Building on the success of our Best of the Big 5 series, Eurovision Ireland is broadening its search for your favourite entries from countries across the continent, spanning the contest’s entire back catalogue. We’ve covered the Big 5 and Scandinavia – and our penultimate stop on our tour […]
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, […]
In this series of polls, Eurovision Ireland are going to look at countries that have won the Eurovision Song Contest and get you to vote for your favourites. Sounds simple? Well, yes, it is – the twist is, we’re grouping them according to how many times each country […]
Today is the national day of one of Eurovision’s more interesting countries. Back on 26 October 1955, the Austrian Parliament declared the country permanently neutral. As a result, that anniversary became Austria’s National Day. To celebrate, let’s take a look at some of Austria’s entries in our favourite TV show […]
2014 saw the untimely death of Austria’s first ever Eurovision winner and legend Udo Jürgens. Udo won the contest in 1966 with his classic Eurovision song ‘Merci, Chérie’. 1966 was his 3rd time to represent Austria at the contest in succession. In 1964 he came 6th with the song […]
Eurovision 2015 will be tinged with sadness. The terrible news came through yesterday that the first Austrian winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Udo Jürgens passed away. Udo won the contest in 1966 with his classic Eurovision song ‘Merci, Chérie’. 1966 was his 3rd time to represent Austria at […]
These “people of Qatar and Saudi Arabia were the financiers of ISIS” claims Eurovision Winner. In an article published today in Austria, there has been a call from the first Austrian Eurovision winner Udo Jürgens “We need to think about this issue…in relation to political events in recent times.” […]
Austria – Eurovision winner wants the 2015 contest to be held in the capital city of Vienna. When you are the Eurovision winner then your point of view holds some gravitas! Austria’s first Eurovision winner Udo Jürgens was speaking to Krone.at about where he believes the Eurovision 2015 Song […]