It took five attempts, but perseverance paid off for Lithuania’s Ieva Zasimauskaitė when finally in 2018 she won the right to represent her country at the Eurovision Song Contest. For some Eurovision fans, this was a song they needed to grow into. Read more
In 2011 one country was drawn in the semi final, where they could choose where they would appear in the running order. Poland was that country and the Head of Delegation decided they would like to perform first. Thus Magdalena Tul with her song ‘Jestem’, opened the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Read more
Having won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 with Severine and ‘Un Banc, Une Arbre, Une Rue’, Monaco tried their luck again with French singer, Marie in 1973 with a similar topic in ‘Un Train Qui Part’. Read more
Latvia, unfortunately have not had great success at Eurovision, and after failing to qualify two years in a row, the country sent one of their upcoming biggest bands, Musiqq to give it a go in 2011 with ‘Angel In Disguise’. Read more
It’s perhaps a little unfair to title this article, Eurovision 1981, as this was in fact the last and fourth time, Peter, Sue and Marc represented Switzerland. However we are discussing ‘Io Senza Te’, their Italian language entry from 1981. Read more
Armenia got of to a great start at Eurovision after debuting in 2006. They began with an unbroken run of finishing within the top 10. This success continued through to 2010, when Eva Rivas finished in 7th place with Apricot Stone. Read more
‘If Not For You’ and ‘Banks Of The Ohio’ were just two of the songs that had turned Olivia Newton-John into a chart regular, when she was asked to represent The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. Read more
In 2008, Germany chose what had once been a popular girl band to represent them at the Eurovision Song Contest. No Angels were picked to sing the song ‘Disappear’, but unfortunately it all went horribly wrong. The band ended up sharing the least amount of points with Poland and The United Kingdom. Read more
In 2016 Donny Montell represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. The song was ‘I’ve Been Waiting For This Night’. By finishing in ninth place he gave the country their second and, to date most recent finish in the Top 10. Read more
The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 should have seen the return of the third artist to represent San Marino multiple times, but due to the coronavirus crisis, for Senhit it was not to be. Senhit last represented San Marino in 2011 when, known as Senit, she sadly missed the finals with the song Stand By. Not… Read more
Two semi finals of Eesti Laul were held on 13 and 15 February 2020. On February 29, Uku Suviste won the final, and was supposed to represent Estonia at this years Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
KEiiNO, Norway’s 2019 Eurovision entrants have finally released their debut album, OKTA today. To celebrate its launch the band performed a live concert in honour of the occasion. Read more
All good things must come to an end and sadly, this week meant the last week for Eurovision Home Concerts. This was the seventh week Eurovision artists, past and present performed Eurovision hits from their homes. Read more
Today’s bumper show of Eurovision Home Concerts featured no less than 13 acts from the present and past. They came with one aim – to entertain us with their Eurovision entry and a past classic – and entertain us they did Read more
Like all the 2020 Eurovision acts, Russia’s LITTLE Big should now have been in Rotterdam rehearsing for next weeks semi finals. So since that’s not happening they have released a new video for the song ‘Hypnodancer’. Read more
This year, a backing group from the prior year’s contest should have been stepping upfront on the Eurovision stage, albeit with one member less. Yes we are talking about The Mamas from Sweden. Read more
Probably no-one is feeling the pain of Eurovision 2020 being cancelled more than Destiny Chukunyere, who would have sung ‘All Of My Love’ in Rotterdam next week, representing Malta. Read more
Tonight, seven more of this years proposed Eurovision acts took part in Eurovision Home Concerts, an on-line series where Eurovision acts, past and present, sing their Eurovision entry, along with a fan voted pre-selected classic. Read more
Eric Saade has had reason to celebrate recently with the release of his latest Swedish single Glas. However on his TikTok account today he has confirmed that he has caught the COViD-19. Read more
The very popular Eurovision Home Concerts continued again this afternoon with the fourth episode. Five more of this years candidates were joined by past favourites from Norway, Albania and Austria. Read more
Belarus first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and have yet to win. In fact the highest they have placed was in 2007 when Koldun placed 6th with Work Your Magic. This year they were hoping to do well with VAL and the song Da Vidna. Read more
In 2020 Lithuanian Television (LRT) decided to drastically cut the number of weeks for their annual Eurovizijos Atranka, albeit it was still six weeks long. In the end The Roop won the show with the song On Fire. Read more
Ireland were one of the many countries to internally select their entry for 2020. The last time they held a National final was in 2015. They have had mixed success with internal selection and this year went with Lesley Roy and Story Of My Life. Ireland still hold the record for most wins, having won… Read more
Russia was one of the last countries to announce their act and song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. In the end the band Little Big were announced on 2nd March 2020 as the Russian entry, with the song Uno, announced ten days later. Read more
One of the few good things about being under isolation because of the coronavirus lockdown is the amount of content from performers giving on-line shows. The second edition of Eurovision Home Concerts took place tonight. Read more
It seems that in general, artists who were internally selected to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, have been chosen again for 2021. Unfortunately artists whose counties hold National selections have not been so fortunate. Read more