Welcome to the first day of rehearsals here in Malta. Today the first eight countries will take to the stage for their first rehearsals. Each country gets 40 minutes on stage for their first rehearsal. Today’s schedule looks like this: 10:00-10:40 Italy 10:40-11:20 Ireland 11:20-12:00 Cyprus 12:00-12:40 The […]
Eurovision Ireland are here in Malta to cover the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valetta. The rehearsals begin on Tuesday 15th November and run for 4 days. So in advance of that and in a similar vein to articles published for the main Eurovision I am going […]
Rehearsals do not kick off until tomorrow morning, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything happening here on the island of Malta. Andrew and I arrived here on Saturday evening ready to bring you all the action as it happens, starting today! Tonight sees the Red Carpet and […]
With only a few days left until the final of Junior Eurovison Song Contest 2016, Albania released today the revamped version of their selected song “Besoj” (I believe) written by Adrian Hila and Pandi Laço. This year Albania will be represented in Malta by the talented Klesta Qehaja. […]
Picture: Zena Donnelly Twitter Tonight, Zena Donnelly, with her entry Brice ar Bhrice, has been selected to represent Ireland at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Valletta on Sunday 20th November. Zena Donnelly was up against the following participants in the final: Walter McCabe – Las Do Sholas Hannah McNicholas […]
What do Måns Zelmerlöw and Alexa Curtis have in common? Well they both worked with one of the writers of Australia’s entry for JESC 2016, Tania Doko. 12 years old Alexa Curtis will sing later this month in Malta the song intitled “We Are”. The song carries an inspiring […]
Maltese broadcaster PBS has revealed details of the selection process for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv next May. As you’ll know, Malta is currently concentrating on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which takes place on Sunday 20 November. Stay tuned to us for coverage from Monday […]
As October is about to end we get another great news. The Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS internally selected girl band O’G3NE to represent the Netherlands at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. For O’G3NE ( Lisa, Amy, & Shelley), this is not their first encounter with the Eurovision stage. Back in 2007, they […]
Back in November 2014, Italy debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta with 14 year old Vincenzo Cantiello. Vincenzo, the only male participant that year, went on to win with “Tu primo grande amore”. Two years on and Vincenzo is back! Usually, Vincenzo could be found […]
After weeks of meetings, discussions, false leeks, EBU visits and altered announcement dates it has finally been announced publicly that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv. The bidding phase had ended with Dnipro, Kyiv and Odessa being the last three […]