#BIRTHDAY: Raphael Gualazzi from Italy is 43 today It was back in late 2010/early 2011 that websites were previewing a massive announcement that we’d remember for ever. It was an intriguing thing to say, and did, momentarily, have me wondering what it would be. An expanded contest of […]
Those of you who follow us regularly will know that we, at Eurovision Ireland, have been looking at the highs and lows of each country in the years they have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest. Today, we are focusing on one of the more successful countries […]
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael Gualazzi from Italy is 40 today It was back in late 2010/early 2011 that websites were previewing a massive announcement that we’d remember for ever. It was an intriguing thing to say, and did, momentarily, have me wondering what it would be. An expanded contest of […]
Some of you may recall that last year I published a best and worst at Eurovision article for every country that was taking part in Eurovision 2016 with the exception of Australia who were only competing for the second time. So this year I will publish one for […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 4 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over the […]
Interesting fact of the day number 3,512. On Saturday night, Norway will be performing the 1,200th song to be sung at a Saturday night final. In total, there have been over 1,400 songs, but some of these never made it to the Grand Final. Here are those other […]
Italy has used the annual Sanremo Song Festival to select their artist for Eurovision since they returned to the contest in 2011. It has not been confirmed officially by RAI (Italian National Broadcaster) if this will be the case for 2014. In the meantime the details of the […]
The World Music Awards (WMA) nominations for 2013 have been released. To say that they have a hint of Eurovision to them is an understatement. They have a full taste explosion of Eurovision Acts nominated. So who has sold records in large volumes across the world and […]
Italy have announced some of the details for their prestigious Sanremo Music Festival 2014. The Sanremo Festival has been used by Italian broadcaster RAI to select their artist for Eurovision since their return to the contest in 2011. It is now reported that the festival will take place […]