As time get’s closer to the contest in Malmö, we’re slowly getting the results from the various OGAE clubs across the world. France were the first to give out their scores a few days ago, and now we’ve received the votes from the 2nd and 3rd fan club, which are from Turkey and Israel. Results from Turkey After a total …
On the night of April 24, 1982, delegations from 18 countries descended on the Harrogate International Centre for the 27th Eurovision Song Contest. Which of that year’s entries would Team ESCUnited crown? To decide, we have gathered five of our best (?) and brightest (??) from around the globe to weigh in with their 1982 Top 10s. They are: From …
With special thanks to FSC moderator aardvark for contributions to this article. Forum Song Contest 142 – December 2020 The 142nd edition of the Forum Song Contest took place during the month of December and was hosted in the Bulgarian city of Etropole. This was the second time that FSC came to Bulgaria following their victory in the previous edition, …
We previously reported statements made by the the of TRT, the Turkish National broadcaster. İbrahim Eren made controversial statements about the Eurovision Song Contest and its current leadership. He also provided several reasons on why Turkey hasn’t returned to the contest. Mr. Eren particularly criticized Conchita Wurst who represented Austria in 2014 and won the contest with “Rise like a Phoenix“. …
[AdSense-B] The Turkish basketball federation delivered some news over the weekend that will bring a touch of sadness the Eurovision fans; the Abdi İpekçi Sports Hall that hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 is set to make way for a new, more modern development after 29 years of service to the people of Istanbul. The arena, one of the …
Year after year and build-up after build-up for each Eurovision sees fans discussing whether a record number of participating countries will be present at the competition and every year we seem to fall short. But the signs this year seem promising with only a handful of the usual nations declining the EBU’s kind invitation to take part. With Turkey and …
After some back and forth over the past few months, the Turkish broadcaster has announced that Turkey will not return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. A screenshot has been floating around on several websites dedicated to the Song Contest with the following translation: Turkey decided to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013. TRT, the national …
The first country to reveal their dream team participant, as decided by our readers, is Turkey! The Eurasian country has been absent from the contest since 2013 but TRT are expected to bring Turkey back in 2016 – so who do our readers want to see flying the Turkish flag? There were a lot of names suggested for Turkey, but …
The penultimate set of votes to be revealed by the OGAE International network have been posted. This batch includes Turkey, Netherlands and Azerbaijan as well as the votes from the EC fanclub in Germany. EC Germany 12 Slovenia 10 Sweden 8 Australia 7 Norway 6 Belgium 5 Estonia 4 Italy 3 Israel 2 France 1 Azerbaijan Turkey 12 Italy 10 …
Turkish national broadcaster TRT appears to have confirmed the Eurasian country will return to Eurovision next year after three years of non-participation. The previous management of the broadcaster who had publically criticised the competition’s rules are no longer controllers of TRT. The new head of the broadcaster, Senol Gökan, has now announced that Turkey intends to return to the competition …
