Semi-Final 1 rehearsals
The final preparations for Eurovision in Tel Aviv has started, and over the weekend the contestants of Semi-Final 1 had their first round of rehearsals on the Eurovision stage, with the rehearsal order usually follows the running order. Day 1 First on stage, Saturday morning, was Cyprus, who are taking full advantage of once again …
We didn’t know… until we interviewed Serhat
He is a Eurovision legend… after representing San Marino in 2016, the Turkish singer will once again represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest, this time in Tel Aviv. We managed snatch an interview with him and get to know him better, as he tells us of his music history, from zero to hero. …
OGAE Azerbaijan results revealed
This time, it is OGAE Azerbaijan’s turn to reveal its results. So, ‘Hello Europe, it is Azerbaijan calling’! While Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Moldova, Montenegro and Poland got 0 points from fans, Australia, Finland, and Ireland each got 2 points overall from the Azerbaijani fans. Armenia, North Macedonia, Serbia and UK got 3 points …
PreParty Riga Recap
Last weekend, the 6th annual Eurovision PreParty Riga took place, inviting fans and press for a chance to meet and see some of this year’s Eurovision artists perform live on stage in the Crystal Club in Riga. The line-up this year was: Carousel, Latvia’s Eurovision representative this year – Sab墨ne 沤uga, M膩rcis Vasi募evskis, Sta艈islavs Judins …
From Iceland with love! Exclusive interview with Hatari
Icelanders were probably the first to call for a boycott of Eurovision after Netta’s victory ‘Toy’ and her political message: ‘Next year in Jerusalem’. 脕rni Steingr铆mur Sigur冒sson started a petition about this and managed to get 18,000 signatures during May last year. However, despite the popularity of the petition, Skarph茅冒inn Gu冒mundsson, program director at RUV, …
KEiiNO ‘shows us the light’ in an exclusive interview
This year, 10 acts were fighting for the rights to represent Norway at Eurovision and it is KEiiNO who will carry the name of Norway to Tel Aviv. The trio consist of Tom Hugo, Fred Buljo, who represents the Norwegian Sami people, as well as Alexandra Rotan, who previously has competed in Melodi Grand Prix, …
Exclusive interview with ‘Proud’ singer Tamara Todevska
At the end of January, North Macedonia announced that Tamara Todevska would represent the country, and her song was finally released on 8th of March – on International Women Day. ‘Proud’ is a strong ballad with a great message to everyone empowering them: 馃幍 Tell them, raise your voice and say it loudlyShow them what …
Let’s CELEBRATE MGP’s 60th anniversary together!
In 2020 Norway will celebrate Melodi Grand Prix’s 60th anniversary, and today the Norwegian broadcaster, NRK, announced that the Melodi Grand Prix show will be bigger than ever. Five semi-finals and a grand finale – a full six Saturdays. The MGP shows will be broadcast directly from Oslo, but with a great focus on artists …
Michela Pace: Small island, big hopes
Since their debut in the Eurovision Song Contest, Malta has participated more than 30 times. Malta is one of the few countries, with such a long participation history, yet have never won the competition. Even though Malta is one of the smallest island states of Europe, they have proven that size doesn’t matter when it …
What is on the Caucasus menu… A quick review!
It is another great year where fans from all over the world discuss who will be the winner of Eurovision. Yesterday the last three songs for this year’s Eurovision, the songs from Israel, Malta and Armenia, were released, so we finally have a full lineup. The political drama of Eurovision has also already started, with …