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 […]
For the first time since 2012, there will be a physical CD release alongside the digital album download. While previous physical releases have included a second CD with instrumental versions of the entries, this will note be included this year. A release date of Friday 13th November has […]
#BIRTHDAY: Samantha Janus from the UK is 48 today If you were an all-round entertainer, and an appearance in our favourite TV show was only one of the highlights of your career, would you embrace it, or try to shut it out? Today’s birthday girl Samantha Janus (now […]
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 Croatia. Croatia debuted at the inaugural Contest in 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their debut entry was […]
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 Greece. Greece debuted at the inaugural Contest in 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nicolas Ganopoulos finished in […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jelena Tomašević from Serbia is 37 today We’ve got another home entrant here. They will always occupy a special place in Eurovision lore, as there has only been 64 of them. A small number have won, and a number have done the opposite. Maybe it’s best to […]
The Slavianski Bazaar is an annual festival held in Vitebsk, Belarus – held since 1992. As part of the festival, an International Pop Song Performers Contest and Children’s Contest takes place. The International Pop Song Performers Contest has seen previous Eurovision Song Contest participants including Ruslana, Zeljko Joksimovic, […]
A non-participation at this year’s Turkvision Song Contest has been confirmed. Kumyks is a Turkic ethnic group that were due to have previously taken part in the Contest, in 2015, had to withdraw due to poor relations between Russia and Turkey. Kumyks are local to Chechyna, Dagestan and […]
The twenty six participating entries for Festivali i Kenges 59 this December, have been announced. They are: Devis Xherahu – Peng (Hostage) Orgesa Zaimi – Valixhja e kujtimeve (The suitcase of memories) Festina Mejzini – Kush je ti dashuri (Who is the one you love) Franc Koruni – […]
The fourth and final themed round of Ranina, “World Musical Tour”, 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 four rounds: 483 points – Sandra Gadelia 474 […]