SVT have made their announcement for the Melodifestivalen Hosts for 2016. As expected Gina Diwawi, who the good people at Aftonbladet said would got the call, indeed got named first as the main hostess. However in two surprise announcements Petra Mede and Charlotte Perrelli have been announced as co hosts for […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 2 rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. You know the drill by now. Just refresh the page to get the latest news on the contestants and their performances. http://youtu.be/IlOmzm4u_KA Our good friend Phil comes to […]
Welcome to Sofia and welcome to our rolling blog for the Day 1 rehearsals of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. You know the drill by now. Just refresh the page to get the latest news on the contestants and their performances. Our good friend Phil comes to […]
Junior Eurovision had made it to its tenth edition, but things had taken a bit of a dive. Only 12 countries participated, which made it the smallest field to date. Four countries decided not to send entries this year – Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and Macedonia. Some would return. […]
Forget your Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton videos! We have our own Eurovision Winner that is not scared share – or should that be bare all – for us! Whoever started the rumor that ‘Swedes have no sense of humor’ certainly don’t know the people I know or […]
Junior Eurovision 2011 came around, and we had a number of new firsts. In every previous contest, the host has never been the winner of the previous year. This time, and not for the first time, Armenia hosted the contest after winning. It was their first time hosting […]
Three bids were received by the EBU for the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Belarus won the right, over Russia and Malta. After the lowest number of entrants to date, a bounce back occurred with Latvia and Lithuania returning, and Moldova débuting. Unfortunately, Cyprus and Romania were both […]
Ukraine won the honour of hosting the seventh Junior Eurovision, so saw fit to host it in their capital. It was only the second time that a city had hosted both a JESC and a senior ESC. And the Palace of Sports became the only venue – to […]
Two Eurovision winners come together for a potential Eurovision 2016 entry for Sweden. Thomas G:son confirmed on Swedish National Radio ‘Sveriges Radio’ that he has collaborated with Eurovision 2015 winner, Måns Zelmerlöw, on a song that has been submitted for Melodifestivalen 2016. Who will perform the song? […]
The 2007 Junior Eurovision moved back west, and made history for various reasons. The Netherlands had narrowly lost out on bidding to host the 2006 edition, so it was probably only fair they won the right to host 2007 in Rotterdam. The number of participants rose again, which […]