Sarah Cawood, a former semi-final commentator for the BBC in 2007, 2009 and 2010 alongside Paddy O’Connell, has expressed her dismay at the BBC’s attitude towards the contest. Speaking to Attitude magazine, the British presenter thinks the contest will be “monumentally anticlimactic” for the broadcaster, saying that the UK is “being represented by a band they don’t know singing a …

The BBC has confirmed on its social media platforms today that Scott Mills will once again commentate on the semi-final for the fifth year in a row. The UK spokesperson will be joined this year by Great British Bake-Off host Mel Giedroyc who will be performing commentary duties for the first time. Previous co-hosts with Scott have included Laura Whitmore, …

Tonight will see the final of the Eurovision 2015 preview concerts. Tonight’s preview party will be held in London, where sixteen of the 2015 Eurovision acts will take to the stage and perform their entries. The show will be hosted by the 2000 UK representative, Nikki French and former UK commentator, Paddy O’Connell The countries performing tonight are: Albania – …

Wondering when Electro Velvet will officially perform their Eurovision entry for the first time on TV? Fear not – the BBC has confirmed that the duo will perform on The Graham Norton Show on May 8th at 22:35 GMT! The United Kingdom’s act in recent years has had its first televised performance on the UK commentator’s show before – Blue …

So aside from the main show in May what would you say is the biggest event of the Eurovision calendar? Melfest? The semi-final draw? Some would in fact argue that the first big meeting of the cast of the year would be that moment, and tonight sees just that happening in the Dutch capital. 24 of the 40 performers in …

As many people know Electro Velvet performed at Eurovision’s Greatest Hits, although the performance has not been seen as the TV cameras filmed it. They performed their Eurovision entry “Still in love with you”. The BBC have now released their performance. This is the first time that the live performance can be seen as a production for TV. In Eurovision there are …

The BBC will once again broadcast BBC Radio 2 Eurovision, just as they did last year. On the BBC website they are calling for Eurovision fans to vote for their favourite Eurovision Winner. Each of the winning songs from 1956 to 2014 are available to vote for (including all 4 winners from 1969). Ken Bruce will countdown the top 20 …

It’s the time of year when all of the artists get the chance to flex their vocal chords and perform to hordes of eager fans as the preview parties begin across Europe! Traditionally Amsterdam and London were the only shows but the phenomenon is picking up in Eastern Europe and tonight sees Riga playing host to some of this year’s …

Blue, the United Kingdom’s representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, have been dropped by Sony after poor sales for their latest album Colours. The band confirmed they will carry on despite being dropped stating “we still love doing what we do” and confirming plans to tour Asia and Europe. It’s hard to believe but after fourteen years, five studio …

1.89 million people are understood to have watched Eurovision’s Greatest Hits when it aired last night on BBC One. The average figure would mean 9.5% of the total market share watching on Friday night tuned in to see the BBC’s 60th anniversary spectacle, featuring the likes of Lordi, Johnny Logan, Dana International and Conchita Wurst. The concert peaked at 2.12 …