The last of the Big 5 countries – Italy – confirm their participation at Eurovision 2014. According to esctoday Italy will be attending Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen. No details as of yet how their artist will be selected for Eurovision. If RAI (Italian National Broadcaster) follow their recent […]
The formal closing date for Broadcasters to apply for Eurovision 2014 participation is Friday November 22nd. So who do we have present as of close of business Monday 18th November? However remember that we told you in an earlier post that a Broadcaster can withdraw from the contest […]
Malta is the small island with possibly the biggest Eurovision heart. The island and their National Broadcaster PBS would dearly love to host Eurovision. They have announced the dates of their National Selection for Eurovision 2014 and through our good friends at escflashMalta.com, we know some familiar artists […]
Ott Lepland has been keeping most of Estonia and parts of Eurovision Land amused with his performances on the show “Your Face Sounds Familiar”. From his very convincing performance of Elton John to his rather worrying performance of Eurovision Winner Celine Dion – he has been delighted and […]
How much does it cost to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014? Yesterday in an interview with the Danish newspaper “BT”, executive producer of Eurovision 2014 Ms Pernille Gaardbo spoke of the budget for the Song Contest. DR (Danish Broadcaster) are estimating that the budget for the contest […]
As we had predicted – this week will see a host of countries confirming their Eurovision 2014 participation – as the deadline for applications draws to a close (November 22nd) BHRT – the National Broadcaster of Bosnia-Herzegovina – has confirmed that they will compete at Eurovision 2014. In […]
Last weekend Conchita Wurst (Austrian Eurovision Representative 2014) was in Dublin appearing on RTE’s “The Saturday Night Show”. We had the pleasure to sit down with Conchita and have a video interview We spent half an hour chatting with Conchita in her dressing room – not many people […]
Welcome to the third and final part of our preview of songs soon to be appearing in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest on 30 November in Kyiv. Twelve countries will take part including one debutante (more of which later). There are a few different rules to bear in […]
Our good friends at escXtra and Wiwi Blogs met up with Valentina Monetta in London this weekend. Valenitna will be representing San Marino at Eurovision for the third year in a row. In the interviews she talks of her Eurovision journeys in 2012 and 2013 and her upcoming […]
Sir Cliff Richard performed twice on Ireland’s “The Lat late Show” last night. In his interview with Ryan Tubridy, he spoke of the release of his 100th album along with his experimentation with Botox and his views on One Direction and Miley Cyrus. The 73-year-old singer was in […]
Conchita Wurst – Austria’s 2014 Eurovision Song Contest Representative – will be on live TV tonight in Ireland and you can watch on-line. Conchita will be appearing on RTE’s “Saturday Night Show” with Brendan O’Connor. If you are in Ireland you can watch the show at 21:35 (GMT) […]
I cannot believe that I am going to mention the “C” word – yes Christmas! If you are in Sweden and a Eurovision Fan then there is one almighty “Christmas Eurovision Battle” brewing! Many of Sweden’s Eurovision stars will have Christmas offerings to fill your stocking or add […]
Australia’s love of the Eurovision Song Contest was celebrated at the contest this year in Malmo. Well this love affair is set to grow even bigger with some very good news. Malmo 2013 saw Australia get their own 2 minutes on the live Broadcast when they celebrated their […]