More news about the forthcoming American Song Contest has been revealed by Ola Melzig. While initial reports suggest autumn 2021 for the Contest to take place, it may take place in spring 2022 instead. The Format & Broadcaster There will be two Semi Finals, consisting of ten songs […]
#OBITUARY: Timur Selçuk from Turkey has died aged 74 The Turkish conductor and musician Timur Selçuk has died of a heart attack. He will be best remembered in Eurovision circles for the two occasions he conducted for his country. In 1975, he did the honours on the podium […]
Over the course of November and on the lead up to the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that have participated at the Contest. Today, we celebrate Belgium. Belgium debuted at the inaugural Contest in 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. X!NK finished in sixth […]
#OBITUARY: Reynaert from Belgium has died aged 65 Joseph Reynaerts, known by his stage name Reynaert, has died as a result of COVID-19. He participated for Belgium in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, held at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin. He performed the song Laissez briller le […]
The semi final of Ranina has been completed in Georgia tonight. In bold are the three acts who made the final: Sandra Gadelia Rato Gelovania Shio Kavsadze Marita Khvedelidze Nia Khinchikashvili The Final of Ranina will take place on Friday 13th November. Author: Richard Taylor Source: Eurovoix
Eesti Laul has seen a total of 156 songs submitted for the 2021 Contest. While only 63 of the songs submitted are in Estonian, the remaining 93 are in English, French, Russian or Spanish. A jury will select the 24 songs that go through to the semi finals […]
#OBITUARY: Ossi Runne from Finland has died Eurovision veteran conductor and stalwart Ossi Runne has died aged 93. Even though it was over 30 years ago when he last conducted the orchestra at a Eurovision Song Contest, he still ranks as one of the greats of Eurovision folklore. […]
Over the course of November and on the lead up to the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that have participated at the Contest. Today, we celebrate Romania. Romania debuted at the inaugural Contest in 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Bubu finished in tenth […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anja Nissen is 25 today If you were representing a country at Eurovision, other than the one you were born in, how would you decide which one to choose? Maybe it’s where your family came from originally. Today’s birthday girl Anja Nissen is Australian by birth, but […]
The Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place on Monday 23rd November. The event will last only 35 minutes and will be broadcast on TVP1 at 16:25 GMT/17:25 CET. The format of the 2020 Opening Ceremony has yet to be announced. Traditionally the […]