Madrid 1969 will be forever known as the year of the four-way tie, yet many songs were lost in the hectic end of the contest, songs that in their respective countries became massive hits. One of those particular entries, was Portugal’s Desfolhada Portuguesa, by legendary performer Simone De Oliveira. Read more
1994 is the year that Eurovision was thrown into International consciousness, yet not for any of the entries or the voting but for the interval act. Riverdance became a major international hit on the back of the contest, yet many songs have been forgotten because of that and one gem is Sigga’s Nætur. Read more
It is always exciting for fans, and the contest in general, when a new country joins the fold. It gives us all a chance to see what this new market has to bring when it comes to its music and culture, and one of Eurovision’s most successful countries debuted in 1973. Albeit in tension filled… Read more
Naples 1965 is seen as a milestone contest in regards to many countries attempts to modernise the contest in the music produced. This is best exemplified by the winning entry from Luxembourg which became a major international hit. Although Germany decided to play a little safe with their entry, opting for a more traditional sound… Read more
1991 is a year of many controversies in the Eurovision fan base. The hosts weren’t the most professional couple; was France really the deserved winner; and how did anyone think that guy could play the Saxophone. Thankfully though Greece’s Sophia Vossou took it all in her stride as she gave a rousing performance of her… Read more
Shoulder pads, fierce make-up and love songs can all be used to describe Eurovision 1985, and no entry encapsulates this more than Spain’s entry from Paloma San Basilio with her emotional ballad La Fiesta Terminó. She travelled to Gothenburg, Sweden with high hopes of bringing a victory home, yet it didn’t go the way she… Read more
Hailed as the United Kingdom’s own version of Marilyn Monroe for her blonde locks and figure, Kathy Kirby was selected to represent her nation at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest in Naples, with the song ‘I Belong’. Read more
Greece’s chosen act for 2020 Stefania Liberakakis has released her new single ‘Friday’, a teenage BOP very much in the vein of her would be Eurovision entry in Rotterdam. This is her first single since she the release of ‘SUPERG!RL’. Read more
1972 saw the contest held in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, the first time the contest was held outside of London in the contest’s history to that date. It was also the first year that Ireland celebrated their native language when they sent accomplished Singer Sandie Jones to the contest with her song ‘Ceol an… Read more
2020 saw the second annual national final for Australia. Ten acts took part in the show with Montaigne and her modern pop song winning over some heavyweights in the Australian music scene. Read more
Last week came the news that many Eurovision fans were dreading, as the ongoing threat from the novel virus COVID-19 brings unprecedented devastation to populations across the world, the 65 year old song contest has for the first time in it’s history been cancelled. Read more
Tonight saw the final of the marathon Eurovision nation final for Sweden, Melodifestivalen. In what is now the annual final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, 12 Acts competed for the chance to represent the Scandinavian country at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam. The Mamas won the right to sing at the contest… Read more
This afternoon the Polish national final, Szansa na Sukces – Eurowizja 2020 took place to choose who would represent the Baltic nation in Rotterdam. In the three act final, Alicja Szemplińska won the accolade of representing Poland. Read more
Melodifestivalen Semi Final three took place in the Northern Coastal city of Luleå, where we saw the return of past performers to the competition. Mariette and Mohombi qualified direct to the final in Stockholm on March 7th. Read more
After last year’s controversial withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest, Ukraine are back in the fold having kicked off Vidbir tonight, to see who will go where Maruv couldn’t and represent the Eastern European nation. Read more
After their fifth place finish at last years Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden are back with their successful and always popular national final, Melodifestivalen. It kicked off with The Mamas and Robin Bengtsson qualifying for the final. Read more
Tonight we went to Central Norway as we discovered four more acts competing to represent the Nordic nation at this years Eurovision Song Contest. After three rounds of battles Kristin Husøy was declared the victor of tonight’s show. Read more
The next two performers for next years Australia Decides has been announced. Like last year SBS want to showcase the diverse music and culture that Australia has to offer as well as celebrating it First Nations performers. Read more
Australian broadcaster SBS has decided after such a successful year at Eurovision in 2019, they would use the same method to choose their representative for the 2020 contest to be staged in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Read more
Ahead of tonight’s Eurovision Grand Final, we at EuroVisionary look back at this years contest and howTel Aviv has opened its doors to fans and press for the world’s largest song contest. Read more
Tonight, juries from across Europe and Australia cast their votes in this year’s Eurovision Grand Final. The jury show takes place exactly 24 hours before the live televised final and votes cast on the Friday night count towards 50% of the total score for each country. Read more
Electricity in the air and butterflies in your tummy, that is the feeling you get when you hear “Te Deum” and the iconic EBU graphics flash across your TV Screens on Eurovision Grand Final night. What can you expect to see in the show this year? Read more
With only three spots left for the second half, tension was high at the draw following tonight’s semi-final. If most of the favourites ends up in first half, and one of them in the second half, the latter could gain an advantage. Read more
18 more countries took to the stage tonight in a bid to impress the professional juries and pick up as many votes as possible. Before they got on stage we got to see what adventures they had in Israel and this is what you can expect to see tomorrow. Read more
tonight saw the second semi final Jury show. This is one of the most important performances for all of the participants tonight as they will receive half of their points total on this performance. Read more
Is Madonna Coming to Eurovision? EBU along with host Broadcaster KAN gave a joint press conference where they discussed some details about this year’s live shows, postcard ideas, as well as tackling tough questions over rehearsal schedules, the increasingly frustrating ticket debacle and whether Madonna will show up on Saturday night. Read more