Some of you may recall that last year I published a best and worst at Eurovision article for every country that was taking part in Eurovision 2016 with the exception of Australia who were only competing for the second time. So this year I will publish one for […]
Francesco Gabbani, born 9th September 1982 in Carrara, Italy, is the name that every Eurovision fan already knows and loves this year… wait, you DON’T already know?! Of course you do! Namasté, Ommmmm… no? The guy with the gorilla? There you go… These very special elements, together with […]
Yesterday we reported on the story that Russia’s Eurovision entrant Yuliya Samoilova could be denied entry into Ukraine for Eurovision as she had previously been to Crimea. Because Ukraine considers Crimea to be territory occupied by Russia, the government only allows travel there with a permit. As Yuliya […]
Way back in December 2016, Albania became the first of 43 countries to give us their Eurovision 2017 entry. Their song was “Botë”, and although it was in Albanian, we were promised an English language version for the contest. Well, it’s been a long time coming, but finally […]
Russia certainly knows how to generate hype! After rumours they were preparing to withdraw from this year’s Eurovision, last night they rather sensationally announced that Yuliya Samoilova will represent them in Kyiv this May… … except will she? Anyone following the news these last few years will know […]
Bulgaria has been teasing us Eurovision fans a lot these past few months, but at long last (let’s face it, it’s the last country to announce its artist!) we know who is heading to Kyiv to fly the Bulgarian flag – and it’s Kristian Kostov! As a child […]
#SAN MARINO: Valentina’s back to sing in Kyiv! San Marino has revealed that Valentina Monetta is back – again – to try for Eurovision success. This time, however, she will be duetting with Jimmie Wilson. The song will be called ‘Spirit of the night’. Valentina needs no introduction, […]
#EUROVISION 2017: Youtube hits – 12 March Over the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at which Youtube videos are popular and which are not. This chart looks at the average daily hits for the official videos on the Eurovision Song Contest Youtube channel, since they first appeared on […]
Earlier this week, SMRTV announced that a duet would represent San Marino at Eurovision this year – and tonight (March 12th) we’ll find out exactly who they are! So far, all we know is that the duo will consist of one Sammarinese singer and one international artist. No […]
#ICELAND: Svala wins the Söngvakeppnin ticket to Kyiv Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin has just finished, and Svala will be going to Kyiv in May with the song ‘Paper’. Svala Björnvinsdóttir beat Daði Freyr Perúrsson in the superfinal, after they won a combined jury and televote. Here’s her official video. […]