RUSSIA: Philipp Kirkorov from Russia is 52 today Do you like it when someone’s called Mr Eurovision? Is it an overused term? Are the people who claim to have this title really deserving? Every country could claim to have one. Russia’s could be today’s birthday boy Фили́пп Бедро́сович […]
BIRTHDAY: Alla Pugacheva from Russia is 70 today We get heroes performing at our favourite TV show every year. But it’s not every day that we get a People’s Artist of their country – the highest award their country can bestow a performer. Not only is today’s birthday […]
BIRTHDAY: Polina Gagarina from Russia is 32 today There’s often an air of inevitability about some results. A certain republic surrounded by Italy will do badly. A country on the Caspian Sea often does well. And then there’s a certain very large country that straddles Europe and Asia. […]
This year’s Moscow Eurovision Party will take place in Vegas City Hall, on Saturday 27th April. The Moscow Eurovision Party will also conclude the Preview Party season. The six acts that have confirmed appearance so far are: Sergey Lazarev – Russia Roko – Croatia Lake Malawi – Czech […]
It’s been exactly a week now since all the songs for Eurovision 2019 were released. You’ve made your Top 10s and have your favourites, but now the dust has settled and everyone has had a chance to hear everything – what are the bookies thinking? We deliberately waited […]
Earlier today the Russian entry for Tel Aviv, sung by returning artist Sergey Lazarev was released! The song is called “Scream” and it certainly will get your attention – just take a look! Russia will perform in the 2nd semi final on May 16th. Last year was the […]
It’s been another really busy weekend for Eurovision fans everywhere with no less than 7 national finals this week (including Serbia and Georgia tonight!) and over half of the songs heading to Tel Aviv have been released. So what has this done to the betting odds? It’s been […]
We’ve been waiting with baited breath since Saturday night, and now we have our answer – despite winning Vidbir 2019, Maruv will not be representing Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 After hours of meetings between Maruv’s team and the Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC earlier today, the two […]
Well, what a busy weekend it’s been! Australia’s first ever Eurovision event, Montevizija, the UK’s Eurovision: You Decide and Sanremo has just finished… just about! We know have another 4 songs lined up for Tel Aviv – double the amount we had Friday morning!! – but how have […]
Sergey Lazarev, the Russian entry in Stockholm, 2016, is returning for Russia this year. While RTR have made the announcement, Russian television viewers will see it on screen this Saturday. Philip Kirkorov is one of two composers behind this year’s Russian entry. The entry is thought to be […]