Viktor Király is probably the most well-known Hungarian export to the USA in some considerable time due to his successful run on ‘The Voice’ in America this year. He has participated before in A-Dal in the hope of representing Hungary at Eurovision but was pipped at the post. […]
Eesti Laul is proving to be popular at home and abroad for Estonia. Last month they gave us the first listen of 3 of the songs in contention for Eurovision 2016. Talk about teasing us! Now further acts have released the videos of their songs hoping to make […]
The Grammy Awards were announced and big names dominate the proceedings like Kendrik Lamar and Taylor Swift. However many Eurovision singers have over the years been nominated and won one of the coveted Golden Gramophones! So who? “Nel blu dipinto di blu”, popularly known as “Volare” (flying), is […]
Moldova looks like it could become the country that gives artists from other countries the chance to make it to Eurovision. 2015 they gave Eduard Romanyuta the golden ticket to Vienna. The rules for the Moldovan national selection state that the singers must be citizens of the country but […]
Switzerland yesterday held a marathon ‘Expert Check’ session where the 19 remaining acts competed for the 6 places in the Swiss National Final aka ‘Die Entscheidungsshow’. At times I said ‘Why?’ but I persevered. The 6 finalists Rykka – ‘The Last of our Kind‘ (SRF) Swiss-German Vincent Gross […]
After an exhaustive selection process we actually get to listen to songs performed life today in Zürich as the judges will narrow down the 19 remaining acts to just 6. The lucky 6 will perform in the National Final on February 13th. How Can You Watch The 19 […]
Ukraine are back at Eurovision and we are VERY happy with this news. The Odessa auditions take place on December 12th. Here we will see the familiar name of Viktoria Petryk. Viktoria will be performing the song ‘Overload’ that is composed by Eurovision Meistros Ylva and Linda Persson who […]
Israel begin the search for their Eurovision 2016 entrant as the highly successful “Next Eurovision Star” hits the airwaves tonight. Last year the show was called ‘Rising Star’ and it gave us Nadav Guedj who brought Israel to the Grand Final with his ‘Golden Boy’ anthem. The show […]
Are my eyes deceiving me? Are there two Conchita’s now? Or is it just old age catching up on my eyesight? NO is the answer as Ruth Lorenzo (Eurovision 2014) gave a stellar performance as Eurovision Winner and best friend Conchita Wurst on the Spanish version of ‘Your […]
Donny Montell has dropped the 50 Shades of Grey blindfold that he donned at Eurovision 2012 and is back for Eurovision 2016 with the infectious ‘Waiting For This Night’. Best way to describe this entry is a great Coldplay song (when Coldplay made monster hits). A rousing chorus […]