Belgium will be performing 3rd in the upcoming First Semi Final this Tuesday. The country is represented by Loïc Nottet with the song Rhythm Inside. Are there any changes since the country’s first rehearsal? What is the impression left by the song amongst the other entries in the running order? We try to answer your… Read more
Armenia will be performing 2nd in the upcoming First Semi Final this Tuesday. The country is represented by Genealogy with the song Face The Shadow. Are there any changes since the country’s first rehearsal? What is the impression left by the song amongst the other entries in the running order? We try to answer your… Read more
Moldova will be performing 1st in the upcoming First Semi Final this Tuesday. The country is represented by Eduard Romanyuta with the song I Want Your Love. Are there any changes since the country’s first rehearsal? What is the impression left by the song amongst the other entries in the running order? We try to… Read more
Day 4 of this year’s Eurovision and it’s time for the remaining countries competing in the second semi final to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. Sweden, Switzerland, Cyprus, Slovenia and Poland will be concluding this first run of semi final rehearsals this afternoon. Eurovisionary will be reporting live from the press centre… Read more
Day 4 of this year’s Eurovision and it is time for Israel, Latvia, Azerbaijan and Iceland to take to the stage for their first stage rehearsal. Reporting live from the press centre in Austria’s Wiener Stadthalle, Eurovisionary will be updating this article with information as each country completes their rehearsal. Read more
Day 3 of this year’s Eurovision and it’s time for some of the countries competing in the second semi final to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. It is now time for Malta, Norway, Portugal and the Czech Republic to rehearse their entries. Eurovisionary will be reporting live from the press centre in… Read more
Day 3 of this year’s Eurovision and it is time for Lithuania, Ireland, San Marino and Montenegro to take to the stage for their first stage rehearsal. Reporting live from the press centre in Austria’s Wiener Stadthalle, Eurovisionary will be updating this article with information as each country completes their rehearsal. Read more
Day 2 of this year’s Eurovision and it’s time for some of the countries competing in the first semi final to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. It is now time for Denmark, Albania, Romania and Georgia to rehearse their entries. Eurovisionary will be reporting live from the press centre in Wiener Stadthalle. Read more
Day 2 of this year’s Eurovision and it is time for Serbia, Hungary, Belarus and Russia to take to the stage for their first stage rehearsal. Reporting live from the press centre in Austria’s Wiener Stadthalle, Eurovisionary will be updating this article with information as each country completes their rehearsal. Read more
Day 1 of this year’s Eurovision and it’s time for some of the countries competing in the first semi final to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. It is now time for Finland, Greece, Estonia and F.Y.R. Macedonia to rehearse their entries. Eurovisionary will be reporting live from the press centre in Wiener… Read more
Day 1 of this year’s Eurovision and it’s time for some of the countries competing in the first semi final to take to the stage for their first rehearsal. Reflecting the running order of the show, Moldova, Armenia, Belgium and The Netherlands will be the first to rehearse their entries. Reporting from the press centre… Read more
Since its 1999 debut, the musical Mamma Mia! has been seen by over 55 million people worldwide. Now Björn Ulvaeus plans to bring the same combination of ABBA music and Aegean atmosphere to Stockholm with a Greek taverna where customers will get to experience the Mamma Mia! excitement not just as spectators but as active… Read more
Today marks the 50th anniversary since the 10th Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Italian city of Naples on 20th March 1965. Among other things, the contest is notable for being the first time that Eurovision was won by an up-tempo song, France Gall’s Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son for Luxembourg. This was… Read more
Greece has chosen Maria-Elena Kyriakou as its participant for the upcoming 60th Eurovision Song Contest. The artist outperformed four other entrants with her song One Last Breath and went on to win the Greek national final, Eurosong 2015. The Cypriot-born artist thus gets the ticket to represent the country in Vienna this May. This was… Read more
The fourth auditions heat for this year’s Cypriot selection, the Eurovision Song Project, took place on Sunday 28th December. Two more hopefuls qualified to the next, EuroChallenge phase of the competition, bringing their number up to fifteen. The show’s judges, Alex Panayi (Cyprus 1995 & 2000), Despoina Olympiou (Cyprus 2013), Elena Patroclou (Cyprus 1991) and… Read more
The Eurovision Song Project is the TV show put together by Cypriot broadcaster CyBC for the selection of the county’s Eurovision entry for Vienna. The show kicked off on Sunday with the first instalment of the preliminary auditions round of the Cypriot selection, achieving high TV ratings. As reported back in July, the CyBC decided… Read more
The 73rd General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union has accepted new Greek state broadcaster NERIT into its ranks as an active member. This means that Greece will now participate in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, bringing the number of countries so far confirmed for Vienna to 39. It could be said that the EBU’s… Read more
Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest normally requires that a broadcaster is an active EBU member. In the case of NERIT, the new Greek state broadcaster which participated by special permission in Copenhagen 2014, active membership and in turn eligibility for Eurovision 2015 is expected to be decided by the EBU this Friday. NERIT’s eligibility… Read more
During a press conference earlier today, Cypriot public broadcaster CyBC revealed the 60 entries for its 2015 Eurovision national selection. The shortlist includes familiar names in the world of Eurovision whereas a certain La La Love lady is rumoured to be a likely host for the televised selection shows. The Cypriot selection will consist of… Read more
It was back in July when the Cypriot public broadcaster CyBC announced its ambitious plans for a national final, complete with live auditions and semi final heats. In an email sent yesterday, the CyBC informed applicants about the date of the national final as well as scaling down ‘changes’ to its concept. Cypriot entertainment blog… Read more
With a post on its Eurovision facebook page, Italian public broadcaster RAI announced that the winner of the 65th Sanremo Song Festival will be entitled to represent the country in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. If the Sanremo winner does not wish to do so, the event organizers will have to select another artist for… Read more
With an official announcement on its website earlier today, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) confirmed its intention for the country to be represented in Vienna this May after a year’s absence from Eurovision. The broadcaster’s final decision will be dependent on finances. A translation of the post found on RTS’s official website reads as follows:… Read more
Time may be running out for the Greek public broadcaster NERIT to persuade the European Broadcasting Union of its eligibility for EBU membership. With the formal deadline to confirm participation having expired today, is it becoming unlikely that the country will be represented in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest? NERIT is the successor of Greece’s… Read more
Three-time Eurovision entrant Anna Vissi celebrated her 40th anniversary in the Greek music industry with a party concert on the island of Mykonos. The event proved a Eurovision fan’s delight, featuring, among other Eurovision artists, an eagerly anticipated Conchita Wurst – the current Eurovision winner – who joined pop icon Anna on stage! The much… Read more
Earlier today, the Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation, CyBC, announced the country’s return to Eurovision and disclosed details about a three-phase national selection. It appears that, after a year’s absence from the contest, Cyprus’ comeback entry for 2015 will be decided through an ambitious selection format! All three phases of the as yet unnamed national selection will… Read more
This Wednesday, three-time Eurovision entrant Anna Vissi received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bolton. After the ceremony, Cypriot-born Vissi commented on her upcoming celebratory concert on Mykonos, where she will be joined by 2014 Eurovision winner and fellow Jean Paul Gaultier muse Conchita Wurst. Anna Vissi was awarded her Honorary Doctorate of Arts… Read more