[AdSense-B] With the honeymoon period over after the first ever hosting of Eurovision on Portuguese soil in 2018, attention turn to the difficult third contest as Tel Aviv’s edition looms. How will Portugal cope with the challenge of going for a second win? The field of Festival da Cançao 2019 has been out for a few weeks now, so we …
This editorial is written from the opinion of the author and does not represent the views of the other editors, the EBU or escYOUnited as a whole. It occurred to me last week, during the results live stream after the second semi-final of Destination Eurovision, that the debate had centred on which of the two semi-final winners would be the …
[AdSense-B] Luisa Sobral, the composer of the entry “Amar pelos dois” which brought Portugal their first ever Eurovision victory in 2017 with her brother Salvador, has revealed in a wide-ranging interview with Portuguese online newspaper Observador that she was invited to perform in this year’s edition of the San Remo festival but turned down the chance. The jazz singer-songwriter and …
When diagrams of a Eurovision stage are released, there is usually a grand response, in both a positive and negative way. But when the Eurovision stage for Lisbon was announced, it seemed that the negatives outweighed the positives tenfold. Had Weider lost his design skill? Would this design ruin the entire Eurovision experience? Was the stage even that bad? The …
[AdSense-B] While Europe is waiting to know who will win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 (and some of us are still wondering about how it went during the semi-finals!), the EBU has now also revealed the voting order for the grand final. Back in 2016, a huge change was made to the voting procedure for the contest, with every competing …
[AdSense-B] This years semi-finals have concluded, and now what’s left is only the final. Across the 2 semi-finals, a total of 37 countries have competed for the 20 spots, and we sure have witnessed something special. The Grand Final will take place in less than 48 hours, and with all the finalists being now chosen, we also now have the …
[AdSense-B] Here we are everybody! For the nineteen acts in the first semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest it’s judgement day! Ten acts will qualify for Saturday’s final in the first semi-final, and we want to know who #YOU think will be in that top ten! Just make sure to vote in the poll below and we will reveal …
[AdSense-B] Yesterday, we were at the blue carpet event in the beautiful surrounds of the banks of the river Tagus, in front of the MAAT museum in the western suburb of Bélem. The sun was shining, the river was shimmering and Europe’s finest were out in force for the glitzy opening event. We caught some fantastic photos at the event …
[AdSense-B] The time is ticking, and we’re only getting closer and closer to knowing who Europe will crown as the next winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. We really hope that you’ve been taking part and been watching all our great content, live from Lisbon in the past week, and of course we hope you’ll keep doing it until the …
[AdSense-B] Yesterday’s last two sessions were exciting ones for the Eurovision community as it was the first chance we had to see the performances from this year’s pre-qualified finalists; our host nation Portugal and the Big 5 countries of United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy and France. Did #YOU miss their rehearsals? Make sure to check out our live stream archives …
