After a long row of national finals we have come to an end with the Belgium selection being held tonight. The Belgium TV viewers decided that Iris will be representing them at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with the song Would You?. The day after the Belgian’s officially spent a day in sorrow for the… Read more
As soon as this year’s entry from San Marino was released last night fans immediately started talking about whether or not it actually goes against EBU’s rules. The question is if Facebook is a commercial brand or not? In 1987 Sweden had to change the title and lyrics of their Eurovision Song Contest entry. In… Read more
Two former Danish Eurovision Song Contest participants have joined Amnesty International’s fights to get 16 prisoners in Azerbaijan released. They got jailed a year ago for speaking against the Azeri government and the campaign on Monday will include other former Eurovision participants. Despite the attempts from the European Broadcasting Union, EBU, to keep the… Read more
So far 15 of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest particpants have confirmed that they will make their appearance at the annual preview concert Eurovision In Concert held in Amsterdam. It is however expected that even more names will be announced soon. The 2012 edition of Eurovision In Concert takes place on Saturday the 21st of… Read more
After days with speculations about what Armenia would do with the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest the official annoucement of the country’s withdrawal came this morning. As Armenia was drawn in the second semi-final this leaves two semi-finals with 18 each. As soon as Azerbaijan won the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest held in Düsseldorf, Germany last… Read more
The four songs competing to represent Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have been released by the broadcaster for online listening. They will compete for the ticket to Baku on the 12th of March. Who do you think will get it? See the new videos and make up your mind. When the Greek national… Read more
On the 9th of March four Danish Eurovision Song Contest participants kick off for a list of concerts. Søren Poppe from Rollo & King, Jacob Sveistrup and Kirsten & Søren will entertain the audience around the country with both Danish and international Eurovision hits. For Eurovison Song Contest followers Kirsten & Søren aka Hot Eyes… Read more
In Masterchef Danmark one Eurovision Song Contest participant and three national finalists all made it through the first week proving that they are to be trusted in a kitchen. So far six has been eliminated from the TV programme where famous people are competing on cooking skills. The first week the number of participants would… Read more
British broadcaster, BBC, have finally revealed what many have been waiting for. It will be Engelbert Humperdinck to fly the British flag in Baku, but it took a whole day of fans guessing on the various hints revealed before the announcement came this evening. There has always been a lot of speculations about the British… Read more
Minutes ago the Bulgarian national final finished with the result that Sofi Marinova would represent the country at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Love Unlimited. The show featured several of the participants she will be up against in Baku. As Bulgaria haven’t been in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since… Read more
This year a total of four former Dansk Melodi Grand Prix participants have been trying their luck in the talent show Voice – Danmark’s Største Stemme. Only one of them, Bjarne Langhoff, made it all the way to the final, which was held Saturday evening. In Denmark it was the first season of the Voice,… Read more
7 years in a row now without qualifying for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. That is the unfortunate Dutch destiny at the Eurovision Song Contest. Today it was decided that it will be up to Joan Franka to change that with the song You And Me. When 3JS finished last in their semi-final… Read more
In a late Friday show Ireland picked its participant for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Jedward was favourite to do the double and represent the country twice in a row, but up against 4 other strong acts, one of them being Donna McCaul, another one with Eurovision experience it didn’t look like a walkover. Irish… Read more
Alena Lanskaya won the national final in Belarus 10 days ago, but today it was announced that she will not be representing her country in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest afterall. Runner up boyband Litesound will get this honour instead. On the 14th of February Alena Lanskaya won the Belarussian national final with the song… Read more
France and Belgium confirmed that their participants for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest also will be performing at the warm up party, Eurovision In Concert in the Netherlands in April. A total of six countries are confirmed so far. Eurovision In Concert takes place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on the 21st of April. With France… Read more
When Ireland on Friday pick its representative for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, two former participants are in the running; Donna McCaul from 2005 and Jedward from last year. Let’s take a closer look as to who the five acts and their mentors actually are… The Irish national final will be held on Friday the… Read more
Minutes ago Can Bonomo publicly presented the song he will be singing in Baku, Azerbaijan in May tryinging to qualify for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song is titled Love Me Back. Since Can Bonomo was internally selected by the Turkish broadcaster TRT the local medias haven’t been too enthusiatic about the… Read more
Keld and Hilda Heick have decided that, at the age of 65, it is time to enjoy the life as a pensioner. Yesterday they releases the album, which is going to be the last one in a careerspand of many decades. The album, that is self financed, is looking back on that long career. Held… Read more
Tonight TV3 Denmark kicks off with its second edition of Masterchef where a total of 34 well known names will compete in order to determine which of them is the best cook. Among them are one former Eurovision Song Contest participant and several national finalist. When the new season of Masterchef kicks off tonight the… Read more
Minutes ago Georgia decided that it will be up to Anri Jokhadze to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in May in neighbour country, Azerbaijan. A total of 9 acts competed in the national final in the country that has never failed to reach the final and always ended up in the best half. Georgia… Read more
A total of 22 acts were today competing for the honour of representing Ukraine at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The national final was at the end won by Hajtana. She will now be trying to bring the country into that final, they have never missed out on, with the song Be My Guest. For… Read more
4 times Eurovision Song Contest participant for Denmark, Søren Bundgaard is one of the songwriters behind one of the Slovenian songs to be aired later today. Instead of his Eurovision partner Kirsten Siggaard he has, this time, teamed up with other well known songwriters. Today at 18:00 CET Slovenian radio will give airplay to the… Read more
After an interview with the Anggun, the French participant for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, she kindly provided us with two signed editions of her latest album. We offered those to our readers in a competition and the two lucky winners have now been selected. The two signed editions of Anggun‘s latest album Echoes was… Read more
The Finnish hardrock band Lordi, that won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest today reports that their drummer Tonmi Otus Lillman has passed away only 38 years old. The band is sending their condolences to his family and friends, while thanking him for the time they had with him. Tonmi "Otus" Lillman joined Lordi in 2010 and… Read more
On the 21st of April, few weeks before heading to Baku, a long list of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest participants will team up in Amsterdam for the anually Eurovision In Concert. So far four countries have been confirmed, but we should be able to expect a bit over 20 to take part. Eurovision In… Read more
Minutes ago the Belarusians decided that it will be up to Alena Lanskaya to bring the country into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, something they missed out on last year as the rest of Europe didn’t love Belarus just as much as Anastasiya Vinnikova did. Tonight’s winner was chosen in a big show featuring… Read more