Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Portugal. Portugal debuted at the Contest in 1964, in Copenhagen, Denmark. António Calvário finished in […]
This week we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, on Saturday 3rd April – the first to be held in Ireland and the only Contest to be held at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Over the course of the week, culminating on the 50th […]
#BIRTHDAY: Armando Gama from Portugal is 67 today The set at a Eurovision Song Contest is always a talking point. In the 21st Century, it’s an eagerly anticipated announcement. How many video screens will it have? Will there be an island stage? Will the fans get equal billing […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Semi-final Two draw The 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is now starting to get exciting, now we’ve had the draw for the semi-finals. It’s always interesting to see who gets placed where. Will this crucial draw sink a song’s chances? Or will it boost the chances […]
With Sweden’s Melodifestivalen wrapping up last night, the last national selection of the 2021 season has come to an end as we only have broadcaster’s announcements left to look forward to. While we’re now all excitedly looking ahead to May and eagerly awaiting the start of the contest […]
#PORTUGAL: And the winner is… The 2021 RTP Festival da Canção has finished, and the people of Portugal have decided to send a song to Rotterdam. And that song is… Love is on your side by The Black Mamba! The final results were: Love is on your side […]
#PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção 2021 from 22.00CET After two semi-finals, we’ve been left with 10 songs, all wanting to be the one to go to Rotterdam for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight at the Grand Final of RTP’s Festival da Canção, we’ll find out […]
The seventh week, of what is the National Final marathon season is complete. Every Sunday, #JoinUs for a full round-up of all the results, in one place. Wednesday 24th February In Cyprus, Elena released her song “El Diablo”. Thursday 25th February In Germany, Jendrik released his song “I Don’t Feel […]
This week see’s the eighth of the week-in, week-out National Final marathon season! This week has ten shows, as well as song announcements… Tuesday 2nd March Italy – San Remo Night 1 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Wednesday 3rd March Italy – San Remo Night 2 (19:30 GMT/20:30 CET) Thursday […]
#PORTUGAL: Five more songs survive Festival da Canção 2021 The Portuguese public have picked five more song to go through to the Grand Final of Festival da Canção 2021 on Saturday 6 March. But what are the five? EU.CLIDES – Volte-Face Pedro Gonçalves – Não vou ficar Carolina […]
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