#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… The Grand Finalists We’ve seen all the Big Five and hosts the Netherlands rehearse for the first time. Lots can still change, but can one of this six countries pull off a victory on 22 May? Click on the video below and see what […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Six The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive sixteen countries rehearse. These were Malta (from semi-final one), nine songs from semi-final two, and the six automatic finalists. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day […]
#ESC2021: Day 6 Rehearsals :Live Blog from 10.00 (CET)/09.00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals. Malta – in Semi final 1 – kick […]
Eesti Laul 2022 will be shown live on Spanish television, after ERR, the Estonian national broadcaster agreed terms with TEN, the Spanish independent broadcaster. This is the first successful attempt at TEN broadcasting Eurovision national selections. Earlier this year (2021), TEN were unsuccessful in securing the live rights […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Spain. Spain debuted at the Contest in 1961, in Cannes, France. Conchita Bautista finished in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Raphael from Spain is 78 today It must be galling when your country wins, and you went and performed for them the year before that win. Obviously, there have been occasions where a country has won (at least) two years running. It must have been even worse […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part I – The Finalists The Rotterdam contest is fast approaching, so it’s only right that we at Eurovision Ireland review the 39 contenders. In this first of seven reviews, we look at the six songs already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday […]
Want a review that doesn’t take up all of your precious time? Then you’ve come to the right place! It’s your favourite lightening-fast review show: Review in Two, better known as #ReVu2! #ReVu2 – Eurovision 2025 – Basel Basel 2025 saw the contest return to its roots in […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lucía from Spain is 57 today It’s noticeable that Eurovision song titles are getting shorter. Year after year we get these one-word titles, with the word in question often buried deeply in the lyric of the song. It’s as if there’s no imagination. But these one-word titles […]