It’s the calm after the storm in most of Europe right now, as the Eurovision Song Contest is over for the rest of 2023, but not all countries see this as a time to rest, in fact, others see this as an opportunity, to be ready for the future. Return of Benidorm Fest The national broadcaster in Spain (RTVE), are …
They might have played a smaller role in the results this year, but their role is still a huge part of the contest. The EBU has revealed the names of all the juries of this year’s song contest, as a reminder, for 2023 the juries only mattered in the final. The juries of 2023 Just like in 2021 and 2022, …
Despite rumours to the contrary earlier this week, Bulgaria’s participation in 2024 is still not ruled out, according to the official Eurovision Bulgaria Twitter feed. While rumours suggested Bulgaria’s national broadcaster BNT had immediately ruled out a return to the contest in 2024, merely hours after Loreen’s victory in Liverpool, a tweet responding to a Bulgarian fan suggests that it …
We have our very first act for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest! Tamara Grujevska will represent North Macedonia in Nice on November 26. The 12-year old singer has been selected after auditions were held to choose the Macedonian representative for next JESC, as MRT announced earlier today in a blog post. Tamara was born on December 2nd 2010 in …
What a year it has been for Finland, not only did the country blow viewers out of their minds by winning the public vote, but they also achieved their officially second ever best result in their over 60 year long history. As much as a victory would’ve probably have been preferred, the Finns are not ready to give up, just …
Early figures released by Merseyside Police and shared by the Liverpool Express have begun to show the extent of the positive economic impact hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has had on the city. According to the early figures, over half a million additional visitors were in Liverpool during the course of the contest’s two-week takeover of the Merseyside city, …
After a fantastic and long night here in Liverpool, we’ve learned who would succeed Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra as the new winner of Eurovision and owner of the 2023 Crystal Microphone. As a reminder, the full running order for tonight’s show was: 🇦🇹 Austria 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇨🇭Switzerland 🇵🇱 Poland 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇫🇷 France 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪Sweden 🇦🇱Albania 🇮🇹 Italy 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮Finland 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪Belgium 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇲🇩 Moldova …
We asked #YOU to vote for your prediction of tonight’s top five, and the results are now in! By quite a margin, we both agreed on the top 2; Finland‘s Käärijä in first with “Cha Cha Cha” and Sweden‘s Loreen in second with “Tattoo”. Will this be the top two tonight? In third, Israel‘s Noa Kirel is backed to finish …
After months of preparation, a heavily contested national final season and countless hours of rehearsals, planning and singing for our talented artists and delegations, tonight is the night – it’s the Eurovision Song Contest 2023! Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and long-time Eurovision commentator for the UK, Graham Norton, will all host tonight’s final. Twenty-six nations will compete tonight …
The jury voting order has been revealed during tonight’s jury final rehearsal for Eurovision 2023. The order breaks with tradition to start with last year’s champions Ukraine, before moving to the previous host country Italy, who would traditionally open. The voting closes once more with the votes from this year’s host country, the United Kingdom, with Catherine Tate presenting from …
