ARMENIA: And the winner is… Depi Evratesil 2020 has just finished, and Athena Manoukian will be carrying Armenia’s torch in Rotterdam. She will sing Chains on you. After sets of votes from an international jury, an Armenian jury, and a public vote, Athena beat ERNA and Vladimir Arzumanyan […]
ARMENIA: Depi Evratesil Live Blog #Joinus from 19.00CET Our friends in Armenia are holding a national selection, and there are high hopes of making a Eurovision Grand Final for the first time since 2017. Armenia will choose a winner using a combination of televoting and a nine-member jury. […]
BIRTHDAY: Carol Rich from Switzerland is 58 today Being first to perform on our favourite TV show must be a challenge. But at least you are first to the free bar in the Green Room. But what if you’re last on? You have to wait whilst [insert number […]
Labas vakaras Europa ir labas rytas Australija! This is Vilnius calling! 36 have become 8 – it’s time for the final of Lithuania’s Eurovision selection, Pabandom Iš Naujo! Sit back and relax, and let Eurovision Ireland’s own James Scanlan entertain and inform you. As always, let me what […]
BIRTHDAY: Yulia Savicheva from Russia is 37 today One thing that can sometimes help your song along is a great bit of choreography. Some songs are crying out for it, where obviously others don’t. So a Eurovision stage can be that pinnacle if your a dancer. Today’s song […]
BIRTHDAY: Karoline Krüger from Norway is 50 today If you’re really into your contest, you’ll be watching all of the national finals, semi-finals and miscellaneous heats from around Europe as broadcasters pick their songs for Rotterdam. Some don’t bother asking the public, but some like a whole series […]
BIRTHDAY: Ana Rucner is 37 today It would be good to see certain countries come back to our favourite TV show. Not just those micro-states, but there are some larger ones that did well in the past, but now sit on the sidelines. It wasn’t that long ago […]
BIRTHDAY: Serge Lama from France is 77 today We picked a French singer recently; one that you might not normally associate with our favourite TV show. Well today could be another one. Back in 1971 everything changed. A new voting structure, preview videos, and a natty little venue […]
Fans of Belgium, a date for your diaries! Belgian broadcaster VRT have arranged a press conference to debut Hooverphonic’s Eurovision song on February 17th – so next Monday! According to sources, the song has already been recorded and a video filmed, so presumably both will be premièred at […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]