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 […]
#EDITORIAL: Shine a light As usual, the devoted Eurovision fan community will be picking apart what happened on the evening of Eurovision Day. Except, it was no normal Eurovision Day (is there ever?). In place of the usual riotous cavalcade of quality song, we had a pared down […]
In his final act as Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jon Ola Sand has declared Ireland the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020! The decision comes as a result of Ireland’s stellar Eurovision record since 1965. Having already won the contest 7 times, Mr Sand […]
It has been announced in the last hour that Martin Österdahl has been chosen to replace Jon Ola Sand as the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The decision was made by Jean Philip De Tender, the EBU Director of Media […]
Earlier today was the Semi Final Allocation Draw, meaning we now know which countries will be performing in which semi final, and which semis the Big 5 and Host will vote in at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! The event was hosted by Lucy Ayoub and Assi Azar […]
The Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, that meets 5-6 times a year, have had three changes made to their line-up. Mr Edoardo Grassi (FT/France), Mr Martin Osterdahl (SVT/Sweden) and Mr Joao Nuno Nogueira (RTP/Portugal) have left the group. The three replacing members are Ms Carla Bugalho (RTP/Portugal), Ms […]
Yes, we know many of you suspected this is where we were heading, but today it’s been officially confirmed by the EBU that the gorgeous seaside city of Tel Aviv in Israel will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2019! Interestingly, some of you might remember that Tel Aviv […]
#EUROVISION 2018: What are the most popular videos? Over the coming weeks, we’ll chart the most popular official videos of the songs taking part in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. You can find them all HERE on the official Eurovision Youtube channel. We’ve only taken official videos that […]
It was the story that dominated Eurovision 2017: Yuliya Samoilova’s ban from entering Ukraine, that subsequently led to Russia’s withdrawal from the contest. After a 1 year absence, Russia are back and so is Yuliya as their contestant. And as the contest is going to be held in […]
An old saying warns us to keep our friends close, and our enemies closer… but perhaps it’s just easier to snub them at Europe’s favourite music competition?! Show business is full of famous feuds… Joan Crawford and Bette Davis… Lindsey Lohan and Hilary Duff… Taylor Swift and whoever […]
Good evening Europe, this is Vaduz calling! – could these long-awaited words soon be uttered at the Eurovision Song Contest? According to 1FLTV, Liechtenstein’s national broadcaster, YES! Since Liechtenstein founded a national broadcaster in 2008, there have been persistent rumours/dreams of Eurovision entry. Earlier this week, 1FLTV have […]
We recently reported on EBU sanctions against Macedonia’s national broadcaster MRT and the potential repercussions this could have for the country taking part in Eurovision next May. Well, our friends over at ESCToday.com have contacted the EBU to ask for clarification and below is what they had to […]
Macedonian broadcaster MRT is facing sanctions from the EBU, including no longer having access to EBU services as a result of long standing debts. According to ESCXtra, unnamed sources within MRT claim that the broadcaster’s debts are in excess of 21.8 million Euros, owed to trustees both abroad […]
Today the EBU unveiled a series of modifications to the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest for 2018’s competition, due to take place in Lisbon next May. While the rules do not change the format of Europe’s favourite show, they do tweak some of the specifications regarding the […]
Yesterday we reported on the story that Russia’s Eurovision entrant Yuliya Samoilova could be denied entry into Ukraine for Eurovision as she had previously been to Crimea. Because Ukraine considers Crimea to be territory occupied by Russia, the government only allows travel there with a permit. As Yuliya […]
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