Nous les Amoureux – Eurovision Ireland

#BIRTHDAY: Jean-Claude Pascal representing Luxembourg would have been 92 today

By John Stanton on October 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

BIRTHDAY: Jean-Claude Pascal representing Luxembourg would have been 92 today Occasionally, we like to look back – right back – at early contests. It’s important no to forget our history as if it wasn’t for events on a May evening in 1956, we wouldn’t have had the lunacy […]

UK : RIP Bob Allison of Eurovision 1961

By eurovisionireland on November 25, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Bob Allison, one half of The Allisons – the UK’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 – has died aged 72. The Allisons finished second with the song “Are Your Sure?” at the contest in 1961 behind Luxembourg’s “Nous les Amoureux” (We the Lovers), sung by […]