NRK, the Norwegian national broadcaster, have confirmed participation at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. Following the news of participation, further details surrounding Melodi Grand Prix 2026 will be released over the coming months. Song submissions are now open however and will remain open until Monday 1st September. The […]
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: Tooji from Norway is 38 today It’s an achievement these days to make the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. For those 20 acts, they’ve had to arrive in a host city extra early, rehearse and rehearse, and then aim to beat other worthy songs. So […]
The semi finals are over for another year, so that means it’s time for one of the most popular annual articles Eurovision Ireland publishes – it’s time to find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision […]
#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 […]
During the last week, while we had restricted press access , we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look back at some of the memorable moments of Eurovision over the years. There is no doubt that Eurovision over the years has often given us lots of rather […]
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 […]