Éirevision

We're back from Malmö and ready to digest everything that went down at Eurovision 2024. In this episode, Conor and Lou are reunited to chat about the chaos that was Eurovision 2024. Back in January, Ireland voted to send Bambie Thug to Malmö with their song, "Doomsday Blue". Despite facing many obstacles from home and abroad, Bambie Thug did the unthinkable at the contest. Not only did they break Ireland's non-qualification streak, they brought us back into the Top 10! Bambie achieved Ireland's best result at Eurovision in 24 years - finishing in 6th place with 278 points. We'll hear from some of the Irish delegation following this result including Michael Kealy and Bambie themselves. Switzerland took home the trophy on Saturday night with Nemo and "The Code". Finishing 1st with the jury and 5th in the televote, Nemo received a total of 591 points. This is Switzerland's third win. We'll share our thoughts on Nemo's historic win as the first non-binary representative to win Eurovision. Plus, it's safe to say Eurovision 2024 was chaotic. We'll chat about The Netherlands disqualification, the double-standards set by the EBU, and what needs to happen in the future to safeguard Eurovision. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

WE'RE IN THE GRAND-FINAL - Ireland has qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Final! In this episode, Conor, Lou, and Alex share their thoughts on Ireland qualifying for the final after six years. Plus, we discuss the publics opinions on the performance and ask the question... are we about to #CrownTheWitch? Plus, we chat about the other nine qualifiers from semi-final 1 before our short semi-final 2 chat! Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

It's Eurovision week! Strap yourselves in for the best week of the year. Conor, Lou, and Alex have got you covered with Eurovision content throughout the week. In this episode, Conor and Lou share their final predictions for Semi-Final 1 following the two dress rehearsals on Monday. Plus, we react to the AMAZING performance by Bambie Thug for Ireland and ask the question... can Ireland win Eurovision? Plus, we hear from Bambie Thug themselves before tonight's semi-final. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

It's nearly time to hear the iconic Eurovision intro music. But before that, we're sharing our final pre-show/pre-Eurovision predictions for 2024. As we went to record this episode, RTÉ released a snippet of Bambie Thug's rehearsal for Ireland. It's safe to say we went into meltdown alongside the rest of the Eurovision community. Listen to our reaction only minutes after our first watch. We'd also like to thank you for listening and supporting us throughout the season. The podcast would be nothing with you - the listeners! Make sure you are strapped in and ready as we're ramping things up next week as we're live from Malmö! Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

On April 30th 1994, the Eurovision Song Contest came to Ireland for the fifth time following back-to-back wins. Today, we're celebrating 30 years since Dublin hosted an iconic edition of the contest which saw Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan complete the hat trick for Ireland, the iconic interval act performance and birth of Riverdance, and ultimately Ireland's sixth win. To help us celebrate, we're delighted to be joined by three iconic figures from the 1994 contest. To start, we chat the one of our hosts from the evening - Cynthia Ní Mhurchú. Alongside the late Gerry Ryan, Cynthia guiding over 300 million viewers through the extravaganza on the night - including introducing Riverdance to the world. Of course, we could not celebrate the 1994 contest without speaking to the winners. It is an honour to speak with the rock 'n' roll kids themselves, Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan. Paul & Charlie share how they came together to perform "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" on the Eurovision stage, share funny stories from their travels across Europe, and how the song remains as popular as ever. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We've made it to the end! Today, we're reviewing the final three songs from three amazing competing countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou share their ratings for Switzerland (Nemo - "The Code"), Ukraine (alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - "Teresa & Maria"), and United Kingdom (Olly Alexander - "Dizzy"). Plus, find out who was ranked No.1 by you in our quick-fire ratings table! An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

It's the penultimate quick-fire rating episode of this series! We're nearing the end of our quick-fire for 2024. Today, we're chatting about three more countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou share their ratings for Slovenia (Raiven - "Veronika"), Spain (Nebulossa - "ZORRA"), and Sweden (Marcus & Martinus - "Unforgettable"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

Today, we're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Glasgow Meehall to share their ratings for Portugal (Iolanda - "Grito"), San Marino (Megara - "11:11"), and Serbia (Teya Dora - "Ramonda"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

Today, we're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Glasgow Meehall to share their ratings for Netherlands (Joost - "Europapa"), Norway (Gåte - "Ulveham"), and Poland (LUNA - "The Tower"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

