From tomorrow the 2000 Eurovision winners Olsen Brothers will tour the country together with another former Danish Eurovision participant, Anne Herdorf. Accompanied by Prinsens Musikkorps the two are ready with a show that celebrates love and the Danish soldier. A TV serie titled "1864" recently finished on Danish broadcaster, DR. It is directed by Ole… Read more
After two years out, Turkey might just be in again. A social media message from the president of the Turkish broadcaster, TRT, gives hope for a Eurovision return. Turkey last participated at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 where Can Bonomo sang Love Me Back to a 7th place. After that discussions between the Turkish… Read more
Today the Dutch entry for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest was presented. Trijntje Oosterhuis will sing Walk Along in Vienna. After 8 years in a row in the cold, the country made it to the final the past two year and are now aiming to repeat that with this entry. With Trijntje Oosterhuis the Netherlands are… Read more
In Denmark this Christmas month starts with a gift from Basim in form of a new single, which he himself describes as the best he has written so far. Big words, but there is something about it. Picture In A Frame is a beautiful song, which many artists would be proud of. He made Europe… Read more
Today DR announced that it will be Jacob Riising and Esben Bjerre that will host the Danish final, Melodi Grand Prix, next year in February. It is only the second time Denmark choses a format with two male hosts. An announcement of the 10 acts is also expected soon. The announcement first came this morning… Read more
A total of 134 submitted entries were narrrowed down to now 20 who competed in tonight’s semi-final with the hope of becoming Malta’s representative for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. To reach that they first had to make it through to tomorrow’s final. 14 acts did so. Tonight’s semi-final in the Maltese selection were held… Read more
Do you like to write about the Eurovision Song Contest, its national finals and current as well as former participants? Do you want to be a part of a good team with new friends who share your passion? Now is your chance. EuroVisionary is looking for new writers to help improve our 2015 season. Since… Read more
This morning Danish broadcaster, DR, presented their new logo for the national selections. The stars used since 2009 are gone and replaced with what they believe can last 10 years. The slogan for 2015 was presented as well, but biggest reactions currently have been to them dropping the national identity. Next year’s Danish final will… Read more
Maria Haukaas, now with the last name, Mittet, released a new album a few days ago. The album is titled Heim, which means home, and for Maria that title is very appropriate. She has been working on the album for three years, and it is entirely in Norwegian. At the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest Norway… Read more
The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest ended up being a big farce. DR blames Wonderful Copenhagen, who then blames DR, and in between stand the politicians demanding all papers publish and a thorough invistigation. No one wants to take responsability for how an estimated cost of 33 million turned into 112 million, and nearly killed this… Read more
When DR published the documents regarding the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest we also got a look into which exact requirements a host city of such an event are met with. These are technical requirements to the stage, but also things like hotel specifications, size of Eurovision Village and even the number of bars at Euroclub.… Read more
In February 2014 Host City Copenhagen asked the politicians for extra money due to unforseen expenses regarding three carrying pillars in B & W hallerne. The published documents from DR however reveal that this was not unforseen. Way before the arena was chosen the pillars were refered to as carrying. In February 2014 Host City… Read more
After pressure from politicians and media, Danish hostbroadcaster, DR, today finally revealed all relevant papers regarding the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The event became three times more expensive than planned and in the hunt for a scapegoat DR was forced to make all documents public. The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen, Denmark was… Read more
Are Eurovision related websites being bribed by EBU? A new case brings the European Broadcasting Union in an uncomfortable situation with paid trips in return for editorial changes on websites whose tone they don’t like. This is the case laid out by Oikotimes.com in short as Fotis Konstantopoulos, founder and senior editor, explained it to… Read more
The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest ended up being three times as expensive as planned. The parts involved are currently throwing mud at each other and very few media are able to understand what is going on. DR is being blamed for wanting a too extravagant show, but it is not that simple. HCC (Host City… Read more
Aalborg’s early bid on next year’s Danish final paid off. Today host broadcaster DR signed the contract with the city for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015 on the 7th of February. This will be the 5th time Aalborg hosts the the show, which also includes the Danish junior show the week after. The 2014 Danish… Read more
It wasn’t with big success Jari Sillanpää represented Finland at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, but he remains being one of the best selling artist of his country. A new single titled Malagaan has just been released and a full album is expected later this year. It "Takes 2 to Tango" as Jari Sillanpää sang… Read more
The young guys from the Finnish pop rock band Softengine gained a lot of fans during this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and more will probably follow as they recently released their follow up single, but also have a tour lined up for most of the summer. With the song Something Better Finland qualified for the… Read more
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest was seen by a total of 195 million viewers. That is an increase of 25 milion compared to last year’s edition and is the highest viewing number in many years. According to host broadcaster DR the young people also engaged in the show more than usual. With 195 million viewers… Read more
He returned home as a national hero, sold to platinum in almost no time and the Eurovision Song Contest entry, Calm After The Storm, became a gigantic chart hit in most of Europe. Waylon returned with keeping a low profile that resulted in a national search for him. Now he has spoken out. For the… Read more
13 year old Melina just won Voice Junior in Denmark. She is the granddaugther of former Eurovision participant, Ulla Pia who was the last to represent Denmark just before a 12 years absense from the contest. Ulla became a household name in Denmark – and now her granddaugther is well on the way. Ulla Pia… Read more
There are 13 songs included on the newly released album from The Common Linnets, and all 13 of them are to be found on the Dutch single Top 100. The Eurovision Song Contest entries from six other countries however also made it to the list. With all 13 songs from the album featured on the… Read more
When returning home from the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, The Common Linnets were celebrated with style for their second place. They also received a gold record – and now that has been swapped for a platinum one. The Dutch have been struggling at the Eurovision Song Contest recently with not qualifying for the… Read more
Together with Emmelie de Forest’ themesong, Rainmaker, a total of nine entries from the newly held 2014 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest have made it onto the Danish single top 40. The highest placed one is the country that got the 12 points from the Danish TV viewers, ahead of Sweden. The 2014 Eurovision… Read more
Their entry was heavily critisized in the Netherlands when it was released. After the duo came second in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest all critic has disappeared and the Common Linnets are seen as national heroes. As they returned home from Copenhagen their album had sold to gold status. Not many in the Netherlands believed… Read more
Today the viewing figures for the Eurovision Song Contest were published in host country Denmark showing a fantastic market share of 89%. The viewing figures are the highest in many years, but still doesn’t beat the numbers from when Denmark last hosted, back in 2001. The final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was shown… Read more