BIRTHDAY: Jaana Pelkonen from Finland is 42 today What’s this? A birthday and it isn’t a singer? Well we like to mix things up a little sometimes. So we’ve picked a presenter. Jaana did her stuff in Finland in 2007. She wasn’t alone – only Swedes do that […]
As Mans Zelmerlow reminded us at the start of Semi Final 1, this isn’t the first Eurovision Song Contest Petra Mede has hosted. In this little article, I’m going to discover who has hosted the Contest on multiple occasions. Jacqueline Joubert It wasn’t long after the Contest had […]
Goodness if I thought Poli was utterly gorgeous before I saw her in person, well I totally fell in love when I met her. Watch my interview with her at the London Eurovision Party and try to ignore how distracted I am by her and trying not to […]
‘Here comes the girls’ – I think I’ve found my Eurovision sister! I would say watch our ‘interview’ but it’s more like watch us natter about Eurovision, and clothes, and shoes, and tattoos and Conchita, and this year’s singers – oh and be the first to hear our plan […]
“Why is Eurovision considered so frivolous in Britain, Christer Bjorkman replied: “There are several reasons, one is Terry Wogan himself.” Those are the reports in the Daily Mail (See Here) The article in last night’s paper claims that SVT’s Executive Producer singled out the late Sir Terry Wogan […]
We’ve been posting like crazy on Instagram during the national selection and song-announcement season for this year and we know lots of you have joined our merry bunch of followers on Instagram. We’re having tonnes of fun interacting with you all on Instagram and we just wanted to make sure […]
The New Eurovision Voting Regulations announced by the EBU last week, are still making the mainstream news across not only Europe but the globe – see here One of Ireland’s largest national radio stations “NewsTalk Radio”, invited Eurovision Ireland onto their show to discuss these rule changes and […]
SVT have announced that French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier will design Eurovision Host – Petra Mede’s – dress for Eurovision. Mede and Christer Bjorkman have already met with the French Style Icon and Eurovision Fan already and discussed concepts for Petra’s outfits. Gaultier’s team contacted SVT to suggest working […]
Being a Eurovision Presenter is a highlight in a journalists/presenters career and can open up many opportunities for them. This is the case for Irish born Carrie Crowley who steered Eurovision 1997 in Dublin with Ronan Keating. Carrie dazzled on the night where RTE wanted to show a […]
(Photograph Courtesy of Petra Mede Leder-Schlager-em-hd.) Who is Petra Mede? Earlier today, SVT announced who they had chosen to become the sole presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo. The announcement of Petra Mede has taken some people by surprise for a number of reasons. One being […]
(Photograph Courtesy of nullpoints.com) Who will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo Sweden? This is a huge honor for any TV presenter to be given such a task. Above is the legendary Ms Katie Boyle who presented the contest on 4 occasions in the United Kingdon […]