With the slogan “Dare To Dream” being announced, we did just that; dared to dream about the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Can Israel make our dreams come true, or will they remain a dream? Read more
Anna Bergendahl, Martin Stenmarck and Arvingarna are among the 28 acts who will compete to represent Sweden at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. From the 2nd of February to the 9th of March, Sweden will run its big Melodifestivalen selection. Read more
From 60 to 24 songs. From six to three shows. The Romanian national selection is downsizing last year’s format. A combination of televoting and an international jury will select the country’s 20th Eurovision participant. Read more
With Bulgaria withdrawing, the number of participants for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest went down to 42. The official list of countries shows that no countries are to return or debut at the competition held in Tel Aviv, Israel in May next year. Read more
On the 23rd of February, Denmark will select its 2019 Eurovision participants. Boxen in Herning will host the big national final. This comes after some tough months for the broadcaster. Read more
22 participants have been revealed for Albania’s national selection Festivali i Këngës. In the days 20th – 22nd of December, the country will pick its 2019 Eurovision Song Contest representative. Read more
Bulgaria leaves the Eurovision Song Contest on the top. Though things haven’t always been easy, the country has given us some memorable performances and they will be missed in Tel Aviv next year. Read more
After six dances, Emmelie de Forest no longer had the TV viewers on her side. She leaves Strictly Come Dancing after an emotionel slowfox, which actually was her strongest performance in the show. Read more
Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Those were the two cities to choose between as host for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. It’s now time to look into flights and accommodation as of today, we finally got to know next year’s host city. Read more
Did the winner of 1982 come from the future? And was it actually the right song that won the Danish final? After years of searching, the broadcaster finally found it’s right format and the quality went significantly up. Read more
The drama is over – for now. A 12 million Euro guarantee will be paid, and as such EBU and Israel can continue it’s preparations for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Next up on the agenda is to find out which of three cities should host it. Read more
Arguments in Israel about who should transfer a 12 million Euro guarantee to EBU, has now reached a level where Israeli politicians are getting involved. Monday, Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlo, urged the broadcaster to pay immediately. Read more
A poor low budget Danish final, songs about Mae West and Louis Armstrong that was clearly beaten by curly hair. Only one year away from finding its right format, Danish broadcaster saved a lot of money on the 1981 national final. So much that it became depressing to watch. Read more
She came third representing Greece in 2008, and this year, Kalomira was offered to return to the Eurovision Song Contest. She however said no to celebrate her anniversary with one more participation. Her no, led to a scandalous selection of the Greek entry. Read more
Vlatko Ilievski was found dead in his car this morning. The police is now looking into what caused the death of the 33 year old singer, who represented FYR Macedonia at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
At the Greek MAD Video Music Awards, Mikolas Josef will be in Athens to perform together with well known former Greek national finalist Tamta. They will be singing Mikolas’ Eurovision entry, which secured Czech Republic their best Eurovision result ever. Read more
2016 Cypriot Eurovision participants are tying their knots to Denmark even closer. This afternoon, they announced that they signed with the Danish label Mighty Music, which already have a former Danish participant in their catalogue. Read more
Speakers on loud, and one particular Norwegian national final entry on repeat for at least 100 times. That was one of the tasks, Norwegian police was called out for this weekend. Read more
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Laura Rizotto knows the language, the coulture and the music of Brazil. She has just released a cover version of an icon local love song – to celebrate the Brazilian Valentine’s Day. Read more
A lot of Danes have bought the official album with all 43 acts from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The individual tracks however are performing poorly. Only Denmark’s own Rasmussen made the Danish charts. Read more
A noble dressed man, carrying a nice bag, is said to go around delegation hotels to exchange jury points. Mainly delegations from “serious countries” are approached. Deals are made, yet not always lived up to. Read more
Were they really the worst dressed act this year? The fans have spoken and yes, they were – as today they was awarded with the Bababra Dex award. It is not known which part of the two stage outfits people found worst. Read more
If you are suffering from Post Eurovision Depression, don’t worry too much. You are not the only one – and there are ways as to how you can overcome it, without the use of medicine. Read more
This year’s German Eurovision act can be used to remind the younger generation, and it’s politicians, in Denmark, that their support for the Danish minority in Germany is still important. An expert thinks it is needed – and that Michael Schulte is the perfect ambassador for it. Read more
All week we have been hearing from Saara Aalto that she is the person who can’t break away from second place. In Saturday night’s Eurovision final, Saara kept that tradition, only this time it was second last. Read more
TV viewers across the world, the audience in the arena in Lisbon and everyone in the press centre – a lot of people were shocked as a stage jumper took SuRie’s microphone on stage – but none more than SuRie. She received the biggest applause from the audience for pulling through. Read more