Azerbaijan hosts the annual Eurovision Song Contest this weekend ... She begins with the controversial 1998 winner, Israeli transsexual Dana International. Photo: Getty Images ...

Meanwhile in Dublin, ex-members of the showband scene Jackie Smith and Derry Lindsay were trying to come up with a song which they hoped would qualify as Ireland’s Eurovision entry. Dana in ...

EUROVISION Song Contest winner Dana will play a charity concert in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Bank Holiday Sunday, 2 ...

Samantha Mumba, Bobbi Arlo, Reylta, Adgy, EMMY, and NIYL are all vying to represent Ireland at the 2025 Eurovision Song ...

Dana Rosemary Scallon said she would never run for the presidency again, as politics in Ireland is becoming ... became the first Irish person to win Eurovision. She entered politics in the ...

Hold on to your miniature flags, Eurovision season is upon us again. In advance of May’s grand final in Basle, RTÉ has unveiled the six tunes in contention to represent Ireland at the contest.

"Mumba’s the word according to punters and they’re backing one-time pop superstar Samantha to end Ireland’s run of bum notes at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest." Speaking on Nicky ...

Irish R&B singer Samantha Mumba has been announced as the fourth hopeful for Ireland’s 2025 Eurovision entry. The Dubliner, 42, has already had an impressive career after her debut single Gotta ...

over 1,200 songs have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest Dutch conductor Dolf van der Linde conducted for seven different countries (Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands ...

I would be totally open minded." Bobbi Arlo, Reylta, Adgy and Norwegian singer EMMY are also in the running to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025. The last hopeful will be unveiled on Ray D ...

Ireland has spent so long in the Eurovision wilderness it’s becoming hard to remember those days when we dominated the world’s biggest singing contest. We haven’t reached the final since ...