This year’s International Juries have been revealed. Instead of 11 juries, we now only have 8 – although they still have a 50% say in the overall outcome. The eight countries taking part in jury service this year are: Austria Australia Cyprus Finland France Israel Portugal United Kingdom […]
TG4 have confirmed via their official Twitter feed that Ireland will once again be at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – this year will be Ireland’s fifth participation. While no further information has been released, we expect Junior Eurovision Eire to be used once again as their National […]
BIRTHDAY: Bernadette from the Netherlands is 60 today Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible. They were allowed a few phrases in other languages. If you did it right, you could […]
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. […]
Following the news earlier that Ukraine are withdrawing from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, both the EBU and UA:PBC have issued statements. While the EBU hinted, they didn’t mention any repercussions. The EBU issued this statement: “Each participating broadcaster is responsible for the selection of […]
BIRTHDAY: Jessika from San Marino is 30 today Coming from one country yet singing for another? Well, it happens as well you know. Maybe more often that we realise. But some countries seem more likely to pick a foreigner than others. If you cast your mind back to […]
The turmoil in the aftermath of Vidbir 2019 has reached a its climax today – with Ukraine withdrawing from Eurovision 2019 After Maruv won the national selection but couldn’t agree on the terms of her contract with national broadcaster UA:PBC, the ticket to Tel Aviv was offered to […]
Recently we reported on how despite winning Vidbir 2019, Maruv would not be going to Tel Aviv as neither she nor the broadcaster could agree on the terms of her Eurovision contract. Today, Vidbir’s runners up Freedom Jazz have announced that Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC approached them to represent […]
BIRTHDAY: Sandie Shaw from the UK is 72 today It’s monochrome Tuesday here, so suspend your disappointment in the lack of colour, and concentrate on the song. A song that won. And was the first song in the now all-pervasive English language to win. Picture the scene. A […]
We’ve been waiting with baited breath since Saturday night, and now we have our answer – despite winning Vidbir 2019, Maruv will not be representing Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 After hours of meetings between Maruv’s team and the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC earlier today, the two […]
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