The BBC announced today that the highly successful record producer, Pete Waterman will produce the song that will represent the United Kingdom in Oslo. In a statement on its Eurovision website, the BBC said, Legendary hit maker Pete Waterman will produce this year’s UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The multi award-winning music maestro… Read more
This evening saw the third and final semi-final in Finland. By the end of the evening, three of the five songs would have qualified for the final. Jaana Pelkonen and Mikko Peltsi Peltola were again the hosts. By the end of the show, the full line up for next Saturdays final as the jury wildcard… Read more
This evening, Finland continued its search for the song to go to Oslo in May. The second semi-final saw five songs compete for the three guaranteed places in the final on January 30th. The five songs were: Monday – Play Antti Kleemola – Sun Puolella Heli Kajo – Annankadun Kulmassa Sister Twister – Love at… Read more
This evening, Michael von der Heide gave the first public performance of the song he will sing in Olso, Il Pleut de l’or. It has been known for some time that Michael von der Heide would be representing Switzerland in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Even the title of the song was revealed at the… Read more
Tonight, Finnish broadcaster YLE held the first of three semi-finals. Five acts competed for the three available places. Mikko Peltola and host of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, Jaana Pelkonen took care of proceedings and introduce the five songs: Amadeus – Anastacia – Amadeus’ deep voice gives the song a pop-opera fee and the violin… Read more
The broadcaster responsible for organising the Finnish song for the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, YLE, has today announced the competing songs. The 15 songs will participate in three semi-finals, three songs will qualify from each. The semi-finals will be held in January, on 8th, 15th and 22nd. The final will be held on January… Read more
Rumours have today surfaced suggesting that Gary Barlow has been approached by the BBC to write the United Kingdom’s entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Tabloid newspaper, The Sun, reports that the lead singer and songwriter of Take That has been in discussions with the BBC about following up the success of Andrew Lloyd… Read more
ERR, the national broadcaster in Estonia, has announced details of the selection of the 2010 song for Oslo. After the success of the new Eesti Laul competition last year, which saw Estonia qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time, the same format will remain for the 2010 selection process. Entries can… Read more
This year, the BBC showed Europe that actually, they and the United Kingdom do take the Eurovision Song Contest seriously. They persuaded Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, possibly the biggest name in musical theatre, to write the song and head a talent search for the winner. In turn, he enlisted the help of international award winning… Read more
Following the reintroduction of juries for the voting in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU has decided to extend this to include the semi-finals. It has been widely agreed that giving juries, consisting of music industry professionals, a 50% contribution to the scores of each country was a success. At a… Read more
It has been announced that Jade Ewen has joined the girl group, The Sugababes. The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest singer for the United Kingdom replaces Keisha Buchanan in the three girl line-up. A short statement on their website said: The current line-up of the Sugababes has disbanded. Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah will continue as… Read more
Following complaints that some people in Azerbaijan who voted for Armenia were visited by the Police, the Reference Group of the European Broadcasting Union convened to discuss the matter. Today they released the following statement announcing their decision: EBU decision on Azerbaijan The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) received responses from Azerbaijan regarding allegations that telephone… Read more
Danish broadcaster, DR, has announced the details of their selection process for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Going against the recent trend in other countries of holding one or more semi-final, there will be a final only, to be held on 6th February. The Gigantium in Aalborg will be the venue. The deadline for entries… Read more
As promised a couple of days ago, the European Broadcasting Union has released the complete results from this year’s contest. This means that we can now see how the public voted, and how the juries voted. The juries consisted of industry professionals and were reintroduced in an attempt to reduce the effect of perceived political… Read more
In an announcement made on video website, Youtube, the EBU has announced that the results of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be revealed. The results will be published on Friday 31st July on the official website of the contest, eurovision.tv. This will mean that we will know exactly how the public and the juries… Read more
NRK, the host broadcaster for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, announced today that the 15000 capacity Fornebu Arena will be the venue for the contest. The arena, which only opened in February this year, is the largest indoor stadium in Northern Europe. Officials from NRK and the arena have signed a pre-contract agreement. The reference… Read more
Swedish broadcaster, SVT has revealed the full results of the public phone vote. Unsurprisingly, Norway came out on top. Finland finished last in the final, but the Swedish public thought it was the fourth best song. Norway – 136171 votes Iceland – 58151 votes Bosnia & Herzegovina – 57818 votes Finland – 47722 votes Azerbaijan… Read more
The BBC has revealed the votes of the public televote and the jury. The results show that the jury gave the top score to Germany’s swing number, while the public put Turkey at the top of the list. UK JURY VOTE 12 Points – Germany 10 Points – Iceland 8 Points – Norway 7 Points… Read more
Much interest in the voting for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest centered on the introduction of juries in each country to vote alongside the public phone vote. The EBU have now released the scores of the juries only. Had the voting been on the basis of the jury votes only, Norway would still have won… Read more
After the Irish song again failed to make an impression on the voting public, there are calls for the country that has won the contest the most, to withdraw from the event altogether. Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy finished in 11th position in the second semifinal last Thursday. This means that Ireland have only reached… Read more
The results of both semifinals have now been released by the EBU. They make interesting reading. The jury overturned the telephone vote to save countries in each of the semifinals. Quite annoying if your country finished 10th in the phone vote. 1st Semifinal Although Macedonia finished 10th in the public phone vote, they were eliminated… Read more
The British press and people are traditionally cynical about the Eurovision Song Contest. Lets see if the involvement of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the United Kingdom finishing 6th have changed anything. The Mail on Sunday was positive "It wasn’t quite her time, but Jade Ewen did her country proud when she earned the UK fifth… Read more
In a contest which nobody could call close, Norway won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in the Olympiyskiy Arena in Moscow. He scored a record 387 points, leaving him a long way in front of Iceland and Azerbaijan in second and third places respectively. The contest was opened by performers from Cirque du Soleil and… Read more
After Tuesday’s semifinal, this evening, we discovered who would fill the remaining places in the final on Saturday. Nineteen countries, including favourites Norway, competed for the ten available places. The hosts were Andrey Malakhov and Natalia Vodianova, who also hosted the first semifinal. After the fairytale theme on Tuesday, this evening it was all about… Read more
The European Broadcasting Union held a press conference today where many issues were raised, including dates for the 2010 contest and the possibility of the return of Italy. Two ‘special guests’ were also introduced. Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Svante Stockselius, took the opportunity to confirm that 50% of the votes in Saturday’s… Read more
After months of finals, gossip and rumours, the time fans had been waiting for had finally arrived. The first semifinal was held tonight hosted by Andrey Malakhov and Natalia Vodianova. Eighteen songs were competing for ten places in the final, one of which would be decided by juries around Europe. The show started with a… Read more