#BIRTHDAY: Stefan Raab from Germany is 54 today Every country has its Mr Eurovision. And, of course, its Mrs/Ms Eurovision too. But some national claims to title are easier to judge. In Germany, you may think it can only be a certain Mr Siegel, with perhaps a Mr […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
Interkultur have confirmed to Eurofestivales that Belgium will not be hosting Eurovision Choir 2021 alongside the World Choir Games next year. The Contest is normally held alongside the European Choir Games, however due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the World Choir Games was moved from 2020 to 2021. Henriette […]
#BIRTHDAY: Loukas Giorkas is 34 today Our friends in the Hellenophone community used to have a torrid time of it. They’d be true to themselves and enter stuff reflecting their culture, and would earn few rewards. Then in the early part of the 21st Century something changed and […]
The format for this year’s Turkvision will see both a Semi Final and Grand Final in the revived Online contest. It will be the first time a Semi Final has been used since 2014. The rules have also been announced for the 2020 Contest: Participants must be at […]
Since 2017, 50% jury and 50% online voting has been used to decide the outcome of the results of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. While this isn’t changing, the online voting will be tweaked. Between 2017 and 2019, online voters were able to vote for 3, 4 or […]
The third themed round of Ranina, “Georgian Folklore”, has been completed in Georgia over the past two weeks. Each week, five of the ten finalists took to the stage. Here are the results as they stand after three rounds: 356 points – Rato Gelovania & Sandra Gadelia 351 […]
#BIRTHDAY: Despina Olympiou from Cyprus is 45 today Are you a real fan? Could you name every single song by every single country, in order? Could you also throw in where they finished? Then we like to throw in challenges every now and then. For various reasons, some […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jedward from Ireland are 29 today Do you think we’re short-changing you, with only one birthday per day. Well it wouldn’t be right if we were to dilute the attention we give to a birthday boy or girl. Unless it’s twins. And if you want twins, you’ve […]
#BIRTHDAY: Sandra Kim from Belgium is 48 today It’s a well-known fact that Eurovision fans love records. No, not the seven-inch kind, but the “Who got the most 12s” sort of record. One of those of note is the youngest winner. It’s held, of course, by today’s birthday […]
New Wave Junior 2020 took place last week in Artek, Crimea. Sofia Feskova, this year’s Russian entry at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, finished in 2nd place. A jury was responsible for choosing the winner – including former Eurovision Song Contest participants Alsou and Philip Kirkorov. Gaia Cauchi, […]
Eurofestivales has discovered that the European Broadcasting Union has set a deadline of Friday 30th October for all Contest performance recordings to be made, according to the Spanish media. Also revealed by the Spanish media, each of the participating artists will need to be live on stage, on […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Cliff Richard from the UK is 80 today For some Eurovision performers, that appearance on the hallowed stage might not quite be the highlight of their career. Important, definitely, but not the pinnacle. Today’s birthday boy Cliff Richard (né Harry Rodger Webb) probably needs no introduction. He’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jacques Raymond from Belgium is 82 today There are many people that have tried one more than one occasion to win European music’s biggest prize. Some do it knowingly, whilst others get drafted in late on, probably because they’ve done it before. Today’s birthday boy Jacques Raymond […]
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