After the cancellation of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and the indefinitely-postponed Eurovision Young Musicians, we approached Interkulter, the organiser’s of the European Choir Games – which Eurovision Choir is part of. Edlira Keta, Choral Consultant for Interkulter, had the following to say: “There will most definitely be […]
#BIRTHDAY: Katarína Hasprová from Slovakia is 48 today Today is another in our occasional series of countries we wish were back in our favourite TV show. They may have legitimate reasons for not being there anymore, but it doesn’t stop us wanting them back. Our friends in Slovakia […]
Hello dear readers of Eurovision Ireland! Today we continue with our exciting series: One Day Love! Each week we celebrate one song from Eurovision History. Here, you can find facts like: year, country, artist, title of the song, lyrics (translations when the song is in another language other […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lúcia Moniz from Portugal is 44 today Portugal? Why have they only had one win? They have a Latin-based language so some nations can ‘sort of’ understand them. It’s warm and sunny, and who doesn’t love a bit of warmth and sun, especially if you’re northern. Aside […]
#BIRTHDAY: Carola from Sweden is 54 today We know you like our birthday feature. Well this is one you won’t want to miss. Sweden is – in some eyes – the pinnacle of Eurovision-ness. So when a Swedish birthday comes along, we’re going to celebrate it. Today’s birthday […]
The 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will look very different from what we are use to. Due to the ongoing travel restrictions, this year’s participating acts will be performing from their home countries, in a TV studio with a similar set-up, to ensure fair play. The show will […]
In the last few moments, the Participants List for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been announced. The 13 participating countries are: Armenia (ARMTV) Belarus (BTRC) France (FTV) Georgia (GPB) Germany (ARD/ZDF/KiKA) – Debut Country Kazakhstan (Khabar Agency) Malta (PBS) Poland (TVP) – Host Country Russia (RTR) […]
Markus Wicker, a former Producer of Culture, Music and Events at SRF, one of the Swiss national broadcasters, has explained to Eurofestivales why the country no longer participates at Young Musicians, Young Dancers and Choir. The two main reasons are budget and audience interest. Markus Wicker said the […]
CT, the Czech national broadcaster, have confirmed to Eurofestivales that they will not be debuting at next year’s Eurovision Choir – the Contest itself has yet to be confirmed. Lucie Kapounova, the Development Manager for Music, Theatre and Entertainment at CT, had the following to say: “We are […]
Let’s face it, for all the complaining that the Big 5 have it easy at the Eurovision Song Contest, it’s actually not so glamourous. Sure they get an automatic spot in the final, but for many years this didn’t translate into placing on the scoreboard! In this new […]
While the Public vote is still in progress online, Oleksandr Balabanov has been announced as the Ukrainian representative. The Jury votes are enough to make Oleksandr the outright winner. Oleksandr Balabanov will represent Ukraine in Warsaw with his entry “Vidkryvay”, which in English translates as “Open”. The official […]
#BIRTHDAY: Lena Valaitis from Germany is 77 today It’s an odd coincidence that the writers of the song sung by yesterday’s birthday also wrote the song by today’s birthday girl. We should remember that our favourite TV show is a competition for songwriters as well as performers. And […]
In the latest edition of our Best of the Big 5 series, we wanted to find out who is your all time favourite from Germany – and the results are in! You’ve perused all the German Eurovision songs from 1956 up to 2020 to pick out your Top […]
Niamh Kavanagh has completed two stints at Tesco as a Customer Service Desk assistant during Lockdown, to help pay the bills. As an entertainer, all her work dried up after large indoor gatherings were banned. Niamh had the following to say: “We still need to feed ourselves. It […]
Today is the deadline day for any interested broadcasters to confirm their participation for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Any broadcaster withdrawing their interest after today could face a financial penalty. To date, 14 countries have confirmed participation – however there seems to be some doubt surrounding […]
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