#ESC2018: Ireland at the Oceanarium Eurovision Ireland caught up with Ari Ólafsson from Iceland, Zibbz from Switzerland, and our very own Ryan at the Oceanário de Lisboa in the warm sunshine, for some fun and games. They jam some Eurovision favourites, run around, and Ryan even auditions some […]
#IRELAND: Interview with Ryan O’Shaughnessy Eurovision Ireland caught up with our very own Ryan for a quick chat. But not in the press centre. Nor his hotel. We found him larking about outside the Oceanário de Lisboa on the waterfront. He told us about the rehearsals, his new […]
#EUROVISION 2018: The semi-final draws We’re a step nearer to the contest next month, with the announcement of the draws for the semi-finals. These can be make or break for some songs. That song you originally tipped to perhaps win, might now think struggle to shine through. Or […]
Destination Eurovision has just concluded, and ‘Mercy’ by Madame Monsieur has won the lucky golden ticket to Lisbon in May. They beat seven other challengers with this song. If you’re interested, here are the final scores. The 10 international jurors only had the song third, but the voters […]
#FRANCE: Final four finalists selected France Télévisions has just revealed the final four finalists for Destination Eurovision, the series of shows to select the French entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Nine songs competed for the four spots, which were chosen by six jurors – three […]
#FRANCE: Live Blog of Destination Eurovision Semi-final One! After several years of internal selections, it appears that France Télévisions has bigger plans, with a three-week run to pick a song for Lisbon. Tonight is the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision, and nine songs will compete for four places […]
SWEDEN: Melodifestivalen 2018 participants revealed One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Eurovision season is Melodifestivalen. It’s consistently popular, watched all over Europe, and even the venues for the semi-finals and finals sell out in record time. Broadcaster SVT always takes it around Sweden, thus generating […]
#UK: Details revealed of Eurovision Your Decision 2018 The UK’s broadcaster, the BBC, has today revealed that it is again going down the route of a national final, and this will happen on Wednesday 7 February 2018 on BBC2. It’s not coming from London, but this year has […]
#NETHERLANDS: It’s Waylon for Lisbon next May Hot on the heels of announcements from elsewhere in Europe, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has revealed that Waylon will represent the Netherlands at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. No, it’s nothing to do with Mr Burns’ assistant in the Simpsons. This Waylon […]
EUROVISION 2018: Who’s going to be at the party How are things looking for Lisbon? Follow the progress below Semi-final One Albania Eugent Bushpepa Mall Azerbaijan Aisel Belarus Alekseev Forever Belgium Laura Groeseneken Bulgaria Announcement, 12 March Czech Republic Mikolas Josef Lie to me Estonia Eesti Laul, 3 […]
BELGIUM: VRT selects Laura Groeseneken for Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon Flemish broadcaster VRT has announced that Laura Goreseneken will represent Belgium at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Laura was born in Leuven in 1990 and has been collaberating with Ozark Henry since 2014. She has also […]