Earlier today, it was announced that Belarus will now allow tourists to stay in the country for up to 30 days without a visa – meaning anyone planning to go to Junior Eurovision in Minsk this year will no longer have to fill out paperwork before hand! That […]
Within the last week, we have seen news that confirms at least one non-debutant and one non-returnee. A few week ago, we looked at the possible debutants at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel next year. We can now confirm that Liechtenstein are very unlikely to be there […]
This morning, Netta made her US television debut on NBC’s The Today Show. Not only did she talk about the Eurovision Song Contest and meeting Prince William amongst other things, she also performed “Toy” live. All this can be seen in full below: Video: YouTube/Perlez41 Author: Richard Taylor […]
Every Monday for the last few weeks, we have been looking back at former participating nations at the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, in our penultimate #MondayMemories, we look back at Slovakia, a country that competed 8 times – the last in 2012, after failing to qualify from […]
The Swiss National Final, Die Entscheidungsshow, that has been in use since 2011 has been cancelled. From 2019, an Internal Selection will be used to select the Swiss entry. A mixture of a public jury (100 members) and an international jury (20 members) will have the final say. […]
The international music festival Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag) celebrates this year 50 years since its debut in 1968. The festival – organized by the Romanian TV broadcaster TVR – is traditionaly held in Brasov, one of the most beautiful cities in Romania. Lots of international artists have taken the […]
This week as a one off, #WinnersWednesday is on a Sunday – after many winners have been crowned in various sporting events this weekend. This week, we continue to look back at past winners from the Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we will be casting our eyes over […]
If you followed Destination Eurovision 2018 organised by the French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 2, then you might remember Emmy Liyana. She had a song with a powerful message “Ok ou KO” and was one of the jury’s favourites for the win. In the end, she […]
It has been announced that the Eurovision Choir Of The Year will take place in Gothenburg next year, as part of the European Choir Games once again. The venue will be the Scandinavium Arena, a firm favourite on the Melodifestivalen tour circuit, on Saturday 3rd August. It is […]
#MACEDONIA: Vlatko Ilievski has died It’s been announced that Vlatko Ilievski, the representative for Macedonia at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest has died. He was found dead in his car on 6 July, just four days after his 33rd birthday. The cause of death has yet to be […]