It seems to me a little bit inappropriate tonight to write something about the singers and songs, the staging and the predictions for this year’s contest, when today the eyes of Europe, and indeed the world have been focused on the terrorist attacked this morning in Brussels. Belgian […]
As we know, the Contest should be seen as a competition for song-writers. These highly important people often get overlooked in favour of a glamorous, attractive or vivacious performer. But crafting that winning song is an art, and it takes skill and a little bit of luck to […]
Today, SBS the Australian broadcaster, announced a deal with the European Broadcasting Union to organise an Asian version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Blink TV, the production partners of SBS, would like to hold an annual Grand Final with up to 20 countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Australia […]
Well, I did have to check the calendar to make sure that it wasn’t the 1st of April and that this wasn’t, actually, a Belarusian attempt at an April Fools joke – but no, I’m assured it is still March 21st and that this story genuinely appeared in […]
It’s time for the Second BIG POLL! No dirty comments but we open the second of our 3 BIG INTERNATIONAL POLLS for Eurovision 2016. All the songs for Semi Final 2 have now been presented and we want to know what 10 countries you think should qualify for […]
Imitation is the highest form of flattery – as they say. Poli Genova returns to Eurovision with the song ‘If Love Was A Crime’. The song has strong echoes to Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ with the sampling of the background cry that you hear. Anyone who says that they […]
This year’s hotly-tipped Russian artist Sergey Lazarev made his first recorded live performance of his Eurovision hit You Are The Only One last night (read our full story on the song’s original reveal here). But what have we learned that might help us determine if he’s bound for the title? […]
How Europe filled in the bit where we waited for the votes… You know that bit in every national final where they have to verify and ratify all the votes (or in some case, give the president a quick phone call)? You know, the one they fill with […]
It’s time for the First BIG POLL! No dirty comments but we open the first of our 3 BIG INTERNATIONAL POLLS for Eurovision 2016. All the songs for Semi Final 1 have now been presented and we want to know what 10 songs you think should qualify for […]
Is it a case of #WOW for ‘Walk on Water’? Tonight we got to hear Ira Losco’s song for Eurovision – ‘Walk on Water’. Is this floating to success or a case of the Titanic sinking? There was a real lacking of a dance/club anthem in this year’s […]