Tonight’s the night! The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 officially begins with the First Semi Final coming to us live from bustling Liverpool at 21:00 CET on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine – make sure you check your local listings to find out which channel is showing it! Although it […]
Good evening, Europe, and a warm morning greeting to our friends in Australia! This is Liverpool calling, bringing you the Live Blog of the Eurovision 2023 First Semi Final – Dress Rehearsal 2. Tonight’s spectacular show will showcase the talents of 15 remarkable acts, all vying for a […]
#ESC23: Interview with Remo Forrer of Switzerland Eurovision Ireland caught up with Remo Forrer of Switzerland. He told us about the Swiss national selection, his time in Liverpool and what his favourite cake is. Could Remo Forrer win the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest? Let us know what you […]
We are on to day 4 of the first rehearsals for Eurovision 2023 at the M and S Bank arena in Liverpool .Yesterday saw the remaining acts from Semi Final 2 rehearse , you can see our article on this HERE.Today,we move onto the second set of rehearsals […]
#BIRTHDAY: Peter Reber from Switzerland is 74 today There are some classic songs around and people argue about them. Today’s IS a classic. Go on, challenge me if you dare! The sharp-eyed amongst you will quickly spot that there are three people on stage today. The birthday boy […]
#ESC2023: EI Review Part 3 We at Eurovision Ireland like to review the songs in a contest, and this year is no exception. We’ve split the 37 songs over seven shows to give you our views. As last year, we’ll be scoring them out of 50. Can we […]
#BIRTHDAY: Marius Bear from Switzerland is 30 today Do you love a good lyric? Something that really makes you think? Something nicely profound maybe? Or are you more a fan of a ‘la la la’ school of authorship? In 2022, today’s birthday boy Marius Bear (né Marius Hügli) […]
#BIRTHDAY: Géraldine from Switzerland is 77 today We love vintage here. There is more to Eurovision than someone clucking in ultra high definition. There were days when we had nothing more than respectable black & white, and an altogether more demure look. Today we go back to 1967, […]
ORF 1, Das Erste & SRF 1 will simulcast programming before and after the Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. “ESC – Der Countdown” will broadcast from 20:15 CET, while “ESC – Die Aftershow” will broadcast from 00:45 CET. The shows will be broadcast […]
#BIRTHDAY: Rykka is 37 today Do you like it when we see people from outside Europe (or, since 2015, Australia), taking part in our favourite TV show? Do you want to see the best singers, wherever they’re from? Or should they just be European? Of course, non-Europeans have […]