Minus One’s ‘Alter Ego’ will get a touch of ‘Euphoria’ at Eurovision 2016. Minus One and CYBC have announced that Sacha Jean-Baptiste will be the Artistic Director of this year’s Cypriot entry at the Eurovision Song Contest. Sacha will create the staging for the band’s song ‘Alter Ego’ that […]
Continuing my delve into the staging & presentation of Eurovision songs and today we look at the Pyrotechnics. It’s something we’ve very much come to expect in Eurovision these days, not that every song needs flaming pianos (see. Austria 2015) guitars (see. Albania 2013) or record decks (see. Bulgaria 2005) but they […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 4 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over the […]
The OGAE POLL is onto the 4th Jury and the votes from Switzerland following those of Slovenia. Is this becoming a 3 horse race? Swiss Votes 12 points – France 10 points – Russia 8 points – Australia 7 points – Latvia 6 points – Austria 5 […]
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 […]
Following on from last weeks article highlighting some rather impressive Eurovision tattoos that fans have had inked into their skin (myself included!) So being Eurovision Ireland’s resident tattoo lover, I thought I’d have a look at some of my favourites tattoos we’ve seen on the Eurovision stages. Guy Sebastian Starting […]
Now that the National Finals season is finished and all songs for Eurovision 2016 have been selected we now have a period of around 4 weeks where we wait for the rehearsals to begin in Stockholm. What better way to fill the time than to look back over the […]
So we come to the fifth and final part of returning writers. You will have seen names from all over Europe (and not just Sweden). You will have seen writers that are back for the second year in a row, and writers that have been runners-up. We start […]
OGAE Slovenia have just awarded their votes for the annual OGAE Poll and it’s good news for Nicky Byrne and Kaliopi. Following on from the votes of Belarus here are the Top 10 countries according to Slovenia. OGAE Slovenia Votes 1 Pt – Azerbaijan 2 […]
As you’ll know, we’ve been tracking the fortunes of the videos of the 43 songs through their Youtube hits. These figures are based on the Official Videos on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. There are other videos of the songs on there, but we’re only counting the Official […]