Another Eurovision season has passed; and unfortunately with Brooke Scullion’s non-qualification, it marks yet another year that Ireland has failed to qualify for the Grand Final. In the past nine years, Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s Together remains the only Irish entry to make it to the big night — which leaves us to ask, what’s still going wrong? Can Ireland’s long-lost successes …
With the end of any Eurovision year comes the OGAE Second Chance contest – a chance for OGAE clubs across Europe and beyond to decide which of the songs that didn’t win the national final are the best. This year is no different, with 27 clubs putting forward a hopeful to take home the crown. Norway’s KEiiNO are the defending …
This article is Part Two of a two part account of what it was like to attend Eurovision 2022 in Turin – click here to catch up on Part One! Welcome back to our trip through Turin 2022! Last week, we covered the general atmosphere in the city and the arena, as well as a chance meeting with Ireland’s Brooke …
Despite the main contest having wrapped just two week ago, decisions are already being made by the broadcasters about the Junior Eurovision contest happening in December. Last year a total of 19 countries participated in the contest, and at the end of the event Armenia’s Malena won with the song “Qami Qami”. Who do we know is out? Prior to …
The EBU has announced that the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, held from May 10-14 in Turin, Italy, reached a viewership of 161 million people across the three live shows. The ratings were measured in 34 broadcast areas, corresponding to national broadcasters and associate broadcast partners across the globe. Average ratings in those areas were up three percentage points on 2021, …
As we got to learn during the reveal of the final results of this years contest, 6 countries were found guilty at “irregular voting”. One of these countries were Romania, who in retaliation, has taken these accusation very seriously, and still questions why the EBU decided to cancel their jury vote. Tonight, the debate continued during the show “Referendum”, where …
This year Germany extended it’s disappointing bottom five placement streak for a third year – with Malik Harris’ “Rockstars” earning only 6 points in the grand final. According to Head of Delegation Alexandra Wolfslast, however, 2023 will be different. Speaking after the contest, Wolfslast stated that “the selection process for the 2023 contest will look different to the one used …
Sam Ryder is being tipped to take part in Strictly Come Dancing, a widely beloved dancing show in the United Kingdom and the equivalent of the international “Dancing With The Stars” franchise. The UK’s new Eurovision hero has had his odds slashed on taking part in this winter’s series after finishing second in this year’s contest, and thus earning the …
It’s been over a week since the Eurovision 2022 finale, and we’re still left in the dark about Norway’s intergalactic wolves’ true identity. However, Sam Ryder may have dropped the next hint about the potential identity of one of the wolves. And it’s not Ylvis! During a Magic Breakfast interview with Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott, Sam Ryder claims to …
With a week having now passed since the Eurovision 2022 grand final, the songs of this year’s edition have begun to flood the various charts of Europe and beyond. Let’s take a quick look at how this year’s artists have been commercially received! The biggest success, as is tradition, comes for the Eurovision winner. Kalush Orchestra’s touching yet upbeat song …
