UK –Sir Terry Wogan Dies Aged 77 His family has just broken the news that the veteran Eurovision commentator and host “died today after a short but brave battle with cancer” He passed away surrounded by his family. The BBC director general Tony Hall commented “Terry truly was […]
Hungary – Join us tonight at 19:40 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the second heat of A-Dal 2016. See how we got on with the First Heat HERE 10 acts will compete for a place in the Semi Finals. You can watch the show live here at […]
As many of you already know, Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz are set to represent Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest. They are an indie rock band and the first all-male band to represent Georgia in the contest. Songwriters were invited to send in their entries for […]
Who should represent Spain at Eurovision 2016? With the 6 acts announced for the Spanish national selection for Eurovision 2016, we are asking you who you think should represent the country at Eurovision in Stockholm. The early leader was Barei but now it is a close race for […]
5 songs selected and 38 left to go – What is your favourite so far? Last weekend saw another 2 songs join the class of Eurovision 2016 – Belarus and Malta. So let’s take an International Poll to see what song you like the most so far? VOTE, […]
How will the ‘Land of Fire’ select their act for Eurovision 2016? Azerbaijani television ITV have announced that they will follow the same procedure as last year and internally select their artist for Eurovision 2016. T ITV have opened a song submission period for artists and song writers […]
Bosnia & Herzegovina Broadcaster In Financial Difficulties Eurovision is a contest between Broadcasters and therefore is not ‘political’. That is the official stance and it then comes as worrying news when we read that the national broadcaster of BHRT is reporting financial difficulties potentially resulting in the loss […]
Globen is the stage and ‘country versus country’ is the game! Well it sounds like something from a Rocky (or now known as Creed) movie tagline! The reality is that it couldn’t be further from the truth than Australia being in Europe just off the west coast of […]
France is holding another internal selection to choose a song for Stockholm this year. Like some other countries, they must be wondering what they need to do to win the contest. It’s been 39 years since Marie Myriam performed that reprise of L’oiseau et l’enfant in London. […]
In an unexpected turn of events, Poland have reverted to a national final format. The newly appointed TVP1 channel director Jan Pawlicki took to Twitter to reveal that the country will hold a national selection on March 5th. “Let the viewers decide who will represent Poland in Eurovision! […]