Performed in the Danish national final this year, here is a list fo the songs that he did.

“Fly on the Wings of Love” Olsen Brothers, Denmark 2000
“Hold Me Now” Johnny Logan, Ireland 1987
“Fångad av en Stormvind” Carola, Sweden 1991
“Satellite” Lena Meyer-Landrut, Germany 2010
“A-Ba-Ni-Bi” – Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, Israel 1978
“Hard Rock Hallelujah” Lordi , Finland 2006
“Fairytale” Alexander Rybak, Norway 2009

Yes folks we are back in business again, apologies for the lack of posts recently, things came up, but it is all ok now.

Let the party resume!

As many of yea have heard there was a large blast in Oslo, capital of Norway a short time ago with several people injured in the blast.

We would like to wish them well in this troubled time.

If anyone needs more info on travelling to Azerbaijan from the UK or Ireland then you can contact the Azeri embassy in the UK.

UK Embassy (also accredited to Ireland )

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mr. Fakhraddin Gurbanov
Address: London, 4 Kensington Court, W8 5DL
Tel: +44 (207) 938 34 12
Fax: +44 (207) 937 17 83
E-mail: london@mission.mfa.gov.az
WEB: www.azembassy.org.uk

Consular Section

Tel: +44 (0)20 7938 3412 (Ext.235 for Consular issues)
+44 (0)20 7938 5482 (Consular issues)
Fax: 020 7937 1783
E-mail (for consular issues): azeconsular@btconnect.com

Have a great day to our cousins across the big pond.

We dedicate this song to you, the best thing to come out of Sweden since meatballs and Ikea.

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After a fantastic result for Ireland at this year’s Eurovision, the brothers Grimes continue on their path toward world domination with an appearance in Celebrity Big Brother on the cards.

According to latest reports, the boys have been offered a cool £1million to take part in the show due to air on Channel 5 this August. Channel 5 bosses are keen to ensure the show is relaunched with a bang and feel Jedward are just the boys to make it happen. Should the lads accept the deal then they may find themselves sharing with former pop starlet Rachel Stevens, Mohammed Fayed, Imogen Thomas and troubled Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen, all of whom are also on the producers wish-list.

Just the thought of a sober Sheen having to cope with the lads antics or the potential red face of Thomas at the mention of Ryan Giggs by the boys is enough to have me hooked! What do you think? Could Jedward out-do Brian Dowling and become Big Brother’s all time favourite housemates?

Kate Ryan is a firm favourite amongst Eurovision fans and we here at ESC Ireland love, love, love her, and speaking of love she has released a new single called ‘Lovelife’, an infectious song that will have you shaking those hips.  The single is the first from her forthcoming fifth studio album ‘Electroshock’.  Europop has never sounded so good.

Kate Ryan Lovelife

Specifically number 5, our very own set of Limerick Drag Queens Heidi Hotlips and Sheila Fits Patrick, you can see some other Irish fans in there as well

You can vote on Wiwi Bloggs

There are calls in Irish papers today for RTE to justify spending €226K on sending Jedward to the Eurovision this year.

The bill to send the in the Grimesome Twosome ( ) to Dusseldorf for the song contest they eventually finished eighth in included €49,000 for a hotel, €12,000 for Aer Lingus flights and €70,000 to the European Broadcasting Union for taking part according to figures released to the Irish Daily Mirror.

The total bill was just over €46,000 more than was paid out last year.

The thing is though that RTE always pulls in the advertising and make a profit on showing it. I for one, and I know a lot of ye out there agree with me when I say that it was money well spent, the boys did us proud in Germany and showed a great face for Ireland

In a  statement RTE have said:

The payout was justified given the huge audience figures the show attracted with an average of 1.17 million viewers and 64 per cent of the audience share.

Still on their conquest of Germany, the Grimes twins appeared on Stefan Raab’s show last night. Check out the performance here. The full interview is on here.