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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Eurovision host country is sending Frans to London. No need to feel sorry! SVT is sending their Golden Boy to London to welcome Europe to Stockholm. Yes Frans who will represent Sweden on home soil at Eurovision 2016 will be performing at the London Eurovision Party next […]
Will all of the televotes be announced at Eurovision 2016? That has been the question asked by many since the EBU announced the new voting procedure at Eurovision this year – SEE HERE In Summary so on the night it will be business as usual. The jury members […]
We are now just weeks away from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and it’s about this time that people who don’t follow Eurovision year round start to join us on social media, blogs and fan sites. So if we’ve not seen you since around this time last year, […]
We continue to look at how the 43 songs from 2016 are doing in terms of their Youtube hits. These are based on the Official Videos which you can find on the official Eurovision Youtube channel HERE. In a break with the previous charts, I’ve this time broken […]
Which of the automatic qualifiers for Eurovision 2016 will finish higher this year? Our International poll is now open for the Big 6! The Big 6 are The UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and this year’s host country Sweden. The betting odds have France highest of the 6 […]
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 […]
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 […]