Over recent days, news came through that the European Broadcasting Union has placed a deadline of Friday 29th June. As we get ready to move on from the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon and on to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Minsk, participating broadcasters now have only […]
For statisticians, the Eurovision Song Contest is a gold mine of random trivia. For example, we wrote quite a bit recently about Finland and Cyprus never both making it to the final in the same year. 2018 saw this happen for the first time in 16 years. But we’ve […]
Although originally announcing their intention to take part in Eurovision 2019, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV may now be considering withdrawing from the event following the submission of a petition from fans. The petition, which has gained some 23,000 signatures internationally, calls for Iceland to boycott the next edition of […]
Netta took part in Rising Star, a competition held in Israel to search for their next Eurovision representative. Rising Star took place between October of last year, through to February. After ten audition rounds, a shortlisting round, six heats, a quarter final, semi final and the final, Netta […]
In 2007, she wowed Europe with her impressive operatic vocals and brought Slovenia to the grand final for the first time since the introduction of the semi finals in 2004. Now soprano singer Alenka Gotar is turning her hand to something very different – politics! Alenka is standing […]
Every year before the delegations arrive, a team or stand-in rehearse the songs to make sure that everyting is ready and in place: choreography, stage appearance, lighting, special effects, camera work, etc. Cesar Sampson’s song (from Austria) won the jurie’s hearts, but didn’t quite manage to do the same […]
For the first time since the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Oslo, back in 2010, there was no LED screens used as part of the stage design. This was part of a cost cutting exercise by RTP, but also led to an array of creative decisions from […]
Eurovision 2018 may still be fresh in our minds, but that hasn’t stopped organisers and artists looking ahead to next year! After coming 10th in Kyiv for Norway in 2017 with Aleksander Walmann, music producer JOWST tweeted he wants to compose a Eurovision entry – but for the […]
Nadav Guedj promised us in 2015 he’d show us Tel Aviv – but apparently not for Eurovision 2019! According to Hebrew news portal globes.co.il, Tel Aviv is already out of the running to host Eurovision 2019, not even 24 hours after Netta’s victory in Lisbon. Tel Aviv’s mayor […]
Israel have won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018! This marks 20 years exactly since Israel’s last win! Netta with the song Toy topped the scoreboard 529 points! Congratulations Israel and Netta! Author: James Scanlan Source: Eurovision Song Contest
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