As you will have read earlier in the year PBS, the Maltese broadcaster withdrew from hosting this year’s edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. However, all is not lost as Czech Television has stepped into the breach to host the 15th contest in Prague on Saturday 16th December […]
Back in 1974, Sweden won for the first time the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Waterloo performed by ABBA. The song became a huge international hit and was the starting point of their legendary international career. The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest was held in UK at The Dome, in […]
Our good friends from ESC Radio announced yesterday the winners of the ESC Radio Awards 2017! ESC Radio listeners and Eurovision fans all over the world had the opportunity to vote for their favourites from the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The voting process took place between June 3-11 and […]
We all know the winners of Eurovision Song Contest and sing the songs with every ocasion we get. Of course winning is not only about the singer, but also about the song and the team behind it. With this series “The Winners BEHIND The Winners” we want to […]
Last night Vienna was the host city of the 24th edition of Life Ball. The Life Ball is the biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS. The event is organized by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE, which was founded in 1992 by Gery Keszler and […]
Every now and again a new book about Eurovision rises up through the ether purporting to be a definitive guide to the contest and its history. Most of the time they end up being either a dry, sociopolitical treatise or yet another list-based run through of the same […]
Muz-Tv Awards 2017 took place last night in Russia, where Sergey Lazarev received the award for the Best Song with “You Are the Only One” (Eurovision 2016 – 3rd place). But the suprise of the night was the guest performance of Sergey with the winner of Eurovision 2008 Dima […]
Performer of three Dutch entries in the 1970s, Sandra Reemer, has died at the age of 66. She succumbed to cancer after a long battle. Indonesian-born Sandra’s three attempts at Eurovision were in three subtly different guises. First, she collaborated with Andries Holten in Edinburgh in 1972. Their […]
So we’re starting to get hints out of RTÉ that after this year’s disappointing show at the Eurovision, we might just be going back to having a national final to select our song next year. But what form will it take? Here are nine suggestions…
Ok so for the ones of you who don’t know, my name is Bogdan and I started writing for Eurovision Ireland about two years ago. My first Eurovision memmory is from 1994, but my real passion for the contest started in 1995 when Norway won with Nocturne. I […]