We’re into the final weekend of national finals, and after several months our friends in Lithuania will have a song to throw into the mix in Stockholm. If you’ve been glued to what’s been happening in downtown Vilnius, you’ll know there will be six acts tonight. You can […]
Schlager, Wind Machines and Glitter at the ready! Yes it’s the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2016 and the selection of the Swedish entrant to Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm. So in the last hours before the battle to end all battles begins, what are the finalists sharing on social […]
Good Afternoon Europe and this is the rolling blog for the final dress rehearsal of Melodifestivalen 2016. Later on, I’ll provide you the link for the LIVE BLOG for the final – which I’m very lucky to be attending for the sixth time. Nu Kor Vi!!!/Here We Go!!! […]
Sometimes as a journalist in the world of Eurovision, you get invited to take part in events outside of the press bubble. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in one such occasion. Ben Robertson from the ESC Insight team, is a teacher here in […]
‘Slow Down’ people – form an orderly queue! Yes the handsome and majorly talented Dutch singer Douwe Bob has reveled on OUTTV that he is actually bi-sexual. In an interview with the European lifestyle channel OUTTV, the Dutch Eurovision candidate Douwe Bob openly spoke about his love of […]
The Eurovision Song Contest has been awarded one of Europe’s most coveted media awards, the ‘Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens‘ (Karl Medal for European Media). The Karl Medal is awarded annually by the Association Médaille Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens and considers many media contributions from TV & radio across the European […]
Is this the year that the Czech Republic makes the Grand Final at Eurovision? Well we called it over a week ago that Gabriela Gunčíková would represent the Czech Republic at Eurovision – SEE HERE So her song ‘I Stand’ is released. However will it stand up to […]
WOW – Ira Losco is our ever-changing ‘Chameleon’ at Eurovision. The returning contest Goddess goes all cryptic on us today. The official Maltese Eurovision social media pages are introducing us a new hashtag #WOW What is that about? Is it something to do with the video for […]
Yesterday saw the start of our Stockholm stop of our 2016 tour. Even though this is the last National Final we are covering LIVE from the ground, this tour has not yet ended – more details to come later this weekend. If you missed my Snapchat coverage from […]
What will be the Greek entry at Eurovision 2016? Well we know that the group are the renamed band ‘Argo’ as in the Oscar winning movie – Good Omen. They have just released their song ‘Utopian Land’. According to the Director of the Greek national broadcaster ERT the […]