Today, we're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou share their ratings for Luxembourg (Tali - "Fighter"), Malta (Sarah Bonnici - "Loop"), and Moldova (Natalia Barbu - "In The Middle"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're halfway through our quick-fire ratings for 2024 and today, we're continuing the series with three more countries. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Lou share their ratings for Italy (Angelina Mango - "La Noia"), Latvia (Dons - "Hollow"), and Lithuania (Silvester Belt - "Luktelk"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries today. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Alex share their ratings for Greece (Marina Satti - "ZARI"), Iceland (Hera Björk - "Scared of Heights"), and Ireland (Bambie Thug - "Doomsday Blue"). An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries today. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song!  In this episode, Conor and Alex share their ratings for France (Slimane - "Mon Amour"), Georgia (Nutsa - "Firefighter"), and Germany (ISAAK - "Always On The Run").  An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries today. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song! In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Alex to share their ratings for Denmark (SABA - "Sand"), Estonia (5MIINUST x Puuluup - "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi"), and Finland (Windows95man - "No Rules").  An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries today. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. Conor and Lou will be joined by Alex Basmati and Glasgow Meehall to digest each of the songs from the class of 2024. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song! In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Alex to share their ratings for Croatia (Baby Lasagna - "Rim Tim Tagi Dim"), Cyprus (Silia Kapsis - "Liar"), and Czechia (Aiko - "Pedestal").  An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

We're continuing our quick-fire ratings series with three more countries today. With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. Conor and Lou will be joined by Alex Basmati and Glasgow Meehall to digest each of the songs from the class of 2024. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song! In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Meehall to share their ratings for Austria (Kaleen - "We Will Rave"), Azerbaijan (FAHREE feat. Ikon Dovlatov - "Özünlə Apar"), and Belgium (Mustii - "Before the Party's Over").  An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

Our quick-fire ratings series is back for 2024! With a few weeks to go until Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, it's the perfect time to re-familiarise ourselves with the songs and give a personal score out of ten. Conor and Lou will be joined by Alex Basmati and Glasgow Meehall to digest each of the songs from the class of 2024. There is no criteria for our scores, just our overall vibe/feeling for the song! In this episode, Conor and Lou are joined by Meehall to share their ratings for Albania (BESA - "Titan"), Armenia (LADANIVA - "Jako"), and Australia (Electric Fields - "One Milkali (One Blood)" ).  An episode of Éirevision wouldn't be the same without you, we'll also be sharing some of your ratings which you submitted via our Instagram. New for this year, your scores count! We'll be counting every single rating received from Instagram to give us an average score. At the end of the series, we'll see who is the highest rated country, and who is bottom of our scoreboard. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.

In this episode of Éirevision, Conor and Lou react to the running-order for both semi-finals. On March 26th, SVT and the EBU revealed the running-order for both semi-finals. As we know, this year will see the Big 5 + Sweden perform their songs in full amongst their fellow competitors in the semis. If you did not know, producers determine the running-order with staging plans, colours, and style all taken into consideration. During the allocation draw in January, each country was drawn into either the first or second half of the first or second semi-final. From this, producers determine the running-order! Head over to our social media sites now to check out our video interviews from LEP 2024. Plus more videos, photos, and games are available there. Let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode too.

In this episode of Éirevision, Conor and Alex travel across the pond to London for the London Eurovision Party 2024! Pre-parties are a fantastic way for artists to meet fans, practice performing their songs live, and meet other participants from the other competing nations. With Madrid and Barcelona complete, it's over to London! We're delighted to be joined by a few Eurovision participants from the past and the present including LEP24 host and Eurovision 2017 UK representative Lucie Jones, our 'daddy in a hat' from Belgium - Gustaph! From the class of 2024, we're joined by Dons (Latvia), Marcus & Martinus (Sweden), Sara Bonnici (Malta), Angelina Mango (Italy), and Mustii (Belgium). Of course, we couldn't not catch-up with Ireland's very own Bambie Thug! Head over to our social media sites now to check out our video interviews from LEP 2024. Plus more videos, photos, and games are available there. Let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode too.

On this episode of Éirevision, we're chatting about the final five songs to be added to the class of 2024! Greece, Portugal, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan all revealed their entries for Eurovision 2024. Greece were one of the earliest country to reveal their artist for 2024. They internally selected Marina Satti back in October however, they are one of the last to reveal their song. "Zari", meaning "Dice" gives us traditional Greek rhythms alongside a fantastic vocal from Marina. Portugal's Festival da Canção 2024 was the final national final of the season. Iolanda took the crown with "Grito". The song translates to "Scream". Will Portugal's qualification streak continue? Georgia announced Nutsa as their representative in January. Now, she's coming to put out the fire with her song "Firefighter". The song uses 'firefighter' as metaphor for the fight against various negative aspects like wars, envy, and hate. Georgia haven't qualified for the final since 2015. Will their luck change this year? Armenia have decided to send LADANIVA and their song, "Jako". The song asserts the right to think freely and to be whoever you want to be. LADANIVA, comprised of Armenian vocalist Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist Louis Thomas, bring a multicultural mix of ethnic sounds, unique experiences and authenticity.  Azerbaijan were the final country to release their song. They have chosen FAHREE with the song, "Özünle Apar" which features Ilkin Dovlatov. Head over to our social media sites now for more videos, photos, and games! Also, let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed in this episode.