The European Broadcasting Union’s Executive Board have agreed to suspend BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster. A two week period has been given to BTRC for a response. The Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union, had the following to say: “The EBU has been closely monitoring the suppression […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maimuna from Belarus is 31 today Performing at the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t always about being the singer. You could a credit as a performer, but through another role. And if you’re a competent instrumentalist, then why not? Today’s birthday girl Маймуна Амаду Мурашка/Maimuna Amadu Murashko got […]
Tonight (May 28th) and tomorrow (May 29th), Eurovision Song Celebration will be broadcast via the official Eurovision Song Contest channel. Tonight will see the live-on-tape performances from the countries that didn’t qualify for the Grand Final, while tomorrow night, we will see the live-on-tape performances from the Grand […]
It has been announced that UMK 2022, the Finnish national selection, will take place in the month of February, although an exact date has yet to be announced. It is hoped to have an audience in attendance to, but this will all depend on the Coronavirus pandemic obviously. […]
After each Eurovision contest, we have fans that love the new winner and we have fans that complain about it. It happens all the time, and this year is no exception. As a fan that started watching the contest way back in 1994, I think I have a […]
No P4 Nästa 2021 finalists will be chosen as the usual wildcard for Melodifestivalen 2022 this year. SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have confirmed the wildcard agreement has been paused for this year. Since 2012, when a wildcard has been chosen from P4 Nästa, not one has progressed […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jetty Paerl would have been 100 today In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we’ve got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder why, but we do have the Eurovision trailblazer of trailblazers. Dutchwoman Jetty Paerl came second in […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… the Grand Final Eurovision Ireland took one last look at the events of the 2021 Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We kept it brief, just looking at the top 10, plus our highlights. Did you agree with the top 10? What were […]
Internal selections have been held by RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, to select the Eurovision Song Contest every year, since 2016. With the exception of 2018, Ireland have failed to qualify for the Grand Final. There have now been calls to return to a national selection. Micheal Kealy, […]
It’s not even been a week since Måneskin lifted the trophy in Rotterdam, but it seems preparations for next year’s contest are already well underway! From Milan to Naples, 11 cities across the length and breadth of Italy have already expressed interest in hosting the next edition of […]