Another piece of sad news today. According to Eurovoix, the national broadcaster of Luxembourg, RTL, has confirmed that they will not be making their long-awaited return to the contest in 2017. As a result the next contest will be the 24th contest in a row without one of the competition’s most successful nations. Luxembourg was a dominant prescence in the …
Luxembourg will not take part in 2016
In what could be considered dissapointing but not unexpected news, Luxembourg’s national broadcaster RTL has given indication that the small Benelux state will not be taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Sweden. Luxembourg has not taken part since 1993 but in recent years many fans have felt a sea of change as the cultural minister of …
OGAE: Four more sets of votes revealed.
Four OGAE clubs have revealed their votes on what is the first official day of polling results. Following votes from France and Bulgaria, six clubs have now voted on 2015 and revealed their verdict on the songs. The votes revealed today from Albania, Armenia, Luxembourg and Switzerland are as follows; Albania 12 Italy 10 Spain 8 Russia 7 Sweden 6 …
Rumore, rumore…
The San Remo festival is now over. Il Volo has been chosen to represent Italy in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. If you ever thought that San Remo was all about music, think twice! There are lots of rumours going on every year and the 2014 edition could be no exception to this. Eurofans play a huge role in the spread …
Eurovision’s Greatest Hits: 3 countries decline to show celebration
Three countries have already announced their intention not to show the BBC’s celebration of 60 years of Eurovision, with a further broadcaster still very much undecided on whether it will show the special programme. Netherlands’ AVROTROS, Luxembourg’s RTL and Ukraine’s NTU will not show the programme, being hosted on March 31st in London, United Kingdom. The latter two may not …
San Marino: SMRTV confirms Luxembourg talks
In a statement released yesterday by SMRTV, the national broadcaster of the microstate of San Marino, the director general of the TV station has confirmed that talks have been held between the country and Luxembourg about a joint participation, as recent rumours suggested. However, the broadcaster has also taken the opportunity to confirm that no deals have been made yet …
Luxembourg: Culture minister to push for country’s return?
It appears that we could be seeing a long awaited return for Eurovision in 2016 if the culture minister of Luxembourg has anything to say about it. Luxembourg’s annual Eurovision Gala Night took place last night in the Duchy and Eurovision 1992 winner Linda Martin was on hand to perform. During her set she called on Luxembourg’s culture minister Maggy …
Luxembourg Will Not Return in 2015
Luxembourg’s national broadcaster, RTL,Tele Letzebuerg, confirmed today that Luxembourg will not return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. RTL cited the financial cost of the Contest, lack of interest, and its preference to focus on news stories rather than entertainment shows, as reasons for not returning. Despite some rumors that Luxembourg would return in 2005, the country has not …