It is no news that Turkey will not be participating at Eurovision 2014. We have all read that story for several months now. The real story that we have waited to hear is the outcome of the meeting between the EBU and TRT that was scheduled to take […]
Eurovision Ireland has just received a letter from Mr Jon Ola Sand (Eurovision Executive Supervisor) and Mr Sietse Bakker (Eurovision Event Supervisor) in response to our recent “open letter” concerning the growing anti LGBT legislation in parts of Europe – read here Firstly we are very happy to […]
Eurovision.tv (official EBU website) published and article asking their readers “Tell us, what does Eurovision mean to you?” That simple question got me thinking and my thoughts ranged from “Euphoria” through to “Running Scared”. I guess I need to put this into perspective for you the reader. For […]
“Of Course I’m pissed” were the comments from Eurovision song contests chief executive Jon Ola Sand who is investigating the largest voting scandal in the history of the competition – according to Swedish media Aftonbladet. Breaking his silence on the issue, Jon Ola Sand spoke to the Swedish News […]
The EBU are set to drop their investigation into vote-buying allegations at Eurovision 2013, according to Swedish Media outlet Aftonbladet. Lithuanian media 15.min had posted an alleged video showing an attempt to purchase tele votes for Azerbaijan at this year’s Eurovision. Just a few weeks ago Eurovision Supervisor […]
According to Kazakhstan Media Channels (KazMedia Center) the country is negotiating membership of the European Broadcasting Union, with the goal of participating at Eurovision 2014. There have been several factors that the national broadcaster in Kazakhstan has worked to comply with, in order to gain EBU membership. KazMedia […]
Today it was announced that the Greek National Broadcaster ERT was being closed down with immediate effect from midnight, with the loss of 2,650 permanent staff members and a further 250 short-term employers. Simos Kedikoglou (A Greek Government Spokesman) allegedly described ERT, as a “modern-day scandal” and “a unique […]
Just after Eurovision 2013 has been completed, several countries have already confirmed their attendance in Denmark for Eurovision 2014. So far we have the following details courtesy of our friends at 12Points.tv Nordic Participation 2014 Denmark – Well obviously as they are hosting the event they will be […]
In an interview with CNN France – UK Eurovision Contestant Bonnie Tyler has said on video ” “I heard the Russians complain: why you did not give ten points for which we paid? ” This is fuel to the fire over the Eurovision Scandal that just will not go away […]
Late last night the EBU decided to release the Jury and Public Split votes of the Eurovision Contest 2013. First note is that these figures were average rankings for every country in both jury and televoting.. Ranking the countries based on these average rankings mean very little, because they include […]