#SAN MARINO: Valentina’s back to sing in Kyiv! San Marino has revealed that Valentina Monetta is back – again – to try for Eurovision success. This time, however, she will be duetting with Jimmie Wilson. The song will be called ‘Spirit of the night’. Valentina needs no introduction, […]
#EUROVISION 2017: Youtube hits – 12 March Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at which Youtube videos are popular and which are not. This chart looks at the average daily hits for the official videos on the Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel, since they first appeared on […]
#ICELAND: Svala wins the Söngvakeppnin ticket to Kyiv Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin has just finished, and Svala will be going to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Paper’. Svala Björnvinsdóttir beat Daði Freyr Perúrsson in the superfinal, after they won a combined jury and televote. Here’s her official video. […]
#IRELAND: Niamh Kavanagh wins Masterchef It’s a question often asked: Once you’ve won the Eurovision Song Contest, what else is there? Well, for the winner of the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest in Millstreet, the answer is Masterchef. Niamh was in the Irish edition of the successful format, and […]
#ICELAND: Live blog of Söngvakeppnin Final! JOIN US from 20.45 CET It’s Söngvakeppnin Final time in Iceland. Seven songs have made it this far. These are the best three in each semi-final, plus one lucky wild card. As you’ll see, most of the titles have changed, as the Söngvakeppnin rules allow […]
#EUROVISION 2017: Youtube hits – 8 March Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at which Youtube videos are popular and which are not. This chart looks at the average daily hits for the official videos on the Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel, since they first appeared on […]
#PORTUGAL: Salvador Sobral to represent his country in Kyiv in May RTP’s Festival da Canção has just finished, and Salvador Sobral has won the grand prize of a two-week trip to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Amar pelos dois’. After an extensive show, that included a tribute to […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção Final. Join us from 22.00 CET! Portugal tonight chooses its song for Kyiv, after a year out in 2016. Sixteen songs have been whittled down to eight, but only one can win. Who will it be? Tune in to the blog […]
#ICELAND: Live blog of Söngvakeppnin semi-final – JOIN US from 20.45 CET Eurovision’s westernmost member – Iceland – has its second semi-final of Söngvakeppnin tonight. Six songs will compete for three berths in next week’s final, joining three songs chosen last week. Hopefully we’ll help you to distinguish […]
Happy independence day to Estonia! As you’ll know, it’s a country that first attempted Eurovision success in 1993, and was the first former USSR nation to win. But more of that later. Here we take a look at some of its entries down the years. The best place […]