Farid Mammadov brought Azerbaijan to second place at Eurovision 2013 with his song “Hold Me”. We already reported on his plans for the next year and possibly returning to Eurovision again like Dima Bilan. On June 7th, Farid will be attending in Moscow, the MUZ TV Awards. The night […]
According to “The Economist” there is a cyber-attack currently being waged against the a Lithuanian news portal called DELFI due to their current article regarding the alleged Russian attempt to buy Lithuanian Eurovision tele votes. The net result is that the country’s internet has been drastically slowed down […]
The United Kingdom has been in the throes of a massive debate on whether they should be in or out of the European Union. The national polling survey group “YouGov”, have completed their periodic surveys and following Eurovision 2013 they replaced “European Union” with “Eurovision Song Contest” for a […]
Farid Mammadov came close to taking Eurovision back to Baku this year when he finished second in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2013. In an interview Farid has laid out his plans and hopes for the future – and they could include Eurovision again. Having thoroughly enjoyed his […]
The Grand Final of Eurovision 2013 had not even taken place last Saturday before a report by a Lithuanian news agency claimed they had video footage of Azeri officials trying to buy televotes in Lithuania. This was followed up by claims that due to irregularities in the voting […]
Eurovision Ireland had the pleasure of meeting Farid Mammadov of Azerbaijan today for a video interview. He was a gentleman both on and off camera and I think our Elaine (Mammadov) Dove – Eurovision Ireland reporter – was a little smitten and was in a quiver holding the […]
Today, the Eurovision Ireland team were invited to attend a short press event jointly held by the delegations from Azerbaijan and The United Kingdom for Eurovision 2013 in Malmo. Farid Mammadov and Bonnie Tyler both arrived in the main square by the Eurovision 2013 clock for a photo […]
Monday May 13th – so what is happening today at Eurovision? Well there will be the first full dress rehearsal of Semi Final 1 at 17:00 (CET) and the 2nd one at 21:00 (CET). We will be in the arena and will have a rolling blog of the show so we […]
In the last couple of days we have seen polls from the Press Centre confirm most of the bookmakers’ odds on the first semi-final, but as we review the odds on qualification from the second semi-final, it’s clear that here there is a big difference between the polls […]
Farid Mammadov had the 2nd rehearsal of his Eurovision 2013 song “Hold Me” for Azerbaijan today. Azerbaijan (YouTube Video Courtesy of ESCkaz) Elaine’s view This is just fantastic. The routine inside the box was slightly different today and is even better. This has to be a definite qualifier […]