Today the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (UA:PBC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) revealed the much-anticipated theme of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest “Celebrate Diversity”. Jon Ola Sand stated about it: “Incorporating this beautiful and meaningful logo based on a traditional amulet gives not only a sense of […]
The battle to become the representative for the nation hosting Eurovision is always among the most keenly fought. Ukraine this year are no exception, but there’s one act looking to make more of a stir that we’re used to – Aghiazma. So Eurovision Ireland have a quick word […]
It’s the last day of 2016 and we decided to make some notes about the highlights of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. But before we begin, from all the team here at Eurovision Ireland, we wish you a Happy New Year and may the odds be forever in your […]
Happy New Year! As it’s almost the first day of 2017 and we’re all thinking about the coming year, we here at Eurovision Ireland decided to kick off 2017 with our wish list of things we’d love to see at this year’s contest – now just 5 months […]
The Swiss entry for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest edition in Kiev, Ukraine will be selected through the national final ESC 2017 – Die Entscheidungsshow on 5 February 2017. The winning entry will be selected exclusively via a public televote from the 6 finalists revealed earlier this month. […]
Jana Burčeska has been selected to represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The Macedonian broadcaster MRT opted to choose a participant internally rather than through a selection event. Jana is known to the Macedonian public after she came 5th in the first edition of “Macedonian Idol”. […]
Hear ye, hear ye! Eurovision fans from all over the world, today was revealed the complete list of the countries participating in Kyiv next year at the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest organised by the European Broadcasting Union and Ukrainian national broadcaster NTU following Jamala’s win with 1944 […]
After weeks of meetings, discussions, false leeks, EBU visits and altered announcement dates it has finally been announced publicly that next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv. The bidding phase had ended with Dnipro, Kyiv and Odessa being the last three […]
The Russia-Ukraine clashes reach the Eurovision red carpet. With political ties severed between the once neighbourly countries it now seems that the social and cultural ties between the 2 countries intensifies and Eurovision singers are bearing the brunt. http://youtu.be/E4drqMGWTuY The sweeping political changes in Ukraine — which have seen […]
Ani Lorak has found herself at the centre of much media attention recently from criticism to violence at her concert in Odessa on Monday. The Ukrainian interior minister’s adviser Anton Heraschenko reportedly said on August 4 that Kyiv is making a list of Russian culture figures who […]