#SAN MARINO: Valentina’s back to sing in Kyiv! San Marino has revealed that Valentina Monetta is back – again – to try for Eurovision success. This time, however, she will be duetting with Jimmie Wilson. The song will be called ‘Spirit of the night’. Valentina needs no introduction, […]
#EUROVISION 2017: Youtube hits – 12 March Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at which Youtube videos are popular and which are not. This chart looks at the average daily hits for the official videos on the Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel, since they first appeared on […]
#ICELAND: Svala wins the Söngvakeppnin ticket to Kyiv Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin has just finished, and Svala will be going to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Paper’. Svala Björnvinsdóttir beat Daði Freyr Perúrsson in the superfinal, after they won a combined jury and televote. Here’s her official video. […]
#ICELAND: Live blog of Söngvakeppnin Final! JOIN US from 20.45 CET It’s Söngvakeppnin Final time in Iceland. Seven songs have made it this far. These are the best three in each semi-final, plus one lucky wild card. As you’ll see, most of the titles have changed, as the Söngvakeppnin rules allow […]
#EUROVISION 2017: Youtube hits – 8 March Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at which Youtube videos are popular and which are not. This chart looks at the average daily hits for the official videos on the Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel, since they first appeared on […]
#PORTUGAL: Salvador Sobral to represent his country in Kyiv in May RTP’s Festival da Canção has just finished, and Salvador Sobral has won the grand prize of a two-week trip to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Amar pelos dois’. After an extensive show, that included a tribute to […]
PORTUGAL: Live blog of Festival da Canção Final. Join us from 22.00 CET! Portugal tonight chooses its song for Kyiv, after a year out in 2016. Sixteen songs have been whittled down to eight, but only one can win. Who will it be? Tune in to the blog […]
Spain is always an enthusiastic participant in Eurovision, and with automatic entry into the Grand Final, has that extra incentive to do well. As ever, Eurovision Ireland will be running a live blog of the proceedings from Madrid on Saturday night. Here’s a preview of the songs. Do […]
As you know, our friends in Belarus will be selecting their song for Kyiv this coming Friday. we’ll be blogging it, and there will be portals all over the interweb for you to watch it. In preparation, we at EI are reviewing the 13 lucky finalists. You can […]
Hungary has become the latest country to reveal its list of songs for Eurovision. Our Magyar friends have made the Saturday night Grand Final for the last six years, so with a good record like this there will be a lot of pressure. The method for selecting Hungary’s […]