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JESC: The Latest News

The Junior version of the world’s favourite song contest will take place on the 21st of November in Sofia, Bulgaria, the contest is just five months away, so, here is a quick update as to what has been happening: Bulgaria will be hosting this year’s contest after Italy declined the offer, the chosen slogan is #Discover. The list of participating …

Dream Team 2016 – Czech Republic

After Lilit for Armenia and Gülşen for Turkey, it’s time to turn our attention westwards and take a look at 2015’s returnee the Czech Republic. Have we found an artist who could bring the Czechs to their first final? And it was a close-fought battle for supremacy but Lenka Dusilová with Baromantika was the narrow favourite with our readers. The …

Eurovision Young Dancers: Rehearsals begin

One of the lesser known Eurovision events in the calendar is kicking off today in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 will see dancers from ten countries performing to impress the juries of Europe and take the trophy home. The official EBU Eurovision Young Dancers team are now live from Pilsen and will be reporting on the first rehearsals …

Netherlands: Trijntje Oosterhuis wins Barbara Dex Award

The annual Barbara Dex Award, given to the act voted to have the worst costume on the Eurovision stage, has been awarded this year to the Netherlands’ Trijntje Oosterhuis. Despite changing from a controversial dress to a less unusual catsuit affair could not stop the country overwhelmingly winning the voting with over 25% of the votes. Bojana Stamenov from Serbia …

Elnur Huseynov (Azerbaijan): “We are all different, but we should be united”

Elnur Huseynov (Azerbaijan) brings the drama with “Hour of the Wolf.”  With a beautiful backdrop, talented backup singers and dancers, and strong vocals from Elnur, many are sure that the Azerbaijan Finals streak will continue.  With Azerbaijan having their worst result last year in Copenhagen, can Elnur and company return the 2012 host country to the top five for the …

Aminata (Latvia): “My thoughts and my feelings are in this album”

Aminata (Latvia) blew the press center away with her first rehearsal of “Love Injected.”  She has a strong voice, an excellent performing persona, and a team of talented backup singers that should give way to an atmospheric performance on the Eurovision stage.  Latvia has the longest non-qualification streak of all Eurovision countries participating this year (aside from the Czech Republic).  …

Nadav Guedj (Israel): “I’m super blessed to be here. I’m only 16″”

Nadav Guedj (Israel) is looking to bring Israel back to the Grand Finale for the first time since 2010 with “Golden Boy”.  The first rehearsal was well-received in the press center.  Nadav has impressive vocals, particular in the beginning, while the backup dancers help bring a party atmosphere that will surely energize the audience in the second half of Semi-Final …

LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 4

We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2.  Today, …

Leonor Andrade (Portugal): “My song is a metaphor that represents the distance between two souls”

Leonor Andrade (Portugal) aims to bring Portugal back to the finals for the first time since 2010 with “Há um Mar que nos Separa”.  Rehearsals brought about mixed feelings from the press center, some who really enjoyed the song, and some who really enjoyed hating the song.  Nevertheless, no one can deny that Leonor brought her A-game with energetic enthusiasm …

Mørland & Debrah Scarlett (Norway): “If we win, we would do a parachute jump as a duo””

Mørland & Debrah Scarlett (Norway) presented their simple and elegant performance of “A Monster Like Me” during the first rehearsals.  A lot of good long close-up shots in which both artists sing directly into the camera and also to one another.  An early favorite that should continue to maintain its place in the predictions. Matt chatted with the duo about …

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