In the first of an occasional series, we explore what possible new paths the competing nations can take when their choosing their songs for Eurovision, and debating whether a different approach could indeed lead to better results. And we’re starting with everybody’s favourite underdogs… Malta. If your only experience […]
Eurovision Royalty Abba took to the stage last night and performed together. “June 5th is exactly 50 years since Björn and Benny met for the first time in Linköping, Sweden. The rest is history and we are all so grateful for this day. Thank you for the music […]
How are you dear followers of Eurovision Ireland? I ask because that well-known phenomenon of Post-Eurovision Depression is possibly at its peak about now. Well, if you are Dublin based or fancy a weekend in Ireland’s beautiful capital city, then we may just have the cure you’ve been […]
It’s been announced that the winner of the second Eurovision Song Contest, Corry Brokken, has died. She was 83. Corry had a long association with the Eurovision Song Contest, as she was there in Lugano for the first contest – which celebrated its 60th anniversary only last […]
According to the Bosnian news website Klix.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina are “in danger of being excluded from the EBU” as soon as the end of this month if it fails to settle its unpaid debts, much in the same way as Romania’s TVR were just weeks before this […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
We’ve all celebrated well all of the anniversaries that have cropped up over the years. In London last year we had the gala night to celebrate 60 ESCs, before the 60th ESC had actually taken place. We’ve even just had the 61st Contest. Preparations are now in place […]
Spanish media is awash with stories of alleged challenges between Barei and TVE that she experienced with the staging of her song ‘Say Yay!’ at the recent Eurovision Song Contest. Barei said on a Spanish radio/internet program called ‘Pasion Eurovision’ (LISTEN HERE) that she and her team prepared a […]
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 […]
“Russia will not participate in the Eurovision song contest anymore!” – Dmitry Medvedev. Serbian news agency SlobodniMediji.com are reporting that AP have reported that Russian Prime Minister Medvedev has said today of the Eurovision Song Contest. “This is not about a good song anymore, this is a real show of dirty […]