BIRTHDAY: Duarte Mendes from Portugal is 72 today Is Eurovision political? Is there a fine line between a political song and one that celebrates history. Where do you draw this line? Some countries have had more turbulent histories than others, and some very recently. Back in 1975, revolution […]
Vocal Line, the Danish choir at this weekend’s Eurovision Choir, took victory over choirs from nine other countries. Jens Johansen, Vocal Line’s Choir Master reacted about winning and their simplicity with the following: “We had not expected to win, but we also knew that everything could happen in […]
BIRTHDAY: Jane Bogaert from Switzerland is 52 today It’s a scary fact that there will be participants in our favourite TV show who were born after 2000. Does that make you feel old? It does me. Having these people who never knew the 20th Century scares me so […]
BIRTHDAY: Jessica Mauboy from Australia is 30 today Eurovision is all about Europe. No, not quite – it includes the Mediterranean nations too. Oh, wait, there are a whole load of associate members who would be in the EBU if it wasn’t for some irksome geography. Hmmm, but […]
Tonight, the second edition of Eurovision Choir took place in the Partille Arena, in Gothenburg. Ten countries took to the stage, with three progressing to the super-final. Congratulations go to Denmark- Vocal Line, who fought off Slovenia (3rd) and Latvia (2nd) in the super-final and claim victory in […]
BIRTHDAY: Michelle from the Netherlands is 38 today Imagine the dilemma. You’re taking part in Europe’s favourite TV show. It covers dozens of languages, and you want to make yourself stand out from the crowd. You family name might not be very easy to some parts of Europe, […]
Details have emerged ahead of tonight’s Eurovision Choir in regards to who is producing the Contest – and unlike other Eurovision Events, it won’t be by the host’s Sweden. Ieva Rozentāle from LTV (Latvia) and Peter Maniura from the BBC (UK), will both be responsible for producing this […]
God kväll Europa! Tonight, live from Partille Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden, we are going to witness the 2nd edition of Eurovision Choir. We are excited to have another European competition, where EBU is the host broadcaster! My name is Bogdan, and I will try to keep you informed on […]
Joy Dunlop, the Choir Master of the Scottish Choir ‘Alba’, has kindly taken time out of their busy rehearsal schedule to answer some questions in the lead-up to tonight’s Eurovision Choir from Gothenburg. What is it like been part of Scotland’s first participation at a Eurovision Contest and […]
BIRTHDAY: Emma from the UK is 45 today Eurovision is mainly a young person’s game. Yes, even with the Junior version of our favourite TV show, the majority of performers at the senior even are in their teens and twenties. It must be the optimism of youth. In […]