While my colleagues are working hard in sunny Tel Aviv, bringing you live blogs of the rehearsals, meanwhile , back in the not quite so sunny UK , I started to have a think about how the more senior generation televoter may vote during our week of two […]
So we’ve seen the rehearsals, we’ve looked at the bookies favourites and we all have our favourites. Some acts are more certain to qualify than others, but who are the acts that are not quite there yet, but they still have a good chance to grab that desired […]
#CYPRUS: INTERVIEW WITH TAMTA IN TEL AVIV Eurovision Ireland managed to grab a quick word with Tamta at the Press Centre here in Tel Aviv. Is she feeling the pressure after Cyprus’ second placing last year? Watch and find out! Do you like the Cypriot song? Will it […]
Darude, this year’s Finnish participant has created an official remix of Paenda’s “Limits” – this year’s Austrian participant. If you haven’t heard it yet, you can listen to it below: Author: Richard Taylor Source: OGAE UK Members Facebook Page
Amidst all the excitement of Eurovision 2019, former contestant Andrea Demirović from Montenegro has released the official music video for her Montevizija entry from earlier this year ‘Ja Sam Ti San’. In the music video, Andrea appears to be tried as a witch and sentenced to burn at […]
Day seven finally saw Israel and the Big 5 take to the stage – but only after the final two from semi final one and the first nine from semi final two. Yesterday was a long day, but was worth it once we got to see the first […]
SWEDEN: Where does Carola come from? That may sound like an odd question. As you know, Carola Häggkvist has participated three times, finishing third, first and fifth in those appearances, the first when she was only 16 years old. Contest sponsor MyHeritage has been researching Carola’s family history. […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY EIGHT REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day eight of rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final nine acts of the second semi-final. Will we see any qualifiers amongst them? You know what to […]
Skulking in the shadows, a faded starlet, clinging bitterly to memories of glorious days in the spotlight that have long passed… not only the plot of Whatever Happened Baby Jane, but also Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. Debuting in 1961, Spain only had to wait 8 contests […]
It was revealed earlier today that the Russian National Final has been moved to September, from the original date of Saturday 1st June. The Final will still take place at the Artek International Children’s Center in Crimea, with the auditions taking place in Moscow. Author: Richard Taylor Source: […]