BIRTHDAY: Cezar from Romania is 40 today Stage performances come in all shapes and sizes. Some are just the singer, with backdrop, giving us a simple song. Others use cowbells, Alpen horns, costume changes, or even children (pre 1989). Today’s birthday Florin Cezar Ouatu tried a different tack. […]
After two Semi Finals in Tartu last week, the running order for the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2020 has been revealed. The Saku Suurhall will once again host the Grand Final on Saturday 29th February. While INGER will open the show, Laura will close the main part […]
Today, this year’s hosts of the London Eurovision Party were announced. Nicki French sadly won’t be at the Cafe de Paris on Sunday 29th March (more information below) – however keeping Paddy O’Connell company this year will be the one and only SuRie! This will be the third […]
Last night at the Adelphi theatre in London, Lucie Jones took to the stage for her solo concert, which doubled up as a live recording for her upcoming album – “Live at the Adelphi”. Lucie had special guests John Owen-Jones and Marisha Wallace. She was also joined on-stage […]
This week see’s the seventh weekend of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has three Finals, two Semi Finals, as well as song announcements… Monday 17th February Belgium – Song Announcement Friday 21st February Romania – Songs Announcement Saturday 22nd February Portugal – Festival da […]
OBITUARY: Pearl Carr has died aged 98 The world of Eurovision is sad to hear of the passing of Pearl Carr, who represented the United Kingdom at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with her late husband Teddy Johnson. Pearl and Teddy were the first in a […]
BIRTHDAY: Ben Cramer from the Netherlands is 73 today The contest in the Netherlands is rapidly approaching, with songs aplenty being picked, a city getting ready, and all the fun, games and bafflement that will follow. With that in in mind, it’s time for another Dutch birthday. Maybe […]
Yesterday, Semi Final 3 of “Szansa na Sukces” took place. This week, the theme was The Beatles. Albert Černý qualified for the Final on Sunday 23rd February, with his rendition of “Please, Please Me”. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
This morning on Belgian Radio, the song that Hooverphonic will be performing in Rotterdam had its first play. The song they will be performing is called “Release Me”. Watch the Official Video below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
Eleven nations will be taking to the stage for Eurovision Young Musicians in Zabreb, on Sunday 21st June. Ukraine will be returning to the Contest, while after originally withdrawing from this year’s Contest, Estonia will also be participating. The full line-up of participating nations are: Croatia (HRT) – […]
FRANCE: Tom Leeb reveals his song for Rotterdam After some speculation, Tom Leeb has formally released his song that hope to capture a sixth win for France. His song – The best in me – has a lyric by Tom Leeb, John Lundvik (remember him?), Amir Haddad (remember […]
BIRTHDAY: DQ from Denmark is 47 today Our favourite TV show can be a glamorous affair, and many people just tune in for the costumes. They must just like shiny things. Well that might explain a certain Ukrainian with a star on their head. Of course, there’s more […]
Tonight was the Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020, where Norway decided their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was high tension as you could see if you were following our Live Blog. After a wonderful show, the public have decided that Ulrikke Brandstorp is the winner […]
Pabandom Iš Naujo 2020 is over and we have our winner! It’s The Roop and their song On Fire, which will represent Lithuania in Rotterdam this May! The Roop will need to fight for a spot Saturday’s final by getting through the 1st Semi Final on the 12th […]
San Marino will not be taking part at the 2020 Eurovision Young Musicians, in Zagreb. SMRTV have previously participated in 2016 and 2018. San Marino are only the third nation to officially confirm their withdrawal, following Estonia and Israel. The official participants list is yet to be announced […]
The second Semi Final of Eesti Laul 2020 has taken place in Tartu tonight. Tonight, the following six made the Grand Final in Tallinn: Uku Suviste – “What Love Is” Inger – “Only Dream” Jaagup Tuisk – “Beautiful Lie” Uudo Sepp – “I’m Sorry I Messed Up” Traffic – “Üks kord veel” SHIRA […]
The first Semi Final of Melodifestivalen 2020 is now ending. We have the results in and direct to the final are Mohombi and Mariette. Through to Andra Chansen are Drängarna and Anis don Demina. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovision Ireland
ARMENIA: And the winner is… Depi Evratesil 2020 has just finished, and Athena Manoukian will be carrying Armenia’s torch in Rotterdam. She will sing Chains on you. After sets of votes from an international jury, an Armenian jury, and a public vote, Athena beat ERNA and Vladimir Arzumanyan […]
Caroline Flack, the co-commentator of the BBC Semi Final Commentary team in 2008, has passed away at the age of 40, within the last hour. Caroline commentated alongside Paddy O’Connell in 2008, when the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Belgrade, Serbia. In more recent years, Caroline hosted […]
Good evening Europe and good morning Australia. Tonight is Semi Final 3 of Melodifestivalen 2020!!! Join me, Richard, as we witness the third set of seven acts fight it out for the fifth and sixth spots in the Grand Final. Refresh This Page From 20:00CET And we are […]
BIRTHDAY: Carol Rich from Switzerland is 58 today Being first to perform on our favourite TV show must be a challenge. But at least you are first to the free bar in the Green Room. But what if you’re last on? You have to wait whilst [insert number […]
Tonight our eyes are on Trondheim for the Grand Final of Melodi Grand Prix 2020! 10 acts will battle tonight for a chance to wave the Norwegian flag this May in Rotterdam. Tonight’s final is held at the Trondeheim Spektrum in Trondheim and will be hosted by Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ingrid Gjessing […]
Labas vakaras Europa ir labas rytas Australija! This is Vilnius calling! 36 have become 8 – it’s time for the final of Lithuania’s Eurovision selection, Pabandom Iš Naujo! Sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s own James Scanlan entertain and inform you. As always, let me what […]
Vasil Garvanliev will be performing “You” at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, in Rotterdam. Vasil Garvanliev was announced as the North Macedonian entry last month. It is still unclear when “You” will formally be presented to the public. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
