Rehearsals are well and truly under way at the M and S Bank arena in Liverpool and while the first week’s rehearsals are closed to press and fan media ,meaning that we are unable to bring you our usual live blogs of the rehearsals, we at Eurovision Ireland […]
Over the last weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland have been taking a look at the fortunes of the acts and hosts who have participated in Eurovision over the years . Was appearing at Eurovision as a participant or host the making of them…..or did it break them? Today […]
Duncan Laurence’s victory in Tel Aviv this May not only gave The Netherlands their 5th win at Eurovision, but also their first win since 1975 – a staggering 44 years ago! This got us here at Eurovision Ireland thinking… of all the countries that have won the contest, […]
Recently we published an article looking at the furthest distances Eurovision has travelled over the decades. While compiling the data for that article, Eurovision Ireland regular and global wanderer James worked out the distance each Eurovision Song Contest has travelled from the previous year’s host venue to the […]
Happy New Year from Eurovision Ireland! Lots of people make it their New Year’s Resolution to travel and explore the world around them – and what better way of doing that than combining it with everyone’s favourite musical extravaganza, the Eurovision Song Contest! For those who love […]
Austria’s 2014 Eurovision Representative Conchita Wurst, continues her tour across Europe in advance of the announcement of her song for Eurovision 2014. Next stop was Tallinn Estonia over the weekend. Conchita performed at X-Baar along with the “Wad Girls” – who are a Swedish Act/Organisation that raises funds […]
Norway’s 2010 Eurovision Representative Didrik Solli-Tangen, releases his new song “Without You”. The Pop/Opera singer looks set to score a hit with this song in Norway. The is a very retro 80’s song that has a Depeche Mode feeling to it. It is an electro/pop single. Atmospheric and […]
(Photograph courtesy of ERR) Tonight 10 acts competed in the Semi Final of Eesti Laul in the hope of winning 5 places in the national final. The 10 contestants tonight were as follows Liisi Koikson & Söörömöö – Üle vee Birgit Õigemeel – Et uus saaks alguse Tenfold Rabbit – Balance […]
(Photograph Courtesy of ERR) Semi Final number 2 takes place tonight in Tallinn, Estonia. 10 acts are competing for 5 qualifying spots that will be decided by a 50/50 Jury and Public Vote. The 12 acts competing are as follows 01 Liisi Koikson & Söörömöö: “Üle vee” 02 […]
(Photo courtesy of Andreas Putting EBU) Estonia – The Dark Horse of the Contest so far Estonia took to the stage and this was a song that I was championing for some time as a strong contender. After his first dress rehearsal many people have now seen what […]