for themselves is a singer. They could solely be a musician. And some musicians of note have graced those famous stages […]
NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, have discussed boycotts & voting changes, ahead of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna. NRK have outlined the reasons why they won’t boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel continue to participate, as well as changes they want to see implemented. Vibeke […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Styrian, Surzhyk, and Swahili. Styrian The Styrian dialect […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kate Gulbrandsen from Norway is 60 today Imagine the scene. You know you’re heading to Europe’s favourite TV show, and you get drawn on first. How do you make an impression? You’re in the biggest ever contest and don’t want to be lost by all the madness […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Norwegian, Polish and Polish Sign Language. Norwegian […]
This year, the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured a record breaking twenty languages. Eurovision Ireland will be looking at all the languages that have been performed at the Contest, since 1956, in our latest #AtoZ. Today, we continue the series with Mühlviertlerisch, Neapolitan, and Northern Sámi. Mühlviertlerisch The Mühlviertel […]
#BIRTHDAY: Debrah Scarlett from Norway is 32 today A song like today’s song is one I don’t want to stop. You get them sometimes. They look a bit odd to start with but draw you in as they go along. By the end, you wish the song was […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ulrikke from Norway is 30 today Remember 2020? It’s a long time ago now, but it may still give you the shakes. Contests were cancelled, we couldn’t socialise, and the whole world went just a little bit mad. Our favourite TV show was cancelled, but every participant […]
It’s June and it’s Pride month. Here at Eurovision Ireland, we are going to highlight some of the LGBTQ+ artists to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. For June 24th, we are continuing with Tooji. He represented Norway, with “Stay”, taking 26th place with 7 points. Tooji […]
VG, a Norwegian national media outlet, has reported that the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, is set to revise the Eurovision voting regulations. Mads Tørklep, Head of Delegation for Norway, had the following to say: “We reported our concerns to the EBU and requested a revision of the […]