#FRANCE: First four finalists selected France Télévisions has just revealed the first four finalists for Destination Eurovision, the series of shows to select the French entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs competed for the four spots, which were chosen by six jurors – three […]
#FRANCE: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision Semi-final One! After several years of internal selections, it appears that France Télévisions has bigger plans, with a three-week run to pick a song for Lisbon. Tonight is the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision, and nine songs will compete for four places […]
France Gall, who won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 70. She had been ill for some time, and was undergoing treatment in Paris. Fans of Eurovision will know her for representing Luxembourg in 1965, when the contest was held in Naples. Her song ‘Poupée de […]
Yesterday, our friends at ESC Radio showed off their annual countdown, to find the favourite songs of 2017. In what proved no surprise, Euphoria by Loreen won again for the sixth consecutive year. As you know, she won the 2012 Contest in Baku for Sweden. The full […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 January Gisela A new year, and we can now say that Israel will be hosting this year. Exciting, isn’t it? Well it is for the 42 countries that will be there on stage between 14 and 18 May. Will yours be of them? One country that […]
#AUSTRALIA: It’s Jessica Mauboy for Lisbon! Those early rumours of an Australian national final have proven unfounded, again. Broadcaster SBS has revealed that it will be sending Jessica Mauboy half way across the world to represent Australia in Lisbon. The fourth entrant for Australia has actually been on […]
#LATVIA: Details of Supernova 2018 Latvian broadcaster LTV has announced more details of its selection process for Lisbon. As in previous years, ‘Supernova’ will be the vehicle, and we know the 21 participating songs. We’ll get more details of the format soon, but here’s the list: Agnese Stengrevics […]
FINLAND: Hyvää syntymäpäivää Suomeen!! One of our more erstwhile countries who love Eurovision has today celebrated a big milestone. In 1917, Finland became an independent nation and has never looked back. Over the years, they’ve excelled in athletics, motor sport and ice hockey. Eurovision has had a somewhat […]
SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen 2018 participants revealed One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Eurovision season is Melodifestivalen. It’s consistently popular, watched all over Europe, and even the venues for the semi-finals and finals sell out in record time. Broadcaster SVT always takes it around Sweden, thus generating […]
#UK: Details revealed of Eurovision Your Decision 2018 The UK’s broadcaster, the BBC, has today revealed that it is again going down the route of a national final, and this will happen on Wednesday 7 February 2018 on BBC2. It’s not coming from London, but this year has […]