IRELAND – Nicky Byrne hopes that Eurovision will be blinded by his ‘Sunlight’ in Stockholm, so we better take a look at the songwriters behind his entry. ‘Sunlight’ is the musical love child of Nicky himself, renowned songwriter Wayne Hector and award-winning composer Ronan Hardiman. Wayne Hector is one […]
Joe McCaul represented Ireland at Eurovision back in 2005 when he sang with his sister Donna in Kiev. He is back and trying his luck on the UK’s X-Factor for a second time. Joe failed to pass Bootcamp in the UK’s X-Factor in 2013 and this year he […]
The X-Factor maybe struggling to find its feet in the TV Ratings battle this year but that has not stopped Eurovision singers giving the show a shot. Many of the X-Factor shows across Europe have attracted former Eurovision singers with mixed results. Last night on the UK edition […]
UK : Simon Cowell wants to give the Eurovision Selection Process a Make-Over in the UK The United Kingdom took a step back in their results at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Electro Velvet (whom we loved) amassed only 5 points. This – not for the first […]
United Kingdom : Bizarre Tweet about the BBC’s search for Eurovision 2015 You know it is that time of the year when the ‘Who will represent the UK at Eurovision?’ machine goes into overdrive! This year is no exception but we came across this Tweet that was just […]
As they say “imitation is the highest form of flattery” and that could be the case as details are emerging that music mogul Simon Cowell is threatening to produce a Eurovision-sytle global talent show. Is the EBU up for the competition? Not content will selling ‘The X-Factor’ in […]
It wouldn’t be October without X-Factor and it wouldn’t be Eurovision without Louis Walsh getting in on the act! He has brought Jedward, Johnny Logan and Linda Martin to Eurovision success and this week he has thrown in his comments on Eurovision 2015. If you were watching the […]
X-Factor Adria has caused a stir recently. Already Eurovision singer and presenter Zeljko Joksimovic has sparked controversy over his comments towards a transgender contestant on the show. However yesterday Loreen received a lesson on how to sing her own song. Lukian Ivanovic auditioned for the judges and performed Loreen’s […]
Ireland’s Eurovision Winning Star, Niamh Kavanagh, is set to tour the length and breath of Ireland starting from this weekend. If you have not had the pleasure of attending a Niamh Kavanagh and her band “The Illegals” concert, then you should really get to one of her upcoming […]
“The BBC are set to return to a National Final for their Eurovision 2014 entry selection”. This is the claim made the UK newspaper “The Daily Star”. A Spokesperson for the BBC said “that she could not elaborate on Eurovision plans for next year and it was still […]
A little Eurovision 2013 humor. Every year we have singers making a jolly good effort to sing in a foreign language to them – primarily English. However you would not like to hear me sing in Swedish – or just sing full stop! This year was no exception […]
Bonnie Tyler – who will be representing the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2013 – spoke of her distaste of Talent Competitions like “The X-Factor” yet praised One Direction for their success and how they “have managed to stay grounded”. It was only a few weeks ago that Bonnie […]
Every year there is much speculation around who will represent the UK at Eurovision and the BBC leave us hanging until the very last minute but with mixed results. Blue did well in 2011 coming 11th but poor Englebert last year – well was it really worth the wait […]