After yesterday’s slightly anti-climactic events in San Remo’s Teatro Ariston, the second evening had added drama as four songs were eliminated temporally from the festival instead of the scheduled two. Technical problems with the in-house guria demoscopia voting system meant that the results could not be established. Consequently, instead of two songs being eliminated, all… Read more
This evening saw the opening night of the 62nd Sanremo Festival. All 14 the artists in the ‘Big’ section for well-known artists performed. The 8 ‘Giovanni’ (for new singers) will sing tomorrow. It is likely that the Italian entry for Baku will be among these eight songs. Almost an hour of the show had passed… Read more
Last year in Dusseldorf, Italy ended its 14 year absence from the Eurovision Song Contest with a second place. Perhaps heartened by this result, RAI have again entered the contest. Because of the return of Italy last year, Eurovisionary published a history of the festival, which we publish a revised version of here. It all… Read more
Tonight, Hungary became the latest country to choose it’s entry for Baku. The eight songs that had qualified from the two semi-finals took to the stage once again. After a public vote, the in-house jury chose Compact Disco and their song, Sound of Our Hearts. The format of the final was slightly different to the… Read more
After a successful return to the Eurovision Song Contest last year and recent confirmation of participation in Baku, rumours have started about who RAI may ask to travel to Azerbaijan. One name being touted is Marco Mengoni. According to the website, soundsblog.it, Marco Mengoni is the favourite to attempt to go one better than Rafael… Read more
Today, Serbian broadcaster, RTS confirmed the name of the singer who will represent the nation in Baku next May. They are again putting their faith in Željko Joksimović, who will make his fourth appearance in the contest. He will be totally responsible for the song as he will both write and perform the entry. The… Read more
Despite achieving her highest score of the series, former Eurovision Song Contest winner, Lulu, was voted off Strictly Come Dancing this evening. Her fate hung in the balance from the moment she was third from bottom on the scoreboard after the judges had given their votes on the live show yesterday. Lulu was the last… Read more
Lulu didn’t have to wait long to strut her stuff on the latest instalment of the BBC1 dancing show. She was the first of the celebrities to dance in front of a slightly revised panel. Head judge, Len Goodman, is on holiday this week, so his place on the panel was taken by American actress,… Read more
There was a suitably spooky theme to the BBC1 show tonight, as the dancers aimed to avoid the nightmare of being eliminated from the competition. Lulu looked the part as she aimed to continue her steady progress in the dancing show with risk taking partner, Brendan Cole in a Halloween special. Of the eleven remaining… Read more
Last week, Eurovision winner, Lulu, won enough votes from the public on the BBC1 show, Strictly Come Dancing to stay out of the dance-off. Tonight, she hoped to do the same when she performed her third dance on tonight’s show, which had a Broadway theme. The programme started with a show dance by the professionals,… Read more
This evening on BBC1 show, Strictly Come Dancing. Lulu performed her second dance of the series as she faces the very real prospect of being the first celebrity to leave the popular show. After her dance last week, the judges gave her a total score of 17 points, which placed her near the bottom of… Read more
EuroVisionary is proud to announce the completion of its History section. Naturally, it covers every contest since 1956. However, we have included something that we believe is not to be found anywhere else, either in books or on the internet. As part of our quest to give our readers the very best coverage, our History… Read more
The EBU has now released the votes of the juries and the public phone votes. As a result, we can now see how much influence the juries had on the overall result. The public placed Italy in 11th, but Raphael Gualazzi won the jury vote and the combined scores put him into second place overall.… Read more
Tonight in Dusseldorf, before a worldwide audience, a new victor of the Eurovision Song Contest was crowned. Azerbaijan won a contest which was close for a while, but eventually saw Ell and Nikki move away from the pack to forever go down in history as the winner of the biggest musical event on the planet.… Read more
Following on from the first semi-final on Tuesday, tonight, it was the turn of those drawn in the second semi-final to take to the stage and compete for the support of the public and juries for the right to appear in the final on Saturday. Hosts Stefan Raab, Anke Engelke and Judith Rakers said their… Read more
After the shocks (Switzerland in) and surprises (Poland out) of the first semi-final, attention now turns to the second semi-final on Thursday. There are nineteen songs vying for the ten available places left in the final on Saturday. What chances does each one have? Read on to find out. Bosnia – Dino Merlin – Love… Read more
Months of hard work and preparation for 19 countries all came down to this, the first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. By the end of the evening, ten would be celebrating a place in the final, and nine would be licking their wounds. The show opened with the hosts, Stefan Raab (himself no… Read more
Another Eurovision year is building to a climax, with the first semi-final only a day away. Money has been wagered and arguments made as to which songs will make it through to the final. Here is my guide to the likely winners and losers. Of the nineteen countries competing, ten will qualify for Saturday’s final… Read more
Today was the final day of delegation rehearsals and press conferences. The last seven countries competing in the second semi-final all had their second rehearsal, as did the ‘Big 5’ Slovenia got the ball rolling this morning. At the conference afterwards, lyricist Urša Vlašič, was asked about the meaning of the words in the Slovene… Read more
Today was one of the most anticipated days in the rehearsal schedule. While five of the countries in the second semi-final rehearsed, the real interest lay in the first rehearsals of the ‘Big 5’, including hosts Germany, two of the favourites in United Kingdom and France and the long awaited return of Italy. Sweden’s first… Read more
Preparations for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest continued apace today as artists from the first and second semi-finals travelled to the arena for their final rehearsals before the rehearsals for the full shows begin. First up was the Icelandic delegation. Inevitably, they were asked again about the tragic circumstances which have brought them to Dusseldorf.… Read more
The first round of rehearsals finished, today, it was time for the first 13 acts of the first semi-final to rehearse for the final time before the first run through of the semi-final itself on Monday. After each performer had come off stage, they held another press conference. Poland’s Magdalena Tul was asked how the… Read more
Today saw the remaining ten delegations on the second semi-final have the opportunity to rehearse, as well as holding the obligatory press conference. The earliest arrival was Bulgaria’s Poli Genova. She was clearly content with the world as she entered the conference room. She has tried four times to participate in the contest, so how… Read more
The third day of preparations in the build up to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest saw the first nine songs in the second semi-final take to the stage. Shortly after each rehearsal, the singers made their way to the press conference room to meet the media. Kicking things off was Bosnia and Dino Merlin, who… Read more
After the first day of rehearsals and press conferences yesterday, today saw the remaining countries competing in the first semi-final had their turn to give a first impression. After each act had finished rehearsing, they faced the press for photos and questions. The Maltese delegation, which opened proceedings, had everyone puzzled when they entered the… Read more
Today saw the opening rehearsals and press conferences in Dusseldorf, beginning two weeks of an intense schedule for the organisers, singers and delgations, not to mention the media covering the event. Poland has the honour of being the first country to perform in 2011 and so Magdalena Tul was the first of the 2011 performers… Read more