In this editorial piece, Phil Colclough, Webmaster of OnEurope (revamp coming!!) shares his thoughts about Spain and their fall out of love with Eurovision. It generally starts so well. Lots of fan support some verging on the fanatical at times, getting behind one or two local artistes. […]
After weeks of meetings, discussions, false leeks, EBU visits and altered announcement dates it has finally been announced publicly that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv. The bidding phase had ended with Dnipro, Kyiv and Odessa being the last three […]
In the first of an occasional series, we explore what possible new paths the competing nations can take when their choosing their songs for Eurovision, and debating whether a different approach could indeed lead to better results. And we’re starting with everybody’s favourite underdogs… Malta. If your only experience […]
According to the Bosnian news website Klix.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina are “in danger of being excluded from the EBU” as soon as the end of this month if it fails to settle its unpaid debts, much in the same way as Romania’s TVR were just weeks before this […]
We have only been home from Stockholm for one week and yet the news keeps on coming from both this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as well as next year’s. It’s time for a brief recap of this week’s news. Jamala Wins For Ukraine Cast your mind back a week […]
Time for the EBU to amend the Eurovision Song Contest rule (1.2.1a)? In a series of articles that we will be delivering over the coming weeks, we will be looking at the lessons that can be taken away from Eurovision 2016 as the aftermath of the wonderful contest […]
Two Alleged Video Eurovision Voting Scandals Emerge on YouTube Today Should the EBU investigate these and report to the public on them as priority? The Russian Prank TV show ‘Call’ allegedly aired the following segment/video calls on their show. The videos claim the following “On the 11th May 2016 […]
EBU Respond to the Petition to Overrule the Result of Eurovision 2016 Earlier today we brought you the news of the petition that had gained a quarter of a million signatures on-line asking for the EBU to overturn the result of this year’s Eurovision result – SEE HERE […]
With the pride of wining Eurovision also comes the responsibility and expense of hosting the contest. Eurovision has grown into a massive event and with 3 live shows to broadcast, it is a challenging event for seasoned hosts like SVT. So how will NTU cope with the expense […]
Ukraine wins Eurovision 2016 in a thrilling final voting sequence! The International Press in the Globe Arena earlier predicted the exact result of this years contest and got the top 3 spot on – READ HERE After the Jury voting Australia’s Dami Im had a commanding lead over […]
Eurovision 2016 kicks off next Monday when rehearsals begin in Stockholm. 5 countries have dominated the betting odds for the last 4 weeks and if you are like us – your travel plans for the year are centred around who wins the contest. Russia, France, Australia, Sweden […]
A few days ago there were a lot of posts across Facebook about the potential of Russia being the host nation for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. With Sergey Lazarev and ‘You Are the Only One’ still leading the list of the Bookie’s favourites, Russia are going into […]
Today, SBS the Australian broadcaster, announced a deal with the European Broadcasting Union to organise an Asian version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Blink TV, the production partners of SBS, would like to hold an annual Grand Final with up to 20 countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Australia […]
We’ve been posting like crazy on Instagram during the national selection and song-announcement season for this year and we know lots of you have joined our merry bunch of followers on Instagram. We’re having tonnes of fun interacting with you all on Instagram and we just wanted to make sure […]
When will Eurovision 2017 take place? We may not know where the contest will be but the preliminary dates have been announced. The Semi-Final One will take place on 16 May, Semi-Final Two on 18 May, and the Grand Final on 20 May, 2017. Why these dates – […]