The live auditions are completed and the jury have their 10 acts selected for the final to see who will represent Belarus at Eurovision 2016. Our girl Jennifer had her favorite Top 10 acts – SEE HERE – but we want you to now vote in our on-line […]
The hunt is on in Belarus for the 2016 Eurovision representative, so I took to YouTube to check out the videos of all those who auditioned. The winners in the audition phase will be decided by a jury but here are my top ten hot tips for the […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 5, the Jury Final, of final dress rehearsals if you will, of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. John of this Parish will be blogging tonight and Phil from OnEurope may chip in but he is concentrating on […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 4, the final day of open rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. This will see the 2nd half of the performers sing in reverse order from that on Tuesday Our good friend Phil comes to […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 2 rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. You know the drill by now. Just refresh the page to get the latest news on the contestants and their performances. http://youtu.be/IlOmzm4u_KA Our good friend Phil comes to […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 1 rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. You know the drill by now. Just refresh the page to get the latest news on the contestants and their performances. Our good friend Phil comes to […]
Junior Eurovision had made it to its tenth edition, but things had taken a bit of a dive. Only 12 countries participated, which made it the smallest field to date. Four countries decided not to send entries this year – Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Macedonia. Some would return. […]
Junior Eurovision 2011 came around, and we had a number of new firsts. In every previous contest, the host has never been the winner of the previous year. This time, and not for the first time, Armenia hosted the contest after winning. It was their first time hosting […]
The 2007 Junior Eurovision moved back west, and made history for various reasons. The Netherlands had narrowly lost out on bidding to host the 2006 edition, so it was probably only fair they won the right to host 2007 in Rotterdam. The number of participants rose again, which […]
As you’ll know, the selections for Junior Eurovision are continuing apace, so we at EI thought it would be good to do a small round-up of where we are. Don’t forget, there are just over five weeks to the big night. Australia’s inclusion of Bella Paige and her song My […]
The fourth Junior Eurovision saw it venture, for the first time, to a country that had never hosted the senior version. Romania’s nation broadcaster TVR beat the Dutch and Croatians for the honour to host. Naturally, as this was a first for Romania, they hosted it in Bucharest. […]
Two JESCs down, and it’s clear that it’s here to stay. The two winners to date were quality, and very mature in tone. Croatia, Spain and the UK had filled the top three places both times so far, but the remainder were gunning for them. As it’s turned […]
It’s time for the ‘Hokey Pokey’ dance of who is in and who is out of Eurovision 2016. Yes countries and broadcasters have that decision to make if they want to come and join the party in Stockholm next May. So let’s just have a recap of who […]
It was only in 2003 that the first Junior Eurovision appeared on our screens. A contest full of hope and expectation for the years to come. A contest that was the first (senior or junior) to be broadcast in widescreen. A contest that was the first to spawn […]
If you’re an avid follower of the European Broadcasting Union, it won’t have escaped you that there’s not just the Eurovision Song Contest that is one of its major productions. One of its others is the Junior version – known to us as JESC. Is it right, you […]