Since their first live performance at the London Eurovision Party last week, Bulgaria have steadily climbed their way back up the Betting Odds. We have a fairly good idea what they’ll sound like come May, but it still begs the question – what will the performance LOOK like […]
Earlier today the stage design for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was exclusively revealed on Eurovision.tv! Florian Wieder, who was also responsible for the design of Kyiv’s Eurovision stage in 2017 claims his inspiration for Portugal’s first-ever Eurovision stage comes from 4 ideas – maps, the sea, navigation […]
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 […]
As Jamala-gate rumbles on (she won people – get over it!) I’m taking my annual look at who wore what at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We caught up with many of the performers on the red carpet this year, where it’s all about the fashion! If you […]
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 […]
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 […]
Image Credit: Ovidiu Anton, from Facebook Whatever happens at this year’s Eurovision and whoever wins, one of 2016’s biggest stories will be Romania’s last minute removal from the contest. To read the full story behind the end of Romania’s Eurovision 2016 journey, click here As Romania’s exit came […]
I know many of you have followed my series of Eurovision staging, looking at all the elements that come to play when staging your song. We’ve looked at Video, Lighting, Pyrotechnics and Wind & Smoke, so what else is there? Well, to day I just want to pay […]
Continuing my delve into the staging & presentation of Eurovision songs over the past 60 years, we’ve considered the results that can be achieved with the now huge video walls that form the backdrop of the modern Eurovision stage, last week we looked at the pyrotechnics because, let’s face it, who […]
Continuing my delve into the staging & presentation of Eurovision songs and today we look at the Pyrotechnics. It’s something we’ve very much come to expect in Eurovision these days, not that every song needs flaming pianos (see. Austria 2015) guitars (see. Albania 2013) or record decks (see. Bulgaria 2005) but they […]