Reports – Today we have read that Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst wants to visit Russia and meet President Putin. According to RT.com Conchita would like to visit Russia and would not refuse the chance to spend a week with the country’s president – in order to better understand him. “What […]
Cheryl Baker famously whipped off her skirt in Dublin in 1981 and in doing so helped the UK win the Eurovision Song Contest as part of Buck Fizz. However she recently has had some choice words on the BBC’s selection of artists and on some of her former […]
These “people of Qatar and Saudi Arabia were the financiers of ISIS” claims Eurovision Winner. In an article published today in Austria, there has been a call from the first Austrian Eurovision winner Udo Jürgens “We need to think about this issue…in relation to political events in recent times.” […]
Eurovision Winner Ruslana has been at the forefront of Ukrainian political life for some years now so it comes as no surprise that she has been involved in the recent charity concert in Mariupol and the subsequent ‘Bring Peace’ tour for the Ukrainian troops. She has been joined […]
Question : Will Russian Political Action Affect Your Vote for the Russian Entry at Eurovision? “Eurovision does not take place in a vacuum” was the story from NDR’s Official German Eurovision website last November that we reported on. Mr Thomas Schreiber – the Executive Producer of the 2011 Eurovision Song […]
The Eurovision Song Contest and the Performance of Europe’, a lecture by Prof Brian Singleton,as part of the Euro-Visions Public Lecture Series on Europe. Though heavily criticised for its camp staging and the simplistic lyrics of many of its songs, the Eurovision Song Contest has survived for 58 years […]
How many times are we reminded that Eurovision was created to overcome political differences and unite the continent through cultural exchange. Well in a unpressedented economic environment “Politics and Eurovision” are taking centre stage in Greece. I feel that I am doing the “Hokey Pokey” dance where Greece are […]
NEWSFLASH It appears that in last nights semi final the Juries and the Televote only agreed on 6 countries and then 2 countries were put through due to the juries and 2 were put through due to the Public vote. It also is rumoured thatthere was a tie […]