#BIRTHDAY: Conchita Wurst from Austria is 35 today Some of our friends around Europe are convinced that their country will never win European (and Australian) singing’s greatest prize. No-one likes us, they cry. It’s all a stitch up, with neighbourly voting and politics aplenty. It’s clearly not true. […]
#BIRTHDAY: Christina Simon from Austria is 69 today One trick that’s been tried occasionally at our favourite TV show is to make the arena audience feel special by singing about their country/city. It might give your song an extra big reception, which the jurors and televoters pick up […]
#BIRTHDAY: Peter Horten from Austria is 82 today Would you be happy to be a home entrant. The one that the host broadcaster has picked to win (or otherwise), and have a massive home audience hoping that you can win. It’s a lot of pressure, especially when the […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lum!x from Austria is 21 today That thing where you hear a Eurovision song – pre-contest obviously – and think it could really challenge for the win when it gets on that stage. And then, when you see it on said stage, you wonder what you were […]
With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and who has […]
Good evening Europe and good morning Australia, this is Liverpool calling! Tonight is the Grand Final Jury Show, during which the 37 juries around Europe and beyond will watch a full run through of tomorrow night’s live show and cast their votes. 26 countries will sing tonight – […]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 continues tonight with the Second Semi Final, live from the pride of England’s north west, Liverpool! Hosting on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine, join in all the fun from 21:00 CET – check your local listings to find out which channel is showing it! […]
#BIRTHDAY: Timna Brauer from Austria is 62 today These days, our favourite TV show is fairly free and easy with language. If a country isn’t using its own language, then English is the favourite but not the only choice. Some songs even contain a plethora of tongues to […]
#ESC2023: EI Review Part 4 We at Eurovision Ireland like to review the songs in a contest, and this year is no exception. We’ve split the 37 songs over seven shows to give you our views. As last year, we’ll be scoring them out of 50. Can we […]
ORF 1, Das Erste & SRF 1 will simulcast programming before and after the Grand Final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. “ESC – Der Countdown” will broadcast from 20:15 CET, while “ESC – Die Aftershow” will broadcast from 00:45 CET. The shows will be broadcast […]