Last night Israel started the search for their representative for Eurovision 2017 through the show called “Rising Star”. To qualify for the next round, the artist had to score over 70% of votes from a 40/60 voting split between a jury and a studio audience. The expert jury […]
Tonight Israel begins their search for the country’s Eurovision 2017 entrant! Rising Star is a show that was used for the past two years for selecting the artist singing at Eurovision Song Contest. All shows are pre-recorded except for the final, which will be live. The program will […]
Join me, Richard, to bring you all the action from today’s first dress rehearsal here in Valletta and all of the participating nations take part for the first time in the same day. If you don’t know the drill, come back from 10:00CET/09:00GMT and refresh the page on a regular basis […]
So Day 3 in the Junior Eurovision mothership has meant more SMS from Andrew and Richard who are “living la vida loca” in the MCC. And me? – I’m sat on Planet Work having arguments with people!! – It’s just like being at a Eurovision!! Poland Sadly no […]
In 2015, he became Israel’s Golden Boy by bringing the country back to the Grand Final for the first time since 2010. Now Nadav Guedj has swapped his golden trainers for army boots as he embarks on his National Service! National Service is mandatory in Israel for both […]
Well as you may have noticed I ( Phil from http://www.oneurope.co.uk, where this will also be posted!) is not doing any duty in that there Malta, because… money.. However Garrett said, in his Irish accent, ” Ah g’wan.. do me some writin there Mrs Doyle” so.. I’ve […]
Eurovision Ireland are here in Malta to cover the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valetta. The rehearsals begin on Tuesday 15th November and run for 4 days. So in advance of that and in a similar vein to articles published for the main Eurovision I am going […]
During the mid-1990s, the Eurovision Song Contest changed dramatically. In 1993, 3 new countries that previously competed as part of Yugoslavia debuted in Millstreet in Ireland. The following year, a further 7 new countries from across the former Eastern Bloc debuted in Dublin. Eastern Europe had arrived en-masse […]
This year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Valletta, Malta will have 17 participating nations. However, we have three returning nations, which sadly means three withdrawing nations too. Returning Countries Poland (TVP) is returning to the competition for the first time since 2004. Israel (IBA) last […]
Eurovision 2016 – Day 12 Jury Rehearsal Grand Final ROLLING BLOG – START 2100 CET- JUST REFRESH Just when you thought you had seen the best of us, we are back and better than ever!! If you were thinking of going anywhere else for your fix of Eurovision rehearsal news, then […]