It is not long now until we know who will be representing Switzerland and the song that they will be singing. All will be revealed on Wednesday 4th March. SRF, the Swiss broadcaster, received a total of 515 submissions to represent Switzerland in Rotterdam. Twenty one International Jury […]
Israel will not be participating at this year’s Eurovision Young Musicians, to be held in Zagreb, Croatia. Israel are only the second country to officially announce their withdrawal, following Estonia. Israel debuted at the Contest back in 1986. The nation returned for their second and to date, last […]
BIRTHDAY: Yulia Savicheva from Russia is 37 today One thing that can sometimes help your song along is a great bit of choreography. Some songs are crying out for it, where obviously others don’t. So a Eurovision stage can be that pinnacle if your a dancer. Today’s song […]
The first Semi Final of Eesti Laul 2020 has taken place in Tartu tonight – with the second Semi Final happening on Saturday. Tonight, the following six made the Grand Final in Tallinn: Egert Miller Rasmus Randvee Anett x Fredi Synne Valtri feat. Valiharf STEFAN Laura Author: Richard […]
BIRTHDAY: Karoline Krüger from Norway is 50 today If you’re really into your contest, you’ll be watching all of the national finals, semi-finals and miscellaneous heats from around Europe as broadcasters pick their songs for Rotterdam. Some don’t bother asking the public, but some like a whole series […]
During the week, the lyrics for this week’s entries and one minute song snippets have been released ahead of Saturday night’s Semi Final. The acts taking part in Semi Final 3 are: Mariette – “Shout it Out” Albin Johnsen – “Livet börjar nu” Drängarna – “Piga och dräng” […]
Good evening Europe and good morning Australia. Tonight is Semi Final 1 of Eesti Laul 2020!!! Join me, Richard, as we witness the first twelve acts taking to the stage in Tartu, ready to fight it out for the first six spots in the Grand Final. Refresh This […]
This coming Sunday (16th February), Lucie Jones will be ‘Live at the Adelphi’ for a one night-only concert. Accompanied by a 22-piece Orchestra, Lucie will be singing songs from the various musicals she has starred in – including The Wedding Singer, Rent, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables and Waitress. […]
OMNI Television returned the Eurovision Song Contest to Canadian screens last year – albeit on a slight time delay. Omni Television will once again be showing this year’s Contest from Rotterdam. Is is currently unknown if it will be on delay like last year or as a live […]
BIRTHDAY: Ana Rucner is 37 today It would be good to see certain countries come back to our favourite TV show. Not just those micro-states, but there are some larger ones that did well in the past, but now sit on the sidelines. It wasn’t that long ago […]
Tonight, during the ‘Destinatia Eurovision’ show on TVR, it was announced that Roxen will be Romania’s representative at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam. Roxen is a deep-house artist, born in Cluj-Napoca. Her first single in collaboration with Sickotoy reached number 3 on Romanian Airplay 100 and number 7 in […]
BIRTHDAY: Serge Lama from France is 77 today We picked a French singer recently; one that you might not normally associate with our favourite TV show. Well today could be another one. Back in 1971 everything changed. A new voting structure, preview videos, and a natty little venue […]
Fans of Belgium, a date for your diaries! Belgian broadcaster VRT have arranged a press conference to debut Hooverphonic’s Eurovision song on February 17th – so next Monday! According to sources, the song has already been recorded and a video filmed, so presumably both will be premièred at […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
BIRTHDAY: Carita from Finland is 66 today If you were a performer on the Eurovision stage, would you want to open a contest. Someone has to, and there’s debate on whether opening a contest is a good thing. It might have been easier in former times to do […]
TVR have announced that they have changed the date they will reveal this year’s internally selected Act. However we don’t have to wait long, instead of tomorrow (10th February), the announcement will now be made on Tuesday (11th February). The songs for this year’s National Final are still […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
Semi Final 2 of “Szansa na Sukces” has taken place. This week, the theme was Eurovision Hits. Alicja Szemplińska qualified for the Final on Sunday 23rd February, with her rendition of To nie ja! Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
The fifth week, of what is the National Final marathon season is complete. Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a full round-up of all the results, in one place. Sunday 2nd February In Poland, the first Semi Final of Szansa na Sukces took place. The first to qualify for the National […]
This week see’s the sixth weekend of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has three Finals, six Semi Finals, as well as song and artist announcements… Monday 10th February Romania – Artist Announcement Thursday 13th February Estonia – Eesti Laul Semi Final 1 Saturday 15th […]
It’s the result we have all suspected for months – Destiny Chukunyere has won the X Factor Malta and will sing for the island nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Destiny won Junior Eurovision in 2015 and joins the ever expanding list of JESC singers to go […]
The results of Supernova are in and Latvia is sending Samanta Tīna and Still Breathing to the Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Still Breathing will need to earn its spot in Saturday’s final by getting through the 2nd Semi Final on the 14th of May – something Latvia has […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
ICELAND: Two finalists for Söngvakeppnin 2020 The first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin has finished, and two songs have made it through to the final on 29 February. They performed in Icelandic tonight, but have free rein in three weeks time. The lucky finalists are Isold & Helga with “Klukkan […]
SWEDEN: Two more finalists for Melodifestivalen 2020 The second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2020 from Göteborg has finished, and we have more songs for the Grand Final and Andra Chansen. In the Grand Final on 7 March we’ll see Anna Bergendahl with the song “Kingdom Come” and Dotter with […]
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