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BBC and TaP reportedly “rejected” Years & Years in favour of Sam Ryder

It has been reported in the British media on Sunday that Years & Years were “rejected” by the BBC and TaP Music for Eurovision 2022, in favour of the eventual runner up Sam Ryder. The Mail on Sunday reports that Olly Alexander, now the only permanent member of the popular electro-pop project Years & Years, put himself forward to represent …

Kalush Orchesta Wins Big for Ukraine, Sam Ryder of The UK Wins the Jury Vote

Congratulations are in order to …. KALUSH ORCHESTRA of Ukraine. The group won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after receiving a record-shattering 439 points from the televote. (Moldova, Spain, and Serbia were the only other entries to receive more than 200 points from the televote.) The group were in 4th place after the points from the 40 international juries were …

Semi 2 Shockers and Surprises! Fan Favorites Fail to Advance, Powerhouse Nations End Qualification Streaks

In a night full of lightning, glory notes, bejeweled sneakers, and mechanical bulls, the most shocking moments came from the reveal of semi 2’s results. In all 18 acts competed during tonight’s show, hoping to secure slots in Saturday’s Grand Final. They were: 🇫🇮 FINLAND – The Rasmus – Jezebel 🇮🇱 ISRAEL – Michael Ben David – I.M 🇷🇸 SERBIA …

Poll Result: United Kingdom impressed #YOU the most from the Big 5!

Earlier in the week, we asked #YOU to vote on which of the Big 5 rehearsals was the most impressive – and the result is in! The United Kingdom was overwhelmingly chosen as the most impressive rehearsal from the five – 45.4% of the votes went the way of Sam Ryder’s “Space Man” and his intergalactic performance. Second place went …

POLL: Which Big 5 rehearsal impressed #YOU the most?

With the Big 5 rehearsing on Saturday (and certainly delivering the goods for us), we wanted to know – which of the five performances from our big nations did #YOU find most impressive? Simply vote in our poll below and we’ll reveal all before the dress rehearsal phase begins on Monday afternoon! Which Big 5 rehearsal has impressed #YOU the …

The Big Five finish their second rehearsals in Turin!

Turin, 06 May 2022 Buongiorno everyone! For the final time, several countries have taken the stage for their second rehearsing runs. Today, it was the Big Five’s turn to fine-tune their staging. Let’s tell you what you can expect from France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain. Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the …

Line-up complete for Amsterdam’s Eurovision in Concert 2022

The line-up for this year’s long-awaited Eurovision in Concert is now complete, with Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra a welcome final addition to the Amsterdam showpiece preview party! The concert and press event has not been held since the lead-up to Tel Aviv in 2019, but fans and press are expected to descend on the Dutch capital this Saturday to welcome back …

Turin 2022: Semi-final running orders are now live

Every day now, we are inching closer and closer to the upcoming song contest, and to make it feel even more closer, we’ve now even gotten the official running order confirmed for the two semi-final. Back in January, the semi-final allocation draw took place, which placed every country competing in either of the two semi-final, including the pre-qualified countries in …

United Kingdom: We’re going to space, man! Sam Ryder flies the Union Jack to Turin!

London, 10 March 2022 Following Belgium’s reveal this morning, it was time for the UK to unveil their entry. British broadcaster BBC have chosen Sam Ryder as their entrant, who will sing the song “SPACE MAN” (styled all in uppercase) at Eurovision 2022. Ryder became well known after the 2020 lockdown when he started doing music covers on TikTok. The …

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