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 […]
Hear ye, hear ye! Eurovision fans from all over the world, today was revealed the complete list of the countries participating in Kyiv next year at the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest organised by the European Broadcasting Union and Ukrainian national broadcaster NTU following Jamala’s win with 1944 […]
According to the Bosnian news website Klix.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina are “in danger of being excluded from the EBU” as soon as the end of this month if it fails to settle its unpaid debts, much in the same way as Romania’s TVR were just weeks before this […]
“Russia will not participate in the Eurovision song contest anymore!” – Dmitry Medvedev. Serbian news agency SlobodniMediji.com are reporting that AP have reported that Russian Prime Minister Medvedev has said today of the Eurovision Song Contest. “This is not about a good song anymore, this is a real show of dirty […]
Time for the EBU to amend the Eurovision Song Contest rule (1.2.1a)? In a series of articles that we will be delivering over the coming weeks, we will be looking at the lessons that can be taken away from Eurovision 2016 as the aftermath of the wonderful contest […]
Last night a video was circulated on YouTube showing Jamala performing a version of her song ‘1944’ on May 2015. Jamala confirmed on-line that it was her but that the lyrics were not the same as her Eurovision entry. Moments ago the EBU posted an official statement on […]
Is this a breaking of the rules of Eurovision or a plot against Ukraine? A YouTube video surfaced today allegedly showing Jamala performing her song ‘1944’ back in May 2015 yet under a different name. Scroll through this video to 4 Minutes 35 seconds and take a look. […]
Two Alleged Video Eurovision Voting Scandals Emerge on YouTube Today Should the EBU investigate these and report to the public on them as priority? The Russian Prank TV show ‘Call’ allegedly aired the following segment/video calls on their show. The videos claim the following “On the 11th May 2016 […]