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 final #MondayMemories, we look back at Turkey, a country that competed 34 times – the last in 2012. Turkey debuted in the Eurovision […]
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 […]
Here at Eurovision Ireland, we look at what happened at the Eurovision Song Contest and Family of Events #OnThisDay. Today is 24th May 2018 and we look at the first ever Eurovision Song Contest. 24th May – 62 Years Ago Today On this day in 1956, the 1st […]
Recently we wrote a Top 10 list detailing the first half of countries at the Eurovision Song Contest which have yet to score over 200 points. And now that the busy 2018 national selection season is over, we can bring you part 2! 21 countries have yet to […]
An old saying warns us to keep our friends close, and our enemies closer… but perhaps it’s just easier to snub them at Europe’s favourite music competition?! Show business is full of famous feuds… Joan Crawford and Bette Davis… Lindsey Lohan and Hilary Duff… Taylor Swift and whoever […]
It’s been announced that the Abdi Ipekçi Arena in Istanbul, which hosted the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest will be demolished and replaced with a newer, more modern arena. Built in 1989, the Abdi Ipekçi Arena has hosted many concerts and sporting events over its 28 year history. As well […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the coming week, Eurovision Ireland will be posting 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be crowned […]
Most everyone has their secret Eurovision crush – now it’s time to let the world know! Over the coming week, Eurovision Ireland will be posting 6 polls – 3 of the gorgeous girls, 3 of the handsome hunks for you to vote for your favourites and be […]
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 was about time a French song was one of the favourites again! We had the pleasure of catching up with this year’s French singer Amir and ask him a few questions about himself and taking part in Eurovision. Are you curious to know what he told us? […]
Is it true? No Ralph Siegel involvement in the San Marino entry for Eurovision! It seems to be all change today at Eurovision 2016. First the EBU and now San Marino! The San Marino team for Eurovision 2016 is a multi national event. The singer is Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu along […]
One thing we love here at EIHQ is a good old Q&A with former Eurovision winners and contestants. We have a particularly soft spot for 2009 winner Alexander Rybak who scored a victory for Norway with his wonderful song ‘Fairytale’. Since then, Alexander has continued to enjoy a […]
SAN MARINO – As we had mentioned last week San Marino may – and now have – selected a Turkish singer to represent them at Eurovision 2016. Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu is from Istanbul and ans his first single was “Rüya-Ben Bir Daha”.Recently he has gone down the big band […]
SAN MARINO – So will Daddy Warbucks (aka Ralph Siegel) be coming to Eurovision via San Marino in Stockholm? Well that question is about to be answered along with some speculation. SMRTV will be holding a press conference on Tuesday January 12th at 18:00 CET to announce who […]
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