jjs1990
Writer, traveller, linguist, Eurovision fan!
Yesterday we reported on the story that Russia’s Eurovision entrant Yuliya Samoilova could be denied entry into Ukraine for Eurovision as she had previously been to Crimea. Because Ukraine considers Crimea to be territory occupied by Russia, the government only allows travel there with a permit. As Yuliya […]
Way back in December 2016, Albania became the first of 43 countries to give us their Eurovision 2017 entry. Their song was “Botë”, and although it was in Albanian, we were promised an English language version for the contest. Well, it’s been a long time coming, but finally […]
Russia certainly knows how to generate hype! After rumours they were preparing to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision, last night they rather sensationally announced that Yuliya Samoilova will represent them in Kyiv this May… … except will she? Anyone following the news these last few years will know […]
Bulgaria has been teasing us Eurovision fans a lot these past few months, but at long last (let’s face it, it’s the last country to announce its artist!) we know who is heading to Kyiv to fly the Bulgarian flag – and it’s Kristian Kostov! As a child […]
Earlier this week, SMRTV announced that a duet would represent San Marino at Eurovision this year – and tonight (March 12th) we’ll find out exactly who they are! So far, all we know is that the duo will consist of one Sammarinese singer and one international artist. No […]
Amid all of tonight’s Scandinavian (and Baltic!) excitement, you’d be forgiven for not remembering that the UK also released a revamped version of their song too! “Never Give Up On You” has received a bit of more of an under beat and more instrumentals, though we’re not convinced […]
If you were following our live blog, then you will already know that JOWST has won Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2017 with “Grab The Moment” and will be representing Norway at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Norway will compete in the 2nd semi final on the 11th of […]
As if today wasn’t busy enough with Iceland, Norway, Lithuania and Sweden all deciding on their Eurovision entries and Azerbaijan releasing “Skeletons”, Serbia have also joined the foray and revealed their Eurovision entry! Last week Tijana Bogićević teased us with a snippet of her upcoming Eurovision song “In […]
A date for your diaries, Eurovision fans! As if it wasn’t exciting enough this week with 6 countries revealing their songs, we now have another song premièring this Friday! MACEDONIA! Jana Burčeska will present her Eurovision entry this Friday (March 10th) on Stisni Play, a music show hosted […]
A couple of months back, Eurovision Ireland reported on what appeared to be a bit of a scandal brewing in Eurovision’s smallest competitor. Then everything went suspiciously silent for many weeks, prompting rumours San Marino were going to withdraw. But hurrah! Now we have news! The director General […]