With the semi finals done and dusted for another year, it’s time for one of our most popular annual articles – let’s find out which countries have had their qualification rates improved the most by reaching the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and who has […]
It’s always one of our most read articles of the year! You loved it when we covered this in 2018, 2019, and 2021, so it’s time to crunch the numbers again for 2022! With the semi finals done for another year, it’s time to check in and see whose qualification […]
#BIRTHDAY: Polina Smolova from Belarus is 41 today Those semi-finals are always bloodbaths. You can probably pick a semi-final winner, but ten get through so there are often surprises. Surprises in that a fancied song misses the cut, or something you don’t expect makes it. Even with semi-finals, […]
Ivan Eismont, the Director General of BTRC, Belarusian national broadcaster, has revealed their suspension of their European Broadcasting Union full membership, will be lifted on July 1st, 2024. Officially, that means the first Eurovision event that BTRC can participate in, will be the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. […]
At the end of MAY, the European Broadcasting Union agreed to suspend BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster – with a two week period to appeal. As of today and after no appeal, BTRC has been formally suspended – the first time the EBU has taken such action against […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we celebrated the countries that participated in this year’s Contest, in Rotterdam. We are now remembering the countries that had previously participated in the Contest – today we remember Belarus. Belarus […]
Now that the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest is over, the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest is coming! Six of the original participating broadcasters have already ruled themselves out from returning. Belarus – BTRC BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster, was SUSPENDED from the European Broadcasting Union after the Eurovision […]
The European Broadcasting Union’s Executive Board have agreed to suspend BTRC, the Belarusian national broadcaster. A two week period has been given to BTRC for a response. The Executive Board of the European Broadcasting Union, had the following to say: “The EBU has been closely monitoring the suppression […]
#BIRTHDAY: Maimuna from Belarus is 31 today Performing at the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t always about being the singer. You could a credit as a performer, but through another role. And if you’re a competent instrumentalist, then why not? Today’s birthday girl Маймуна Амаду Мурашка/Maimuna Amadu Murashko got […]
As you loved these articles in 2018 and 2019, we knew we had to crunch the numbers again for 2021! Now that the semi finals are done and dusted, we can take a look at whose all important qualification rate has benefitted the most from reaching Saturday night’s […]
#BIRTHDAY: Alekseev from Belarus is 28 today When you’re on that Eurovision stage, it can sometimes help if you have a gimmick. It could be a big prop or humorous sidekick cavorting around the stage. And sometimes, you might onlt want to reveal that gimmick at the end. […]
The fourteen finalists of this year’s New Wave Festival have been revealed. They include Samra Rahimli, the Azerbaijani representative at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The finalists are: Armenia – Saro Gevorgyan Australia – Alfie Arcuri Azerbaijan – Samra Rahimli Belarus – CHEICHAI Bulgaria – Denitsa Karaslavova Georgia […]
#BIRTHDAY: Anastasia Vinnikova from Belarus is 30 today Eurovision shouldn’t be political. A nice golden rule. Of course, there have been times when this rule has been stretched slightly. And times when a country’s chosen song needed a tweak. In 2011, our friends in Belarus picked today’s birthday […]
Want a review that doesn’t take up all of your precious time? Then you’ve come to the right place! It’s your favourite lightening-fast review show: Review in Two, better known as #ReVu2! Each of the 37 countries taking part in Liverpool will all have their #ReVu2 moment, so […]
Moments ago, the European Broadcasting Union published a statement regarding the participation of Belarus at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. You can read it in full here: Let us know what you think about Belarus in 2021 – either in the comments below or on our FACEBOOK and TWITTER pages. Author: Richard […]