Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 3 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
Earlier this evening, it was revealed by the European Broadcasting Union that this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Valetta after Destiny took Malta’s second victory in the contest in Sofia. This year, the contest will be taking part on the afternoon of Sunday 20th November. […]
Do you remember back a few years ago when radio stations across the UK refused to play any Cliff Richard songs? He was completely removed from virtually all playlists as though his 50+ year musical career hadn’t happened. Now whether you like Cliff’s music or not doesn’t […]
We’re all busy compiling lists of our favourite songs for 2016. No doubt they’ll all differ, as it’s a dull old world when we all agree. Is Sergey from Russia going to be everyone’s No.1 song, or is it over-rated? Will Serhat from San Marino and his re-arranged […]
Continuing my delve into the staging & presentation of Eurovision songs over the past 60 years, we’ve considered the results that can be achieved with the now huge video walls that form the backdrop of the modern Eurovision stage, last week we looked at the pyrotechnics because, let’s face it, who […]
You never forget your first time (Or so they say) No, I’m talking about Eurovision! I think all of us who know and love the Eurovision Song Contest have a special place in our hearts for the first one we ever encountered. In this little series we’re making […]
Let’s face it, everyone loves a winner. But for all the winners of our illustrious contest, around half of the countries taking part in Eurovision have never taken home the trophy. This is despite the fact that after 60 contests with 50 nations taking part, it was theoretically […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 3 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 3 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over […]
Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a brief look back at some of the week’s top stories in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. During Eurovision Fortnight in May, we will be doing a daily debrief as there will be so much going on – it would just be […]