“Join Us” in Copenhagen. Yes Eurovision 2014 will be held in the capital of Denmark for the 3rd times in the country’s history. The news cam from the Danish public broadcaster DR today. The venue will be the B&W Hallerne at the Refshaleøen. The slogan for the Eurovision […]
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 […]
Sarah Dawn Finer – Melodifestivalen finalist and EBU Correspondent Lynda Woodruff – has taken on Avicii’s “Wake Me Up”. On Swedish Radio, Finer played an acoustic ballad version of Avici’s Global Smash “Wake Me Up”. The 2 songs could not be more different. Again Finer proves that she […]
Sarah Dawn Finer – or more commonly know to the International Eurovision Viewer as Lynda Woodruff of the European Broadcasting Union – has confirmed that she wants to represent the UK at Eurovision! Sarah Dawn Finer is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress with British and American parents. […]
“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 […]
The Eurovision Song Contest and the Performance of Europe’, a lecture by Prof Brian Singleton,as part of the Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe. Though heavily criticised for its camp staging and the simplistic lyrics of many of its songs, the Eurovision Song Contest has survived for 58 years […]
Copenhagen is one of the 4 cities that have made a proposal to host Eurovision 2014. It was seen that the Parken Stadium – the site of Eurovision 2001 – would be the venue. Well according to Danish Broadcaster DR – Copenhagen have placed 3 proposal venues for […]
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 […]