#OBITUARY: Sweden’s Lill-Babs has died Sweden’s entrant in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, Lill-Babs, has died aged 80 after a short illness. Born Barbro Margareta Svensson on 9 March 1938, she is best known in Eurovision circles for singing ‘April, April’ when the contest was held in Cannes in […]
#EUROVISION 2018: The semi-final draws We’re a step nearer to the contest next month, with the announcement of the draws for the semi-finals. These can be make or break for some songs. That song you originally tipped to perhaps win, might now think struggle to shine through. Or […]
#EUROVISION 2018: What are the most popular videos? It’s that time of the week again, when we chart the most popular official videos of the songs taking part in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. You can find them all HERE on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. There are […]
#OGAE: ESC 2018 International Poll Every year, the various national OGAE fan clubs around Europe and beyond cast their votes, to try and predict that elusive winner. Up to 44 clubs will be voting, so we should hopefully see some variety in who they vote for. Last year […]
Last night on a live show on Logo TV, international superstar and the “mother”of all drag queens RuPaul confessed that she was invited to perform as interval act at the 63rd edition of Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The news hit like a storm all social media and […]
It’s the story Eurovision fans have been waiting for – today it was officially announced that work is under way for a musical based on the life of everyone’s favourite Sammarinese Eurovision star! The stage spectacular is expected to open in London’s West End early next year. Tentatively […]
The inaugural edition of the Eurovision Choir Of The Year will be broadcast on NRK2 this weekend. NRK2 will broadcast the Contest on Easter Sunday at 19:45 CET. Norway isn’t the only non-participating country to broadcast the show. Australia, Albania, France, Serbia and Ukraine have already shown the […]
This year’s presenting team for the BBC, at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, has finally been revealed. Graham Norton will as ever commentate at the Grand Final, on BBC One, on Saturday 12th May. There is a notable absentee though this year. Mel Giedroyc will be the […]
OBITUARY: Yugoslavia’s Sabahudin Kurt has died News has reached us that Yugoslavia’s representative in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest – Sabahudin Kurt – has died. He was 82. He sang the song ‘Život je sklopio krug’ at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. As you may know, only […]
Earlier today, our friends over at ESCExtra discovered a song online that sounds remarkably similar to Croatia’s Eurovision 2018 entry ‘Crazy’ by Franka Batelic. Have a listen to “Ceea Ce Iubim” by Romanian singer Guez – does it sound familiar to you? He took to Facebook Live to […]