No more Greek Tragedies – It’s ‘Opa’ time. OGAE Greece and national news agency newsit.gr are reporting that the band ‘Europond’ will be representing Greece at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. Other names like Ithikon Akmeotaton & Salina or Sleeping Pillow are apparently rumors. Europond are allegedly going to send an […]
Stockholm is the venue for Eurovision 2016 and today the 43 countries began their journey (aka Marathon) for glory in May as the draw took place today for the Semi Final allocation. This is a ROLLING BLOG beginning at 11:15CET and you can WATCH HERE. You know the […]
The sixth JESC took us to more pastures new. At long long last, we finally saw a contest taking place in Cyprus. Naturally, there was a generally sunny theme to proceedings, even though the contest took place in November. Still, a very good choice in my opinion. Host […]
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 […]
Are you happy to get your kit off and then take a picture of it AND then post it on social media? Well if I wasn’t sooooo addicted to carbs I would have no hesitation to do so – damn you pasts and bread! Many of your Eurovision […]
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 […]
The first JESC in Copenhagen had been a success, maybe more of a success than people expected. We had a country winning a Eurovision event for the first time, and a lot of interest to increase from the 16 countries in the first event. The EBU had aimed […]
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 […]