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 […]
Adelen – the runner-up in the Norwegian National Final for Eurovision 2013 MGP – may indeed have the biggest success from this year’s Eurovision hopefuls. Music Mogul – Simon Fuller – has just signed the 16-year-old singer to his stable of acts which includes The Beckhams, Carrie Underwood […]
“Thank Crunchie it’s Friday” and in our new Friday slot at Eurovision Ireland, we are looking for you to tell us what your Eurovision favorites are – whether they are your favorites for the quality of the song or because they make you laugh every time you see […]
Earlier today the FYR Macedonian website tvpaket.com.mk claimed that the country was going to declare who was their Eurovision 2014 representative tonight. It now appears that it was merely a platform to suggest an artist for consideration – Nina Janeva. The website said that as it was the artist’s […]
A new feature to Eurovision Ireland will be our regular “Thursday Talent Search” for Eurovision 2014. We will look at known and unknown artists that could add some diversity and attitude at Eurovision 2014. We will highlight names from Ireland plus some from around the continent. The Netherlands […]
Who will represent FYR Macedonia at Eurovision 2014? We will know that answer to this question tonight according to tvpaket.com.mk in a special announcement. It seems that many countries are setting out their intentions for Eurovision 2014 early with San Marino doing so yesterday. This is a very good […]
Just a month after hosting Eurovision 2013 – SVT – the Swedish National Broadcaster have announced the application process for Melodifestivalen 2014 (the Swedish National Selection Process) Again there will be 32 songs selected for the 4 Heats. How will the 32 songs be selected? Firstly SVT have […]
Eurovision Winners Lys Assia (First ever Winner 1956) and Emmelie de Forest (Latest winner 2013) will be gracing the Stockholm Pride celebrations on August 1st. Yes both Eurovision winners will be singing at the annual Stockholm Pride concert at Östermalms Idrottsplats. Lys Assia – who won the contest in […]
The BBC have released the results of the UK jury vote in the Semi Final and Grand Final of Eurovision 2013. Semi Final 1 Jury Vote Russia Austria Denmark Estonia Belgium Netherlands Moldova Belarus Ukraine Ireland Lithuania Slovenia Cyprus Serbia Croatia Montenegro The Grand Final Jury Vote Russia […]
Earlier today we reported that DR had announced alternatives to Parken Stadium that were part of the Copenhagen bid for Host City for Eurovision 2014 – things change literally by the hour. DR now say “Bella Center and Ballerup Super Arena, which has previously been mentioned as possibilities […]