#ESC2021: Day 8 Rehearsals – Live Blog from 10:00 (CET)/09:00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first and second rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09:30 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals from the Grand Finalists. This […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… The Grand Finalists We’ve seen all the Big Five and hosts the Netherlands rehearse for the first time. Lots can still change, but can one of this six countries pull off a victory on 22 May? Click on the video below and see what […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Six The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive sixteen countries rehearse. These were Malta (from semi-final one), nine songs from semi-final two, and the six automatic finalists. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day […]
Let’s face it… the last 18 months have been anything but ordinary!! And in these strange times of COVID, social distancing and frantic hand washing, even Eurovision has undergone massive changes to ensure the event we know and love can go ahead. We all knew it was going […]
#ESC2021: Day 6 Rehearsals :Live Blog from 10.00 (CET)/09.00 (BST) Well, we have now seen the first rehearsals of both the 1st and 2nd semi finals, and today at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we continue with the second set of rehearsals. Malta – in Semi final 1 – kick […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom debuted at the Contest in 1957, in Frankfurt-am-Main, West […]
#BIRTHDAY: Scott Fitzgerald from the UK is 73 today Do you like a close contest? That show where more than one country can win, even going down to the last vote. It’s less likely these days, with bigger scores and more countries. The close contest did happen several […]
Chelcee Grimes has joined the United Kingdom’s commentary team as their fifth member – joining Rylan Clark-Neal and Scott Mills for the Semi Finals. On the announcement, Chelcee had the following to say: “I am super excited to be joining the Eurovision family, I can’t wait to host […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part I – The Finalists The Rotterdam contest is fast approaching, so it’s only right that we at Eurovision Ireland review the 39 contenders. In this first of seven reviews, we look at the six songs already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday […]
Ken Bruce will be opening up a vote on Friday 23rd April, to find the United Kingdom’s “Ultimate Eurovision Top 50”. The vote will close on Sunday 9th May, at 13:00 GMT. Details on how to vote will be available on the BBC Radio 2 website once the […]