As we all know , Austria won the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song contest in Basel, with JJ and “Wasted Love”. It has now been announced that we will be travelling to Austria’s capital city, Vienna , for the 2026 edition of our beloved contest. JJ’s victory […]
Let’s face it… the last 18 months have been anything but ordinary!! And in these strange times of COVID, social distancing and frantic hand washing, even Eurovision has undergone massive changes to ensure the event we know and love can go ahead. We all knew it was going […]
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 […]
One of the best things about Eurovision is that it moves every year – so not only does every contest give you another set of songs to enjoy, but it also gives you a brand new host city to explore and fall in love with! But just how […]
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 […]
It seems to me a little bit inappropriate tonight to write something about the singers and songs, the staging and the predictions for this year’s contest, when today the eyes of Europe, and indeed the world have been focused on the terrorist attacked this morning in Brussels. Belgian […]
Sad news today as it is announced of the passing of Martine Havet earlier this week. Martine Havet represented France at Eurovision 1980 with the band Profil and their song ‘Hé hé m’sieurs dames‘ that placed 11th in the contest. http://youtu.be/ffye6xK5m6c Martine first came to our attention playing the role […]
Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst is one week away from her début at the world-famous ‘Crazy Horse’ cabaret in Paris. Euronews TV channel interviewed Conchita on her upcoming performance and showed a clip of how rehearsals are progressing. Conchita spoke of her concerns at joining the show and performing […]
The long wait is over and Conchita Wurst will release new first solo song since winning Eurovision 2014 with ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’. Her fist solo song will be called ‘Heroes’ and will be released on November 8th. On October 24 the charity song “My Lights” is released […]
Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has announced that she will be performing for a week at the world renowned ‘Crazy Horse Cabaret’ in Paris for a week in November. Conchita has been invited to perform at the ‘Crazy Horse’ from November 9th – 15th where she will perform nightly. […]