Fan favorite to represent Spain at Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Ruth Lorenzo (Spain 2014) just released her latest video for the song “Voces” (Voices). The song seems to be a hymn about the power of joined voices that can stand up against every obstacle. This message is well […]
Last night on The X Factor UK we saw a fierce Saara Aalto singing for the public vote. Unfortunately it seems the UK public wasn’t conquered by Saara’s voice yet so we were shocked to see her in the bottom three. After the sing-off, she was saved by […]
Things are starting to pick up around Europe. Some countries are starting their selections, some have announced plans that start in the coming months. But other have been silent on potential participation. So we know where we stand, here are what the various nations around Europe are up […]
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 […]