The time has come! Welcome to the Jury Grand Final Live Blog AND our last Live Blog of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest season, here from Tel Aviv! Tonight, the twenty qualifiers from across Tuesday and Thursday take to the stage, joining Israel and the Big 5. 50% […]
Last night the jury rehearsal for the Semi Final 2 left all of us still wondering who is going to qualify. We all said from the beginning that is a though Semi and we continue to think like that. Why? Because there are only about 3 – 4 […]
#ESC2019: Live Blog of Semi 2 Jury Final #DareToDream from 21:00 CET Dusk may have fallen over Tel Aviv, not that it slows this bustling city down! We’re super excited here in Israel as it’s time for the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the Jury […]
STAGGY: Day nine at Eurovision 2019 Working hard! Squeak! Orange Carpet! Squeak! Who to support? Squeeak! So many new friends! Squeeeeaaaakkkkk!!!!! Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
#ESC2019: Second semi-finalists on the Orange Carpet Eurovision Ireland was at the Orange Carpet in Tel Aviv to catch the stars before they went for an official opening reception at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium. See what they had to say. Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
ESC2019: The best/worst lyric of 2019? We all know that killer line in a song can make or break it. But what could be the crucial one this year? Albania – Every song, every tear is just a bitter souvenir… Armenia – First you said you kneeled, you […]
So we’ve seen the rehearsals, we’ve looked at the bookies favourites and we all have our favourites. Some acts are more certain to qualify than others, but who are the acts that are not quite there yet, but they still have a good chance to grab that desired […]
ESC2019: Euroclub opening night After many days of rehearsals, the Euroclub finally opened up. There are two queues to get in, depending on whether you have a press pass or a wristband. Once in, you’re greeted by a pleasant open air area with plenty of seating. Inside is […]
We haven’t even got to the live shows here in Tel Aviv yet, but DR, the Danish broadcaster has already announced the venue and date for next year’s National Final. After eighteen years, Copenhagen will return to hosting the National Final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. Royal Arena, in […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY SEVEN REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day seven of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final two acts of the first semi-final, first nine acts of the second semi final, Israel and the […]
Once rehearsals for Eurovision start, the well-known Daily Press Poll conducted by our friends at ESCXTRA, gives us the most anticipated opinion of the day: who was the best? who was the worst in the eyes of the expert? How does it work? 35 members of the press […]
ESC2019: Day three thoughts – part three We look at the final three songs that rehearsed on day three. These are Denmark, Austria and Sweden. Are we speaking the truth? Author: Eurovision Ireland Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Jørgen Olsen from Denmark is 69 today I’ve given you a couple pf days of songs that didn’t quite make the grade in their respective contests. I’m changing that today with one that did slightly better. So better in fact, this song actually won. It was much […]
BIRTHDAY: Søren Bundgaard from Denmark is 63 today. We often discuss the idea of a gimmick on here. Sometimes they work, like a job lot of waving cats. Sometimes not, in the case of a giant apricot stone. Of course, the gimmick doesn’t have to be inanimate. Today’s […]
BIRTHDAY: Emmelie de Forest from Denmark is 26 today Do you remember a few years ago when the Nordics, more specifically Scandinavia, had things sewn up. We say this from time to time that some countries could have a guy on stage humming and he’d still come third. […]
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