“Whether your entry advances in a song contest or not should not be dependant upon your gender”, says Friðrik Ómar. The Icelandic Eurovision singer was speaking on radio regarding the new rule by RÚV where 50% of the selected songs in the country’s Eurovision selection must be composed […]
The voting ranking system is certainly a bone of contention for many. There were many examples of where the 5 member jury completely nullified the result of the public at Eurovision this year. Examples of this scenario where how Poland won the Public vote in Ireland and the […]
Marina Maximillian Blumin, was the artists that headed up the Israeli’s National Broadcaster Eurovision bid as their preferred choice for Eurovision 2015. She has advised via Israeli media that she has turned down the opportunity of representing Israel at Vienna in 2015 Maria was one of three singers […]
Romania : Mandinga seem to think that they are from Latvia as they are looking very ‘Pirates of the Sea’ with the release of their new video for ‘Ce poveste’ with Connect-R. They’ve done it again and come up with another great pop/folk song and features my favourite […]
ORF (Austrian National Broadcaster) not only has the honour of hosting the 60th Eurovision Song Contest but they have the responsibility of ensuring that the home entry also shines on the night of the Grand Final. So how does ORF intend on ensuring that they have the best […]
Today the ‘Head of Delegation’ meeting is taking place so we thought that we would bring you the details. Already some big news and a first look at the stage! Just refresh the page throughout the day for more news as it happens. The Heads of Delegation are […]
Our friends in Russia have announced their plans for November’s Junior Eurovision. Rather than a national final, Russia went for an internal selection and have chosen Alisa Kozhikina to sing ‘Dreamer’. In addition to singing, Alisa has co-written the song with Olga Seryabkina – one of the girl band […]
After months of auditions, selections and semi finals, the time came for the Netherlands to select their entrant for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The singer Julia will represent her country with the song ‘Around’. She won the national final with a landslide victory gaining the maximum amount […]
To say that we have been inundated with questions on when RTE (Irish National Broadcaster) would announced their plans for Eurovision 2015 in an understatement. The national and international interest in the song contest has been immense. Today Eurovision Ireland spoke with Michael Kealy (Head of Delegation) and […]
RAI (Italian National Broadcaster) has announced in the last hour that they will offer the winner of the Sanremo Music festival the choice if they want to represent Italy at Eurovision 2015. In the last few minuets they have added the following proviso on their Facebook Page stating […]
2015 will be the 8th time that we will see Sanna Nielsen at Melodifestivalen. Yes I said the eighth time. So get ready to change the record books and Wikipedia! Well when we say it will be Sanna’s eighth time at Melodifestivalen it is true but SVT (Swedish […]
Switzerland : Start uploading your entries for the Swiss Eurovision 2015 selection process tomorrow Monday September 29th. SRF (Swiss Broadcaster) begin their open selection process where applicants can upload their videos on-line for the public to view. September 29th to October 27th is the submission period. Artists can […]
Would the time come? It seems as if all the neighbours had opened their selection process for Eurovision 2015. No it is good to be different and break away from the norm or so I was told as a schoolboy! One of the most westerly counties of Europe […]
Norway’s Carl Espen brought us one of the most intimate of songs at Eurovision 2014 with ‘Silent Storm’ but he is no longer prepared to be ‘Holding On’ to this Nordic angst for much longer as he releases the official video for his new and rather uplifting song […]
‘How do you solve a problem like Maria’ saw just one nun singing in Austria in ‘The Sound of Music’. However there are SIX Maltese nuns who want to set Austria alight next year and they are one of the 48 shortlisted acts for the Maltese Eurovision entry […]
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