‘The Winner Takes it All‘ and the rest get eliminated or go to Andra Chanson After the week where Moldova of all places, threw a spanner in the works of the Machine that is Melodifestivalen, we still managed to have Heat 1 of this year’s search for Sweden’s home […]
UMK is underway, and tonight Finland selected three songs to go to the final of the competition on Saturday 27 February. Are your favourites from tonight among them? If you missed the blog (and where were you?), you can find it HERE. Eini – Draamaa Saara Aalto – No fear […]
Melodi Nummer Ett – OMG we will be hearing those magic words shortly for the first time this season! Yes it’s time for our LIVE ROLLING BLOG to come hurtling at you like an angry Christer Bjorkman when he finds out one of his Schlager song was poached […]
Hungary – Join us tonight at 19:40 CET for our LIVE rolling blog of the third and final heat of A-Dal 2016 10 acts will compete for a place in the Semi Finals. You can watch the show live here at 19:40 CET and just refresh our page here to […]
‘Baby It’s Cold in Here – But not for much longer’ Iceland bring the first Semi Final of their Eurovision 2016 selection Söngvakeppni and boy are we excited like an Icelander at McDonald’s ordering a MacReindeer Meal!! Our Girl Jennifer gave her thoughts on all of the Icelandic songs and […]
Hyvää iltaa (as they say in Jyväskylä! Those crazy crazy Finns are in Eurovision, with their own unique formula. Whilst other countries may go all populist in their approach, UMK – Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu – is definitely Finnish. Broadcaster YLE goes for variety and maybe just a little bit […]
Dobroho vechora! Kiev calling! After taking a year out, Ukraine return to Europe’s favourite music competition and their road to Stockholm starts right here! Tonight, 9 acts will compete for one of 3 places in the final for the chance to sing for Ukraine in Sweden this May. […]
Before Melodifestivalen kick’s off in Gothenburg this weekend amid controversy, we have already seen one song disqualified and a co-presenter sacked. However, let’s forget about this year’s contest temporarily and look back at ten moments that have made Melodifestivalen the contest it is! 1: Seventh Time Lucky For […]
Next Saturday 6th February, Iceland will begin to search for its Eurovision contender for Stockholm 2016. Who will it be? We took a look at the contestants and listened to their songs: Alna Dis Arnardottir – Instant I took an ‘Instant’ liking to this song. It’s beautifully […]
Saturday 6th February sees the first of three UMK16 qualifying heats to find this year’s Finnish entry for Eurovision 2016. Here’s a look at the six competitors in heat one PLUS make sure to see who you have been voting for in our International Poll for Favourite Song […]