Ireland’s Eurovision 2017 contestant’s X Factor journey was on the brink of ending last night as Brendan Murray had to sing for his place on the show against LMA Choir, his rendition of “High and Dry” by Radiohead earned a great reaction from the audience and from his mentor former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, who later apologised to Brendan …
[AdSense-B] So, with the 2018 edition of The X Factor UK well underway we have had three Eurovision stars taking part; Brendan Murray (Ireland 2017), Cezar (Romania 2013), and Gaia Cauchi (Malta JESC Winner 2013). How did these artists get on over the weekend? Over recent weeks we have seen these three acts progress from the auditions, however, for one …
[AdSense-B] It’s almost time for us to praise or criticise the Irish entry for this year’s contest, but we must first reflect on yesterday’s entry as always. What did #YOU think of Slovenia? Jakob B. (Facebook) – “I feel like juries will absolutely destroy this. Then again, they wanted to put Slovenia/Blue and Red through to the final in 2016, …
[AdSense-B] This Saturday, the biggest Eurovision Song Contest pre-party will kick off! It has now been confirmed that 32 participants will be travelling to Amsterdam to meet journalists and press and entertain the fans during the concert! The concert, which this year will be celebrating its tenth year anniversary, will be held for the first time at the larger AFAS …
[AdSense-B] Ireland were the latest country to reveal their candidate for Lisbon as Ryan O’Shaughnessy released his soothing, emotive ballad “Together”. The song’s video was also released late yesterday, with footage of a same sex couple dancing through the streets of Dublin. The former Britain’s Got Talent star O’Shaughnessy was internally selected by RTÉ for the contest, following in the …
The national broadcaster of Ireland, RTÉ, has decided to continue choosing their entry through an internal selection, despite failing to qualify with one for the last two years. Today they announced that it will be Ryan O’Shaughnessy’s task to make the Emerald Isle shine once more. [AdSense-B] In August last year, RTÉ went with a Eurovision Song Contest Forum, where the …
We know that the national final season can spring surprises and the rumour mill can often be inventive and colourful in the lead up to each contest, but one rumour seems to have some traction so far…and it’s one of the craziest yet! Johnny Rotten, real name John Lydon and former lead singer of the influential British punk band Sex …
[AdSense-B] It’s only been two days since the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 kicked off in dramatic style (I know, some of us are still reeling over Finland!) but we have to dust ourselves down and get going, because 18 more countries are set to take to the Eurovision stage! Tonight’s 18 acts can be found below; ?? SERBIA – Tijana …
[AdSense-B] We reported yesterday evening that Per Sundnes had been replaced on the Norwegian jury after he had slammed the Irish entry in a Norwegian programme, with both countries set to compete and vote in the second semi-final. Now, the EBU has confirmed that four more juries have had a change in membership, although for what reasons remains unclear. The …
We’ve seen and heard the rehearsals for all countries in the second semi-final, teaser clips have been released and full videos of the performances are now available. So it’s the perfect time to ask the all-important question – which songs will qualify from the second semi-final? We’ve created a poll with all 18 participants in the semi-final and you can pick ten …
