Hosting the Eurovision Song Contest isn’t cheap and in order to be able to arrange the best possible show, the Danish broadcaster, DR, has applied the Ministry of Culture, for extra money to help financing it. The politicians will soon be deciding how much help DR can expect. Denmark last hosted the Eurovision Song… Read more
Two weeks ago Copenhagen was celebrating while Jutlandic cities were dissapointed. EuroVisionary guide you through the reactions from the past two weeks upon the choice of Copenhagen as host city for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Aside from representatives from the cities involved, key people with Eurovision experience also speaks out. Reaction from Copenhagen: "I… Read more
Today the official video to Emmelie de Forest’s second single Hunter & Prey was released. Emmelie has written the song together with Lise Cabble and Jakob Glæsner, the latter being the man who two days ago was confirmed to be her boyfriend. The debut album from Emmelie de Forest was released in relation to the… Read more
Charming Emmelie de Forest, who won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, crushed some hearts when she last night revealed her boyfriend to the press. The lucky man is 22 years older than her, father to two and also former participant in the Danish national final. She charmed everyone in Denmark and a few months later… Read more
With a jump from the 10 metre platform A Friend In London’s leadsinger Tim Schou took home the trophy to him and his jumping partner, Sukkerchok’s Kat Stephie, in the reality programme Stjerner På Vippen. With the victory came also several bad bruises though. Right from the first jumps in the competion where famous people,… Read more
This morning Copenhagen was revealed as host city for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. At DR’s headquarter a press conference revealing more information regarding the contest has just ended. Here you can read what Copenhagen and DR’s involved could tell about the plans so far. Below you find a summary of what was mentioned at… Read more
After months of speculations and a battle that involved five cities and three withdrawls, the host city for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest has finally been announced. It will be the Danish capital Copenhagen that will host the event in May next year. Copenhagen was the obvious choice from the beginning. None of the other… Read more
Last year’s Eurovision Song Contest winner Euphoria by Loreen sold well in Denmark. So well that it ended up being the 7th best selling song of the year in the country that went on to winning this year’s contest. Some compilation albums from previous Eurovision participants also sold well. The recently published lists of the… Read more
A desicion regarding the host city for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was expected yesterday at the Reference Group meeting in Copenhagen, but seems to be delayed indicating that none of the suggested options are optimal. Five cities were in play first with a total of 8 different ideas as to where the 2014 Eurovision… Read more
Finishing third at the Eurovision Song Contest rarely needs an apology and it is probably not that Eric Saade has on his mind today where he is releasing his fifth solo album. A few weeks ago the video for the title song was released and today follows the entire album titled Forgive Me. When Eric… Read more
12 participants are through to the semi-final in the reality programme Stjerner På Vippen, among them are A Friend In London’s Tim Schou and Sukkerchok’s Kat Stephie. With what is now called the love jump the couple is among the favourites to win. After two preliminary shows a total of 12 participants are left in… Read more
Two former Eurovision participants from each their part of Europe have joined forces on a new EP. Under the title Two Divas Icelandic Hera Björk and Maltese Chiara have released 5 songs, one of them being a duet of Dolly Parton’s classic 9 to 5. The EP contains 5 songs, but only one of them… Read more
The Danish broadcaster have today opened for submission of entries for the 2014 national selection. Winning this year’s contest has not lowered their ambitions as they are now looking for the entry that can win on homefield in May next year. If you have that song the deadline is 7th of October. The past many… Read more
When Danish TV3 tonight kick off for the first edition of their version of a new reality show it will include several participants known from the Eurovision Song Contest and the national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. They will challenge themselves when showing off diving skills. The programme titled "Stjerner på vippen" (Stars on the… Read more
While it is still being discussed where the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest should be held, it is now clear that one of the possible arenas will host a big tribute party to the contest. Lots of former Danish participants will sing their Eurovision entries. The party called "En Hyldestkoncert (Tribute concert) til Melodi Grand Prix… Read more
Danish broadcaster, DR, has announced its Head of Production for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. Kamilla Monies with 25 years of production experience has been chosen for the task. She has been working with big TV shows before in relation to X-factor. Currently Kamilla Monies is working for Nordisk Film as production chief and that… Read more
We don’t yet know the host city for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, but today DR, the Danish broadcaster, announced that the contest has been moved to one week earlier than originally planned. Three cities are still in the running as host. Out of the 5 Danish cities originally interested in hosting the 2014 Eurovision… Read more
A few weeks ago the single was released – and yesterday the video followed. It is the latest single from former Danish Eurovision participant Brinck and it is quite appropriately titled after the season which inspires us to be playing outside in the nature. He participated in the Danish national final, the Dansk Melodi Grand… Read more
Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest won’t be held in Parken in Copenhagen. Today the company behind the arena withdrew its application, just a couple of days after first Aalborg and later Fredericia also pulled out of the race. Two other possibilities in the capital are still an option. It was the most likely arena that… Read more
Out of the five cities interested in hosting the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest only three are left after Fredericia this evening withdrew its application. They did so as they realised that their suggested arena didn’t meet the requirements from DR. The first city Herning already expressed their wish to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest… Read more
One half of the Azerbaijani winning duo from 2011, Eldar, has recently released a solo single titled Heartbreaker, which tells the story about how you get on with your life despite the broken heart. The song has sound production made by a Danish national finalist, who also worked together with Nikki, his Eurovision partner. Two… Read more
First they were two cities bidding for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, then they became five, but now it appears like only one is left. Aalborg pulls out and others will follow due to them not matching the requirements. In two days the deadline to apply runs out, but at the moment it looks like… Read more
Danish broadcaster, DR, has today announced Per Zachariassen as Senior Producer for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. He will be taking a break from his job at Freemantle Media in the US, but he is very much looking forward to the new challenges awaiting him. Per Zachariassen has 20 years of experience, is educated TV… Read more
Since Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest nearly a month ago she has been busy promoting herself. Next step came today when the official video clip to the winnig song, Only Teardrops was released. Bookmakers and fans agreed: Danish Emmelie de Forest was the big favourite to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.… Read more
The cultural differences between Copenhagen and in particular Jutland have always been known to the Danes. Half of them are a bunch of idiots who have no clue how to think before acting on their wild instincts while the other half are slow, overanalysing farmers. Now they are fighting over the battle of Eurovision. Ok,… Read more
10 days ago Emmelie de Forest from Denmark won quite a convincing victory at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. She won with a combination of jury and televoting – and from the split result we can see that she won both with the juries as well as with the televoting. Today EBU released the official… Read more