After weeks of meetings, discussions, false leeks, EBU visits and altered announcement dates it has finally been announced publicly that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv. The bidding phase had ended with Dnipro, Kyiv and Odessa being the last three […]
In the first of an occasional series, we explore what possible new paths the competing nations can take when their choosing their songs for Eurovision, and debating whether a different approach could indeed lead to better results. And we’re starting with everybody’s favourite underdogs… Malta. If your only experience […]
Today we celebrate a little experiment that happened exactly 60 years ago on a cloudy and wet night in Lugano Switzerland. Seven countries had gathered to enter a song into a European song competition to see whether the idea of different music, language and culture could combine to make […]
“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 […]
We have only been home from Stockholm for one week and yet the news keeps on coming from both this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as well as next year’s. It’s time for a brief recap of this week’s news. Jamala Wins For Ukraine Cast your mind back a week […]
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 […]
Can Ukraine afford to host Eurovision 2017? How much will it cost? Will it be hosted in Kiev in 2017? Jamala had not even touched down back in Ukraine following her victory at Eurovision 2016 when questions were being asked if Ukrainian broadcaster were ready to host the […]
With the pride of wining Eurovision also comes the responsibility and expense of hosting the contest. Eurovision has grown into a massive event and with 3 live shows to broadcast, it is a challenging event for seasoned hosts like SVT. So how will NTU cope with the expense […]
Ukraine wins Eurovision 2016 in a thrilling final voting sequence! The International Press in the Globe Arena earlier predicted the exact result of this years contest and got the top 3 spot on – READ HERE After the Jury voting Australia’s Dami Im had a commanding lead over […]
Eurovision 2016 kicks off next Monday when rehearsals begin in Stockholm. 5 countries have dominated the betting odds for the last 4 weeks and if you are like us – your travel plans for the year are centred around who wins the contest. Russia, France, Australia, Sweden […]
When will Eurovision 2017 take place? We may not know where the contest will be but the preliminary dates have been announced. The Semi-Final One will take place on 16 May, Semi-Final Two on 18 May, and the Grand Final on 20 May, 2017. Why these dates – […]
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