Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, has confirmed they will not be participating at the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest, in Nice. While Finland have yet to participate in the Contest, they did broadcast the inaugural edition on Yle TV2, back in 2003. Markku Mastomäki, Yle’s Head of Children’s […]
ABBA will not be reforming for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest – the 50th anniversary of their victory in Brighton. Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson confirmed the news during an interview on Newsnight, on the first anniversary of ABBA Voyage. Bjorn and Benny had the following to say: […]
The statistics are in and the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool achieved 162,000,000 viewers worldwide. This is not only on television, but in other viewing media too. The viewing share of the Grand Final on Saturday 13 May was 40.9%, which remains more than double the broadcast […]
This year’s edition of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest will take place on Thursday 16th November. The event will once again be taking place at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and tickets are already available to buy HERE. Artists confirmed to be performing so far are: Bobbysocks Charlotte Perrelli Ell […]
Following the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool, a number of items from the Contest have been added to the permanent collection at the Museum of Liverpool. Kay Jones, lead curator of Urban & Community History of the Museum, had the following to say: “Anyone lucky enough to […]
Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster, have announced details of UMK 2024 – their national selection for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. UMK 2024 will once again be an open competition, with the live final on a yet-to-be-determined date in February. Demos can be submitted by artists between Monday […]
Both RTVA, the Andorra national broadcaster and the Andorran Government, have discussed the return of participation at the Eurovision Song Contest. Mònica Bonell, Andorran Minister of Culture and Sports, had the following to say: “Everyone who continues to spread Catalan and Andorran culture is welcome, but in this […]
The winner of the 2023 ‘You’re A Vision’ award has been announced – the award that replaced the Barbara Dex award last year. Käärijä has won the 2023 ‘You’re A Vision’ award, after finishing runner-up to Loreen at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, in Liverpool. Let3 and Gustaph […]
#BIRTHDAY: Kathy Leander from Switzerland is 60 today Our friends from the heights of Europe that calls itself the Swiss Confederation have been stalwarts of Eurovision from the start. As you would expect, in almost seventy year’s worth of participation, there have been highs and lows. We all […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anne-Marie David is 71 today A winner? Well, there have been 70 of them, so they’ll crop up here from time to time. There is another winner who has a birthday today, but I’ll save her for another year. Today’s birthday girl Anne-Marie David has actually represented […]
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