#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 […]
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 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Barei from Spain is 39 today They say there’s nothing new in the world of Eurovision. The culturally similar countries may prefer their own songs. Certain personalities will always turn up. And there will always debate on whether the right song won. In 2016, our friends in […]
The Spanish annual Preview Party, PrePartyES, will once again be taking place online after a successful event in 2020. This year, it will be held on Saturday 24th April and is organised as ever by Eurovision-Spain.com. Last year, twenty four of the 2020 artists took place on the […]
With Sweden’s Melodifestivalen wrapping up last night, the last national selection of the 2021 season has come to an end as we only have broadcaster’s announcements left to look forward to. While we’re now all excitedly looking ahead to May and eagerly awaiting the start of the contest […]