#ICELAND: Svala wins the Söngvakeppnin ticket to Kyiv Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin has just finished, and Svala will be going to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Paper’. Svala Björnvinsdóttir beat Daði Freyr Perúrsson in the superfinal, after they won a combined jury and televote. Here’s her official video. […]
Amid all of tonight’s Scandinavian (and Baltic!) excitement, you’d be forgiven for not remembering that the UK also released a revamped version of their song too! “Never Give Up On You” has received a bit of more of an under beat and more instrumentals, though we’re not convinced […]
If you were following our live blog, then you will already know that JOWST has won Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2017 with “Grab The Moment” and will be representing Norway at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Norway will compete in the 2nd semi final on the 11th of […]
After their usual mammoth process, Melodifestivalen, the Swedes have chosen Robin Bengtsson to represent them in Kiev. The jury decided that Robin Bengtsson and his exercise class set to music was the best song ( and I’m still struggling as to see why!!), whereas the televoters had Nano […]
Right then, welcome to a very exclusive group. While all the others have swanned off to swoon at all that Scandinavian rubbish, we select few hardcore are going to work our way through what is looking to be a pretty exciting Lithuanian final tonight. We’re going to keep […]
As if today wasn’t busy enough with Iceland, Norway, Lithuania and Sweden all deciding on their Eurovision entries and Azerbaijan releasing “Skeletons”, Serbia have also joined the foray and revealed their Eurovision entry! Last week Tijana Bogićević teased us with a snippet of her upcoming Eurovision song “In […]
#IRELAND: Niamh Kavanagh wins Masterchef It’s a question often asked: Once you’ve won the Eurovision Song Contest, what else is there? Well, for the winner of the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest in Millstreet, the answer is Masterchef. Niamh was in the Irish edition of the successful format, and […]
#ICELAND: Live blog of Söngvakeppnin Final! JOIN US from 20.45 CET It’s Söngvakeppnin Final time in Iceland. Seven songs have made it this far. These are the best three in each semi-final, plus one lucky wild card. As you’ll see, most of the titles have changed, as the Söngvakeppnin rules allow […]
God kveld Europa! Og god morgen Australia! Tonight is the Final of Norway’s “Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2017″, which means we will find out their representative for the 62nd edition of Eurovision Song Contest! So sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s blogging duo James and Bogdan #JAMDAN entertain […]
Last night, Aleksandra Jovanovska, the Head of Press for Macedonia announced Jana Burčeska’s entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv – Dance Alone. We would like to know from you, the fans, how she will do during the second semi final on Thursday 11th May. As well […]