We have arrived to Malmö, Sweden, and are ready to start our two weeks of coverage. This of course includes videos in 3D – and as a little teaser, you can watch our trip from North Jutland, Denmark, to Malmö. Read more
Yesterday the local broadcaster, DR, launched a competition that calls for fans to create their own cover version of Only Teardrops, the Danish entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. If you are creative you can win one of the special flutes and Emmelie’s debut album. There is less than a week until Emmelie de… Read more
Has the Eurovision Song Contest become too big and are the Eastern countries stealing the spotlight? That was up for discussion when Danish commentator Ole Tøpholm met with his former colleague veteran Jørgen De Mylius and former multiple songwriter participant Keld Heick. Let it be said right away; all three debaters declared the myth about… Read more
Denmark have high expectations to Emmelie de Forest in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The fever is raising in the country to unusual heights – and today their own little super star received a gold record for 900.000 streams of her entry. The bookmakers and the official fan clubs have tipped Emmelie de Forest to… Read more
Yesterday Boston, United States, suffered from a terrorist attack during their marathon. When Tim Schou, leadsinger in A Friend In London, heard about it, he immediately wrote a song about it hoping that the victims and their relatives can gain some strength from it. The video with the song, which can be seen below, starts… Read more
It quickly became a big story when Emmelie de Forest in this year’s Danish final was able to present herself as being the great granddaughter of British Queen Victoria. Several researchers have been digging into her story and they disagree about the results. Queen Victoria (May 1819 – January 1901) reigned more than 63 years… Read more
The bookmakers have Denmark as their top favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest next month in Malmö – and so far the fans are pretty much in agreement with this. After the points from five of the fan clubs Emmelie de Forest has a clear first position as the fan favourite of the year.… Read more
Today friends and family were able to say a last goodbye to the triple Eurovision participant John Hatting who passed away only 64 years old. After his death stories about a man for whom life wasn’t easy has been told and even the plan for his funeral turned out to be complicated. It came as… Read more
Things has been rather quiet about Sidsel Ben Sammane since she represented Denmark at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. Now things are getting more spicier as she returns with a new EP released tonight – and a new stage name as well. She was just 17 years old, dresses in a tight silver sleeveless top… Read more
Since they achieved a fifth position at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011, A Friend In London have had great success. Just minutes ago they however announced that both Esben Svane and Aske Bramming will be leaving the band, which Tim and Sebastian hope to be able to continue in some kind of way. The… Read more
Last night Mike Tramp held a release party to celebrate that his next solo album will hit the stores in just a few days. The new album, Cobblestone Street, is described as a back to the root project, just with him and his acoustic guitar. Mike Tramp represented Denmark at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest… Read more
Julie Berthelsen was the only of the four participants in Masterchef Danmark 2013 with a connection to Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, who went all the way to the final week. Here she was competing with five others over four days in order to win the trophy. Four of the 42 participants in this year’s edition… Read more
This year we are seeing quite an explosion in the number of countries who have chosen to sing in their native language at the Eurovision Song Contest. EuroVisionary look deeper into some of the reasons behind this. As usual all songs in the Icelandic selection was performed in Icelandic – and just as we were… Read more
First they were four, then they were two and near the end, only one is left. We are talking about participants in Masterchef Danmark 2013 with a connection to Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. After 7 preliminary heats and two semi-finals one is now ready for the final. The four participants with a connection to Dansk… Read more
Today came what many had been waiting for; the exaxt running order of the two semi-finals. For the first time it was decided by the producers together with EBU, instead of the usual draw. Austria will be opening the first semi-final while Latvia will kick off the second one. The new system with only drawing… Read more
It came as a surprise to everyone when Denmark’s three times Eurovision Song Contest participant, John Hatting recently passed away at the age of just 64, just as he appeared well two days earlier. An autopsy today revealed the cause of death to be cardiac arrest. Just two days before his death John Hatting were… Read more
A film titled MGP Missionen has just been premiered in cinemas across the country. The film tells the story of a girl with a mission; she wants to become an MGP star. The fact that she has immigrant background has already caused quite some fuoro. On the 21st of March a children film; MGP Missionen… Read more
Today the Danes woke up to the news about their former Eurovision Song Contest participant John Hatting having passed away, only 64 years old. John represented Denmark in 1982 and 1986, and again in 1990 as a composer. Besides that, he also took part in the national final three more times. John Hatting was a… Read more
Yesterday the organisers were able to present three former Eurovision winner Carola as a special guest performer for Eurovision In Concert. A total of 18 participants are so far confirmed as well for the preview party to be held in Amsterdam on the 13th of April. This year Carola is celebrating her 30 years anniversary… Read more
Some call it an open mouth, others a monster fish from the deep scary ocean. Those are just some of the reactions towards the stage design for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which was revealed today by EBU and host broadcaster SVT. This year’s stage sure looks different than what we have seen in previous… Read more
Today the Head of Delegation meeting took place in Malmö. All the participating entries have now been officially handed it to EBU, the Reference Group got three new members, the starting position in the final for the host country was drawn and the premiliminary dates for next year’s contest announced. Since December the 39 countries… Read more
The 2013 national final season is coming to an end and after lots of speculations San Marino were this evening, as one of the last countries, able to present the song that will represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest in May this year. With Crisalide the country hope to qualify for the final for… Read more
Danish broadcaster, DR, has decided that Emmelie de Forest’s drummers from the Danish final will change outfit for the Eurovision Song Contest. This comes after they have been made aware of that the uniforms turned out to be Nazi looking uniforms. When the crew behind Emmelie de Forest were looking for clothes for the performance… Read more
Today came what many have been waiting for. The announcement of the UK participant for this year’s Eurovision song Contest. BBC is counting on Bonnie Tyler to bring back the trophy with the song Believe In Me. Over the past month several names have been rumoured among them being Mika and Pet Shop Boys. At… Read more
Fans might disagree, but on paper Sweden have already selected its eight strongest songs to compete in next weeks’s final of Melodifestivalen. It has also gotten rid of its weakest songs and tonight eight songs in the socalled midrange part then fought for the last two spots in the final. The previous four heats of… Read more
Last night Hera Björk won what can be considered the South American equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest. From the stage in Chile she convincingly sang Because You Can to victory. The song is written by well known Danish and Swedish Eurovision and national final songwriters. Viña del Mar is a prestigious music festival in Chile,… Read more