This year will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Slovakia’s debut at the Eurovision Song Contest. The nation only participated seven times and failed to qualify in 1993. However, we want to know which Slovakian entry you considered the greatest of all time. After watching the videos of their […]
Every Monday for the last few weeks, we have been looking back at former participating nations at the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, in our penultimate #MondayMemories, we look back at Slovakia, a country that competed 8 times – the last in 2012, after failing to qualify from […]
Eurovision 2018 will always stand out in the history books for the year that 3 countries lost their 100% qualification rates from the semi-finals. Many of us here at Eurovision Ireland never dreamed we’d see the day Russia or Romania failed to make it into Saturday night’s main […]
Scoring at Eurovision has always been a hot topic and countries have been leapfrogging over each other since the start of the contest to claim that coveted “Highest Scoring Eurovision Winner” spot. In 1994, Ireland had it with 226 points. Then in 1997, the UK snatched it by […]
No, don’t get over-excited. You didn’t miss any announcement. It’s still only 43 countries heading to Kyiv. But last week, here at EurovisionIreland.net we posted a poll to ask which country you’d like to see be the 44th contestant for Eurovision 2017. And the results are in! We […]
Earlier this week, the complete list of Eurovision 2017 participants was published, naming the 43 countries who will take to the stage in Kyiv, Ukraine next May. 43 countries taking part equals the record first set in 2008 in Belgrade, then matched again in Düsseldorf in 2011. This […]
It’s that time of year again! The songs are all in – the running order has been announced – so you know what that means! Semi-finals, here we come!! Since 2004, competing Eurovision nations have had to battle it out for a place in Saturday night’s main event. […]
Crimea, may be have your votes please? Last year Swedish TV developed the Eurovision slogan for the contest in Malmo, “We Are One” which aimed to portray Europe as a united entity, emphasising diversity and multiculturalism. Except Europe really isn’t one; Europe is a fractured construct, economically, […]
Jedward are still our “Everyday Superstars” and even the bookmakers had them as one of the favourites to be in Eurosong this year in Ireland. Everyone likes a come back story – don’t they? On Thursday the Dynamic Dublin Duo (DDD) released a video for their song “Everyday […]
Herciana Matmuja will represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song “Zemërimi i një nate” or “One night’s anger”. The Grand Final of the Festivali i Këngës 52 took place last night in Tirana. Herciana was the clear winner of the contest and will now represent […]