Last night saw the First Semi Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, in which it was announced that; Montenegro, Hungary, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Ukraine, Sweden, The Netherlands, and Iceland, had made the final. In the press conference after the results it was announced which half of the Final the countries would perform. The allocation is as follows: …

Every year Europe’s leading bookmakers invite people to place bets on the Eurovision Song Contest, this year is no different. In recent years the odds have been very reliable. In 2013 the hot favourite was Denmark at around 6/4. In 2012 Sweden’s odds were not much different. In 2014 the bookies favourite for the last few weeks has been Armenia, …

The last of the 37 participating countries in the 2014 to reveal their song, Russia, have revealed a new version of their video for their song ‘Shine’. The Tolmachevy Twins have revealed the video which is simple and classic. It is in black and white, which shows the twins in various locations and playing guitars. [vsw id=”1u_MMu1DeeU” source=”youtube” width=”500″ height=”300″ …

The OGAEs of Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland and the Rest of the World have contributed their points to the organisations’ official ranking of all 37 songs in the contest this year. Spain gave their eight to Israel, ten to Molly of the United Kingdom, and 12 to the song ‘Undo’ from Sweden. The Netherlands gave their 8 to Sweden, ten to …

The OGAEs from across Europe (and of course OGAE Rest of the World) have been voting in their annual, official poll of all the members of the largest Eurovision fan club in the world. So far, 11 countries have cast their votes and dished out their points. Sanna Nielsen for Sweden is currently leading, with five ‘douze points’ and, with …

Today was the official release date for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest CD. All 37 songs from the participating countries are featured on the CD, with a ‘Bonus Track’ being the 38th song on the CD, the 38th song is the official theme tune for the 2014 contest, Emmelie De Forest ‘Rainmaker’. There is the physical CD which can be …

Molly will represent the United Kingdom in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen next month. Her self-penned song ‘Children Of The Universe’. Today the official release day for the single has been announced as the 28th of April 2014. Molly today tweeted a picture of the official artwork for the single, through her official Twitter account. This single will be …

Armenia are currently hot favourites to win the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in May. Aram Mp3 was internally selected in December and this month his entry ‘Not Alone’ was announced. This week the postcard for Armenia has been shot, and the the theme being beautiful things of Armenia; weather, food, and hard workers. Christian Bagger from DR was in charge …

Last week ESCUnited.com announced that the running order would be announced within the next few weeks. Today the EBU have revealed the running order for the Semi Finals, to be held on the 6th and 8th of May. As last year, the running order has been determined by the producers of the contest, as opposed to previous years in which …

After 12 shows and a number of eliminations, songs and acts, plus a disqualification, tonight Lithuania have decided. Last week it was announced that ‘Attention’ will be the song representing Lithuania in Copenhagen in May, and tonight the act was to be selected. After an evening of the participants performing their own versions of the song, it was announced that Vilija …