The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest kicks off on the 28th of April where the first 10 countries will rehearse their act on the stage in Copenhagen for the first time. A rehearsal free day has been put into the schedule as there will be other things planned for the participants that day. The first round… Read more
EuroVisionary continues our Danish language course leading up to the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. In this second episode you will be taught the varies greetings used in Denmark plus as a bonus, the unofficial Danish language test. Can you pass it? Last week we launched our language course Learn Danish For Eurovision. We first… Read more
More than 150 hours of Eurovision entertainment in form of talk shows, quizzes, concerts and cinema films, that is what Euro Fan Café has to offer the many fans in Copenhagen for the Eurovision Song Contest. Entry bracelets can already now be purchased online at a reduced price. Euro Fan Café will this year be… Read more
Thursday evening DR premiered their new series Europe In Glitter as a warm up to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. In the first episode we met Verka Serduchka representing Ukraine in 2007 and we got the answer to how a country where homosexuality doesn’t exist could send a drag act to Eurovision. Europa I Glimmer… Read more
In Melodifestivalen she stated that "only dead fish follow the stream" and now Louise Hoffsten is making it clear that she is anything but one to follow the stream. She released an album today with 12 Elvis Presley songs, all of them of course recorded in Memphis. Bringing Out The Elvis is the title of… Read more
Are you going to Copenhagen in May for the Eurovision Song Contest? Don’t miss out on EuroVisionary’s language course as we give you a basic introduction to Danish. In this first chapter we teach you the numbers, which might be a bit confusing to some. Let it be said right away, yes the Scandinavian languages… Read more
Under the hashtag DelFesten (Share the party) main sponsor of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, TDC, has started a tour across the country which involves a karaoke competition with Annette Heick as judge. The sponsor has been really active promoting Eurovision lately. The past few months several different TV adverts have been running in Denmark… Read more
Are you going to Copenhagen in May for the Eurovision Song Contest? Don’t miss out on EuroVisionary’s language course that starts tomorrow. Whether or not you want to be able to get by a bit in Danish or just want to impress the locals with a few sentences, this language course is for you. Don’t… Read more
Today EBU and the 2014 host broadcaster, DR, announced the running order for the two semi-finals that will take place on the 6th and 8th of May. Armenia opens semi-final 1, while Malta will have the honour of kicking the second one off. Hungary and Romania closes each of their semi-finals. Up until last year… Read more
It is now two weeks ago Basim won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 with his Cliché Love Song, but how is it doing on the charts and have any of the others made it there? And not the least, is the official album once again selling well? EuroVisionary take the temperature on the Danish charts… Read more
The Austrian entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was presented today – and many fans are in for a bit of a surprise as drag act Conchita Wurst will come to Copenhagen with the powerballad of the year. Their entry is titled Rise Like A Phoenix. She was internally selected already back in September,… Read more
The first rehearsals starts in little over a month, and today at the Head of Delegation meeting in Copenhagen all the 2014 entries were officially submitted to the EBU. Denmark’s starting position in the final was drawn and provisionary dates for the 2015 contest was set. At the HoD meeting held in host city Copenhagen… Read more
In was new in this year’s Icelandic final that the artist had to choose which language they will perform in for the Eurovision Song Contest. Pollapönk won with a bilungual version of their entry, but the official video released is 100% in English, implying the viewers were lied to. For years the Icelandic broadcaster, RÚV,… Read more
8 participating acts, 16 songs, but only 12 to be heard and a very complicated voting procedure that was what Germany offered tonight in Unser Song für Dänemark. The show that featured Emmelie de Forest and Emma Marrone as guest performers ended with Elaiza given a ticket to Denmark. Germany was the last of the automatically… Read more
Basim’s use of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog, in his performance in the national final, has caused quite a furore in Denmark. The question everyone wants an answer to is simple: Will it offend TV viewers throughout Europe? There are however other recent examples where countries use their flag on stage. In the days after Dansk Melodi… Read more
Nearly 1,8 million Danes were watching the Danish national final where Basim won the right to defend the country’s Eurovision victory. It is the same number as last year and despite no increase DR is satisfied with the high viewing figures. Viewing figures for national finals and the Eurovision Song Contest itself are generally quite… Read more
EuroVisionary caught up with a happy Basim shortly after he won the Danish national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. He was both tonight’s winner… and loser. He gives advise as to what his competitors in Copenhagen should see in the Eurovision host city. Subtitles are available for the first short bit, which is in Danish.… Read more
Extra attention will be on the Danish Eurovision entry this year – and extra pressure. The one to defend the red and white colours on homefield was decided in an interesting national final this evening, which ended with Basim winning the trophy. The songs: (You can read more about the participants in our Get to… Read more
Tonight American Natascha Bessez stand on stage in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix together with saxophonist Michael Rune. In this interview she speaks about her role in Sex & The City, New York and of course her participation tonight. The interview starts with her singing from her debut single, Heal. This interview is in 3D, but… Read more
Bryan Rice came second in Danish final in 2010. Now he is back in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with a song he hopes can bring him to the top of the scoreboard not only in Denmark, but also at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. In this video interview he sings parts of his entry,… Read more
Nadia Dalm is considered a shooting star in Denmark, but will that help her tonight when she participates in the Danish final? Find out more about who she is in this video interview where she also sings a bit from her entry. This interview is in 3D, but if you don’t have a pair of… Read more
He has tried twice before to get the Danish Eurovision ticket. Will third time be a charm for the energetic bad boy looking guy who shows in this video interview that he does have some soft spots as well. You can also hear him sing a bit of his entry. This interview is in 3D,… Read more
Tonight ten acts will fight to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest, but last night the remaining six acts in this year’s edition of X-factor thought to stay in the competition singing Eurovision songs. It is a new theme in X-factor Denmark, but two of the judges have personal experience with the genre. Three… Read more
Basim has had to change the lyrics of his entry for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014. Here about that and much more in this video interview where he also tries to get EuroVisionary’s journalist to sing a long to his song. This interview is in 3D, but if you don’t have a pair of suitable… Read more
She is one of the favourites to win the Danish final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, tomorrow evening, but who is Rebekka Thornbech? That and much more you can find out in this video interview where she also sings a part of her participating song Your Lies. This interview is in 3D, but if you don’t have… Read more
Attention is on this year’s Eurovision host country Denmark who on Saturday pick the act that will defend the red and white Danish colours on homefield in May. The line-up brings a good mixture of well established names and up-coming talents. EuroVisionary bring you closer to them in this portrait article. Saturday evening the following… Read more