#FRANCE: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision Semi-final Two! After several years of internal selections, it appears that France Télévisions has bigger plans, with a three-week run to pick a song for Lisbon. Tonight is the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, and nine songs will compete for the final […]
#FRANCE: First four finalists selected France Télévisions has just revealed the first four finalists for Destination Eurovision, the series of shows to select the French entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs competed for the four spots, which were chosen by six jurors – three […]
#BIRTHDAY: 1 January Gisela A new year, and we can now say that Israel will be hosting this year. Exciting, isn’t it? Well it is for the 42 countries that will be there on stage between 14 and 18 May. Will yours be of them? One country that […]
#AUSTRALIA: It’s Jessica Mauboy for Lisbon! Those early rumours of an Australian national final have proven unfounded, again. Broadcaster SBS has revealed that it will be sending Jessica Mauboy half way across the world to represent Australia in Lisbon. The fourth entrant for Australia has actually been on […]
FINLAND: Hyvää syntymäpäivää Suomeen!! One of our more erstwhile countries who love Eurovision has today celebrated a big milestone. In 1917, Finland became an independent nation and has never looked back. Over the years, they’ve excelled in athletics, motor sport and ice hockey. Eurovision has had a somewhat […]
SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen 2018 participants revealed One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Eurovision season is Melodifestivalen. It’s consistently popular, watched all over Europe, and even the venues for the semi-finals and finals sell out in record time. Broadcaster SVT always takes it around Sweden, thus generating […]
#UK: Details revealed of Eurovision Your Decision 2018 The UK’s broadcaster, the BBC, has today revealed that it is again going down the route of a national final, and this will happen on Wednesday 7 February 2018 on BBC2. It’s not coming from London, but this year has […]
#NETHERLANDS: It’s Waylon for Lisbon next May Hot on the heels of announcements from elsewhere in Europe, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has revealed that Waylon will represent the Netherlands at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. No, it’s nothing to do with Mr Burns’ assistant in the Simpsons. This Waylon […]
BELGIUM: VRT selects Laura Groeseneken for Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon Flemish broadcaster VRT has announced that Laura Goreseneken will represent Belgium at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Laura was born in Leuven in 1990 and has been collaberating with Ozark Henry since 2014. She has also […]
GERMANY: Joy Fleming has died It is with regret that it has been announced that Joy Fleming has died, aged 72. She represented Germany at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, finishing 17th of 19 competing songs. Born Erna Raad on 15 November 1944, she grew up listening […]