In this editorial piece, Phil Colclough, Webmaster of OnEurope (revamp coming!!) shares his thoughts about Spain and their fall out of love with Eurovision. It generally starts so well. Lots of fan support some verging on the fanatical at times, getting behind one or two local artistes. […]
It’s been announced that the winner of the second Eurovision Song Contest, Corry Brokken, has died. She was 83. Corry had a long association with the Eurovision Song Contest, as she was there in Lugano for the first contest – which celebrated its 60th anniversary only last […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
We’ve all celebrated well all of the anniversaries that have cropped up over the years. In London last year we had the gala night to celebrate 60 ESCs, before the 60th ESC had actually taken place. We’ve even just had the 61st Contest. Preparations are now in place […]
Last night we all had our first look at Justin Timberlake’s interval performance at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and the crowd absolutely loved it! Despite the obviously cheesy interview with Mans in the green room, where the plug for the new movie and single were dropped like […]
Eurovision isn’t just about the main acts. Large numbers of performers take to the stage as backing singers, making them the unsung heroes of the contest. We caught up with LaTiDa, who on stage with the #wonderful Poli Genova. LaTiDa are Desislava Hristova, Elizabeth Nesheva and Yana Baleva. They prove […]
Recent years have seen more and more Eurovision songs become swathed in technological macguffins and acrobatic madness. But is filling your stage with bits and pieces the surefire way to success? Or is it better to keep things simple? Well let’s have a look at the evidence. We’ve […]
So here it is: the draw for the Grand Final. You will have known already which half each country will perform in. Now, the organisers at SVT have determined the draw and here it is: Belgium Czech Republic The Netherlands Azerbaijan Hungary Italy Israel Bulgaria Sweden Germany […]
As always the press centre has been buzzing all day with people talking about who will qualify tonight and as always we have been casting our votes, so here’s how we think it’s going to go tonight… Australia Bulgaria Latvia Ukraine Israel Belgium Serbia Poland Norway Ireland So […]
The ranks of Team Ireland here in Sweden have increased and strengthened by four as Nicky’s family have flown in from Dublin to support him on his Eurovision journey and see him perform. Later on today Nicky’s Father-in-Law, and former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) joins the party too. Nicky’s […]