Image Credit: Ovidiu Anton, from Facebook Whatever happens at this year’s Eurovision and whoever wins, one of 2016’s biggest stories will be Romania’s last minute removal from the contest. To read the full story behind the end of Romania’s Eurovision 2016 journey, click here As Romania’s exit came […]
I know many of you have followed my series of Eurovision staging, looking at all the elements that come to play when staging your song. We’ve looked at Video, Lighting, Pyrotechnics and Wind & Smoke, so what else is there? Well, to day I just want to pay […]
Continuing my delve into the staging & presentation of Eurovision songs and today we look at the Pyrotechnics. It’s something we’ve very much come to expect in Eurovision these days, not that every song needs flaming pianos (see. Austria 2015) guitars (see. Albania 2013) or record decks (see. Bulgaria 2005) but they […]
Last week we looked at the lighting of a performance to see what a difference it made and I shared with you some of my favourite used of lights at Eurovision. This week I’m taking a look at the video projection that we see being used now to […]
Well, I did have to check the calendar to make sure that it wasn’t the 1st of April and that this wasn’t, actually, a Belarusian attempt at an April Fools joke – but no, I’m assured it is still March 21st and that this story genuinely appeared in […]
(Photograph Courtesy of X-Factor/ITV/MelanieMcCabe.com) We had reported earlier in the month that Eurosong Mentor – Mairead Farrell – had confirmed on national radio that X-Factor contestant Melanie McCabe was her act for this year’s Eurosong Final in the hope of becoming Ireland‘s representative at Eurovision 2013 in […]
(Photograph Courtesy of nullpoints.com) Who will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo Sweden? This is a huge honor for any TV presenter to be given such a task. Above is the legendary Ms Katie Boyle who presented the contest on 4 occasions in the United Kingdon […]
(Photograph Courtesy of eurovision-addict.blogspot.com) “In A Moment Like This” the Danish Eurovision Fans must be excited! Tonight we have the final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP) 2013 , and Danish Broadcaster DR are promising the biggest Danish National Final ever. This will be a close call as […]
(Photograph Courtesy of frida.stalnacke@svt.se) Swedish Broadcaster SVT have just released the first images of what the Melodifestivalen 2013 stage will look like. Viktor Brattström and Frida Arvidsson are the designers tasked with developing this year’s Melodifestivalen stage. They began work on the project in the Summer of 2012 and […]
(Photograph courtesy of Нет версии с бо́льшим разрешением) At the end of last year Swiss band “Heilsarmee” won the National Eurovision Selection in Switzerland with the song “You and Me”. Following their victory there were doubts on whether they could enter the Eurovision Song Contest as “Heilsarmee” as […]
7 amazing performances tonight in Norway in their search for their entry to Eurovision 2013. Vidar Busk- “Paid My Way” (Tim Scott McConnell & Vidar Busk) Carina Dahl- “Sleepwalking” (Carina Dahl & Ben Adams) Tom Hugo- “Det er du” (Tom Hugo) Gromth feat. Emil Solli-Tangen- “Alone” Emil Solli-Tangen, Sven Atle Kopperud & […]
Tonight in the town of Steinkjer, Norway begins their selection for Eurovision 2013. Seven acts will be performing and 3 places are on offer for the National Final Vidar Busk- “Paid My Way” (Tim Scott McConnell & Vidar Busk) Carina Dahl- “Sleepwalking” (Carina Dahl & Ben Adams) Tom Hugo- “Det er du” (Tom Hugo) […]
(Photograph courtesy of ©Christina Liljenberg, Poplight.se) The rumour mill about whom will represent the UK at Eurovision 2013 just gets bigger and bigger. This in itself could be the problem as to why the UK Press have a dual edged sword attitude towards the contest – if the BBC allows […]
(Photograph Courtesy of http://www.martinbakerphotography.com) Azerbaijan selected another finalist towards their Eurovision 2013 entrant – and as we had predicted it was the amazing and stunning Leyla Əliyeva You may remember that she sang Rona Nishliu of Albania‘s 2012 entry Suus – and it was explosive. (YouTube Video Courtesy of Azeurovision) Leyla […]
(Photograph Courtesy of RTE.ie) As we had said here several months ago – “Girls Aloud” are the priority for the BBC to secure for Eurovision 2013 – we have media reports today in the UK and Ireland that this is the case. According to RTE’s (Irish National Broadcaster) website and Popbitch.com […]
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