BIRTHDAY: Benny Andersson from Sweden is 73 today It’s legend time. A real legend. Yeah, the term is used to describe anyone who came fifth in a Tuesday night semi-final. But this legend won our favourite TV show – with three others – and has remained high profile […]
BIRTHDAY: Frida from Sweden is 74 today Just once in a while, I’ll pick a birthday for a member of a group. And I’ve gone obscure. Possibly. Let’s see if her group’s song rings any bells at all. I understand it did OK in the 1970s. I jest […]
Happy New Year! While a new year means that a new Eurovision Song Contest is edging ever closer, it also means it’s time to look through ESC Radio’s Annual Top 250! While Loreen has held on to her crown for a 7th consecutive year, James took a closer […]
So…..the dust has settled on Lisbon 2018 (which I had the pleasure of attending this year) and as 2019 and the road to Tel Aviv 2019 has begun, with Albania being the first to select their entry! I felt it timely to write my first article as a […]
Mamma Mia – Here We Go Again, was released in cinemas across the UK last Friday. The music is based on the back catalogue of Sweden’s first ever winner’s of the Eurovision Song Contest – ABBA! Here we look at a brief history of ABBA and their involvement […]
#ESC2013: Swedish musician Avicii has died Swedish musician, DJ and producer Avicii has died in Oman aged 28. Born Tim Bergling in Stockholm in 1989, his association with Eurovision was in 2013 in Malmö, when he collaberated with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus to compose an opening theme […]
Waiting for the UK to announce it’s acts for Eurovision: You Decide is a bit like waiting for Christmas morning. But as you’ve all been so very good this year (yeah, it’s only January, but so what!?), we’ve got an extra special surprise for you! Hot off the […]
Swedish heart-throb and Eurovision superstar Måns Zelmerlöw has just posted pictures on his Instagram and Facebook accounts, showing that’s he’s on location in Brighton today filming for the BBC’s Eurovision: You Decide! It seems Måns is quite taken with the sea side town, and not just because it […]
#UK: Details revealed of Eurovision Your Decision 2018 The UK’s broadcaster, the BBC, has today revealed that it is again going down the route of a national final, and this will happen on Wednesday 7 February 2018 on BBC2. It’s not coming from London, but this year has […]
Back in 1974, Sweden won for the first time the Eurovision Song Contest with the entry Waterloo performed by ABBA. The song became a huge international hit and was the starting point of their legendary international career. The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest was held in UK at The Dome, in […]
Some of you may recall that last year I published a best and worst at Eurovision article for every country that was taking part in Eurovision 2016 with the exception of Australia who were only competing for the second time. So this year I will publish one for […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
As true fans of Eurovision we love to sing along to our favourite songs. Some can do it better than others, but we’re not here for that. We’re here to present our choices for the first round of one special battle between the covers of the winning songs. […]
June 5th Abba took to the stage to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the beginnings of the band. The location was Stockholm and we have all been waiting for a video of the performance of the song they did. Wait no more – here is a video of […]
Eurovision Royalty Abba took to the stage last night and performed together. “June 5th is exactly 50 years since Björn and Benny met for the first time in Linköping, Sweden. The rest is history and we are all so grateful for this day. Thank you for the music […]
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