Rewind to 2009 and ‘I Don’t Wanna Put-in’ was the song that boogied with controversy when Georgia selected their song for Eurovision in Moscow. Rumblings and meetings in EBU buildings deemed the song to be political in nature and Georgia withdrew from the contest. Fast forward to 2014 […]
Eduard Romanyuta has been a finalist in the Ukrainian Eurovision selection on 3 occasions (2011-2013). He is hoping that NTU (Ukrainian National Broadcaster) will revert their decision to not attend Eurovision 2015. Why is that? http://youtu.be/SWmHZb4pzSo Well the answer is that the singer has a song called ‘I […]
Eurovision singers are popping up in the charts across Europe like a Kardashian in front of a camera opportunity! So who and where are the singers charting? Here are a selection that we came across. The Common Linnets They may have finished second at Eurovision but they […]
So we have had a lot of Eurovision 2015 confirmations, intentions and apologies so we thought it wise to have a quick run through the list to see where we stand. As we say ALL the time that until the official deadlines are passed and all documentation received […]
NTU (Ukraine’s National Broadcaster) have been offered assistance to fund and stage an act for Eurovision 2015. Yesterday the broadcaster announced that they would be taking a year away from the contest but that could change! The successful Ukrainian music producer Timofey Nagorny has offered to fund the selection […]
It has now been a couple of years since Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. We at Eurovision Ireland have certainly missed them and will do so again in Vienna next year. But this does not mean that Turkey have exactly been idle in the meantime. […]
NTU (Ukrainian National Broadcaster) has announced that they will not participate at Eurovision 2015. The CEO of NTU Zurab Alasanya said that the funds to take part in Eurovision 2015 were not readily available for the broadcaster for the contest. Vlad Baginsky,Director of Entertainment at NTU advised that […]
Many people had ruled Israel out of Eurovision 2015 yet we had told you here at Eurovision Ireland that this was not the case. The Israeli newspaper ‘Yediot Acharonot’ has reported that Mariana Maximilian Blumin has been asked by IBA (Israeli National Broadcaster – undergoing restructure) and their […]
Originally posted on Eurovision Ireland:
Friday Favorites at Eurovision Ireland. Photograph courtesy of The Huffington Post Get your shorts and t-shirt on – “Friday Favorites” is here and while you are enjoying the great weather, we thought it was time to take to the football pitch! Something Eurovision related…
Eurovision winner Ruslana has always been a major political activist in Ukraine for many years. The current political situation between Russia and Ukraine has seen her take on an International role in coordinating support for Ukraine. With the Ukrainian Day of Independence approaching – August 24 – Ruslana […]