“Hard time finding mega-star status” was the crushing comment that the Wall Street Journal used to describe the current Eurovision Winner Emmelie De Forest’s career. We reported last week that Emmelie had cancelled her tour of Germany and Denmark – See here Emmelie had stated on Facebook that […]
The New Eurovision Voting Regulations announced by the EBU last week, are still making the mainstream news across not only Europe but the globe – see here One of Ireland’s largest national radio stations “NewsTalk Radio”, invited Eurovision Ireland onto their show to discuss these rule changes and […]
Eurovision winner Emmelie De Forest has canceled her forthcoming tour of Germany and Denmark. Officially it is said that she has had to cancel her Tour due to “timing restrictions”. German news agency newswhip.com are claiming that Emmelie’s calendar is full to capacity of songwriting sessions and television appearances […]
Latvian broadcaster (LTV) have confirmed to our friends at esctoday that they will be competing at Eurovision 2014 in Denmark. They shall be using again the contest “Dziesma” for their selection. There will be 2 semi finals and a Grand final with provisional dates set for January 18th, […]
The Eurovision Song Contest is currently the #1 Trending news item on the BBC in the UK today. Very hard to believe that the contest which is so often ridiculed by the British Media, is now their top trending story. Why is this? Well it is down to […]
YLE (Finnish Broadcaster) has this year received 420 entries for their National Eurovision Selection for Eurovision 2014. The broadcaster will be using again the format of “Uden Musiikin Kilpailu” to select their entry for Copenhagen. 420 submissions is only 50 less than last year, which shows the strong […]
The EBU has published the complete set of rules regarding participation in the contest next year in Denmark, and there are amendments to the “Voting Rules”. The voting will still be a mixture of 50% Jury and 50% Public vote but the changes will surround the Jury. Change […]
Eurovision 2014 as you know will be coming from “Beautiful Copenhagen” and the currently disused “B&W Halls”. DR have christened this “Eurovision Island”. To date we have seen photographs of the area, but we have come across this video that gives you an aerial view of the vast […]
Eurovision winner 2013 Emmelie de Forest, has just released the video for her Eurovision follow-up song “Hunter and Prey”. The song also seems to have come on leaps and bounds from the acoustic version that was available so far on video. There is a subtle 80’s electronic voice […]
So by now you will have read the “Eurovision headlines” in various spheres alleging favours-for-votes. To the seasoned follower of Europe’s favourite television show, these headlines may not come as a surprise. This sort of story appears every year without fail. And they often come from countries whose […]