The European Broadcasting Union and the BBC, the British national broadcaster, have announced the Host City short list for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Out of the FOURTEEN cities that were on the long list, the following have made the short list: Birmingham Glasgow Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle […]
The BBC, the British national broadcaster, have announced when they will reveal the Host City short list for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Tomorrow morning on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, at 08:30 GMT/09:30 CET, the Host City short list will be revealed. At this moment in […]
As we all now know, Eurovision 2023 will be held somewhere in the United Kingdom. Today the BBC has released a further statement regarding the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest host city bidding process. There will be two stages to the host city bidding process, where the BBC and […]
Following the ANNOUNCEMENT that the United Kingdom will definitely be hosting the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, an unlikely BBC star has offered his services in hosting the event – if Cardiff wins the Host City bid. Huw Edwards is one of the BBC’s leading newsreaders and offered his […]
Following the announcement by the European Broadcasting Union that Ukraine will not have the chance to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest and that the BBC, the British national broadcaster had been approached, Graham Norton discussed the subject at the launch of Paramount+. Graham Norton, UK Commentator, had […]
As we all know by now, the EBU released a statement on Friday that the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will not be held in Ukraine. The decision comes after on-going discussions with UA:PBC following the victory of Kalush Orchestra in Turin a few weeks ago, as well as […]
#ESC2022: Interview with BBC’s Richie Anderson Eurovision Ireland caught up with Eurovision fan Richie Anderson. He tells us about life at BBC Radio 2, his Eurovision memories and, of course, his favourite cake. Did you enjoy the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest? Did the right songs do well? Tell […]
Once again, the BBC has received, the now annual complaint, that the Contest “is political and a waste of the license fee”. The BBC has given the following response to the complainants: “Ever since the Eurovision Song Contest first burst onto our television screens in 1956, the competition […]
Let’s face it… the last 18 months have been anything but ordinary!! And in these strange times of COVID, social distancing and frantic hand washing, even Eurovision has undergone massive changes to ensure the event we know and love can go ahead. We all knew it was going […]
This week has seen many countries present their entry for the ESC in Rotterdam to take place on 18th,20th , 22nd May 2021 and the UK are no exception to this . Earlier this year, the national broadcaster the BBC , decided to send James Newman, who was […]