Welcome to Malta and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 2 rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014. You know the drill by now. Just refresh the page to get the latest news on the contestants and their performances. So we have Andrew, Phil and […]
Ireland’s search for Eurovision 2015 is getting me hot under the colour as the amount of talent that has risen to the challenge of the open selection is confounding tabloid critics that claim there is no interest in the contest. Eurovision Ireland can confirm that an Irish songwriter […]
Iceland (like Sweden) had introduced a gender quota of male and female songwriter equality in their Eurovision national selection for 2015. The new rule came under scrutiny from Icelandic 2008 representative Friðrik Ómar and others. It has now been announced that they rule of where 50% of shortlisted songs […]
“Whether your entry advances in a song contest or not should not be dependant upon your gender”, says Friðrik Ómar. The Icelandic Eurovision singer was speaking on radio regarding the new rule by RÚV where 50% of the selected songs in the country’s Eurovision selection must be composed […]
Would the time come? It seems as if all the neighbours had opened their selection process for Eurovision 2015. No it is good to be different and break away from the norm or so I was told as a schoolboy! One of the most westerly counties of Europe […]
#BiteUs for the Eurovision ‘Second Cherry Song Contest’ of 2014. “Oh Matron” it sounds like something from a ‘Carry On Up The Orchard’ film. Well it is not! ‘Eurovision Second Cherry’ is the great idea from Eurovision fans in the United Kingdom. Every year several months after the […]
So we have had a lot of Eurovision 2015 confirmations, intentions and apologies so we thought it wise to have a quick run through the list to see where we stand. As we say ALL the time that until the official deadlines are passed and all documentation received […]
Pollapönk are doing it for the kids again! Yes the colourful men from Iceland are back and today sees their new song ‘Tabula rasa’ released. Being colour blind they and their suits had me highly confused at Eurovision this year. The song is a collaboration with the female […]
Thursday September 11th has seen more countries confirm that they will be attending Eurovision 2015 in Vienna. So who do we have now attending next year’s 60th contest. 28 countries so far have said they will be at Eurovision 2015 but remember that this is a provisional list […]
Tuesday September 9th was a great day for Balkan confirmations that they intend on being at Eurovision 2015 in Vienna. So who do we have now attending next year’s 60th contest. 26 countries so far have said they will be at Eurovision 2015 but remember that this is […]