Joan Franka, the Netherlands’ representative of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, has recently opened up about her horrible experiences leading up and at the year’s competition in the Dutch TV show Better Than Ever. In Better Than Ever, Dutch TV presenter Martijn Krabbè and Eurovision alum Waylon (The Common Linnets, 2014) welcome back former talent show stars who have …
Eurovision may be headed to Liverpool next month, but Hollyoaks is headed to Eurovision! Though the British soap’s titular village is a fictional suburb of Chester, Hollyoaks is filmed at a studio in Liverpool. To celebrate the arrival of the contest to The UK’s shores for the first time since 1998, producers of the Channel 4 program are pulling out …
Norway and Estonia have just revealed their points for the OGAE Poll 2023. The Norwegian 12 points are going to Finland, but Estonia gave theirs to Sweden. Some changes happened in the general ranking. The OGAE Poll 2023 started three weeks ago with France kicking off the voting, and Slovenia, Cyprus, Spain, Türkiye, Switzerland and Bulgaria following in the last …
Ready or not, the Eurovision Village in Liverpool is swiftly coming together! Important information regarding the iconic fan zone was revealed yesterday, this year located centrally at Pier Head. This beautiful riverside hotspot will be where the party’s at, so if you happen to find yourself nearby, be sure not to miss it! Opening date is set for May 5, …
Back in 2020 when the world shut down, the EBU asked Eurovision artists to record special arrangements of their entries and favorite songs for the Eurovision Home Concert series. This special programming has continued throughout the years and now has a new name for 2023: “Eurovision….A Little Bit More”. The show’s title coincides with the recently uploaded performance of Gina …
Bulgaria has just revealed its points for the OGAE Poll 2023 and gives the infamous 12 points to Finland! It is Käärijä’s first twelve points from this year’s OGAE poll. In the latest weeks before the Eurovision Song Contest, the OGAE clubs all around Europe and the world reveal their points from their national voting. France kicked off the 2023 …
Last week we had the distinct privilege to sit down with Eurovision 2012 winner and current Eurovision 2023 contestant Loreen from Sweden for a lovely mid-afternoon chat. As you would expect, the entire time was filled with joy, laughter, and extremely thoughtful responses. While the conversation was short in time, we discussed her time on set for Drag Race Sverige’s …
Switzerland has voted in the OGAE Poll 2023 and did not give their 12 points to Sweden as the previous countries. Indeed, La Zarra from France snatches the Swiss 12 points! It’s poll season, and the OGAE clubs all around Europe and the world are revealing their votes one after the other. France kicked off the 2023 Poll and Slovenia, …
With just under a month to go to Eurovision 2023, the EBU, BBC, and Suspline have released the first interval acts for the semi-finals. With tickets sold and hosts announced it was only natural that our next lot of information would be about the show themselves. So with that, this morning we now know the semi-final interval acts for both …
Estonian Eurovision 2023 contestant Alika has revealed the Tallinn TV Tower, or “Tallinna teletorn,” as one of the locations for her video postcard. Each postcard for this year’s contest will feature different locations in three countries: the reigning Eurovision winner, Ukraine; the host country, the United Kingdom; and each artist’s home country. The other locations for Alika’s postcard have not …
