No P4 Nästa 2021 finalists will be chosen as the usual wildcard for Melodifestivalen 2022 this year. SVT, the Swedish national broadcaster, have confirmed the wildcard agreement has been paused for this year. Since 2012, when a wildcard has been chosen from P4 Nästa, not one has progressed […]
#BIRTHDAY: Jetty Paerl would have been 100 today In a change to celebrating birthdays of performers still with us, we’ve got the birthday of someone who died in 2013. You may wonder why, but we do have the Eurovision trailblazer of trailblazers. Dutchwoman Jetty Paerl came second in […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… the Grand Final Eurovision Ireland took one last look at the events of the 2021 Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We kept it brief, just looking at the top 10, plus our highlights. Did you agree with the top 10? What were […]
Internal selections have been held by RTE, the Irish national broadcaster, to select the Eurovision Song Contest every year, since 2016. With the exception of 2018, Ireland have failed to qualify for the Grand Final. There have now been calls to return to a national selection. Micheal Kealy, […]
It’s not even been a week since Måneskin lifted the trophy in Rotterdam, but it seems preparations for next year’s contest are already well underway! From Milan to Naples, 11 cities across the length and breadth of Italy have already expressed interest in hosting the next edition of […]
During the recent 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest press conference in Rotterdam, it was asked whether or not the EBU were working on all the Big Five countries to participate in the Contest this year. Martin Österdahl, the Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, simply replied […]
#BIRTHDAY: Ines from Estonia is 40 today You can always tell when a country is seriously gunning for a win. They seem to up their game, just to bring themselves to Europe’s attention. And then, bang, they have that win under their belt. Today’s birthday girl Ines (née […]
It has been announced by SBS, the Australian national broadcaster who competes at the Eurovision Song Contest, that the Eurovision Asia Song Contest will no longer be taking place. SBS acquired the rights back in 2017, in hope of launching an asian version of the Contest. Josh Martin, […]
There are many good reasons to learn a language… to make travel more enriching, to boost your CV, to be able to speak to friends, family and co-workers more easily… now we can add loving the winner the Eurovision Song Contest to this list! According to Duolingo’s Twitter […]
Late Saturday evening ,Måneskin of Italy took victory in a thrilling grand final , held at the Ahoy stadium in Rotterdam . But what do we really know about our winner ? Let’s have a look . They are an Italian rock band from Rome , with four […]