What a week it’s been, very soon we will have our new champion and we’ll soon also know our destination for 2023! We started with 40, and now we’re down to 25 countries left in the competition, one of them will be victorious this upcoming Saturday. Running Order for the Final To those unaware, the running order is decided by …
Earlier today, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Junior Eurovision 2022 will be held on Sunday, December 11, 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia. It was earlier announced that the event will be held at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. This will be the second time this complex has hosted the junior version of Eurovision, having …
The national broadcaster of Bosnia & Herzegovina, BHRT, is threatened with closure unless “immediate action” is not taken to solve a funding crisis at the channel. The broadcaster, responsible for the participation of the Balkan nation in Eurovision between 1993 and 2016, has been absent from Europe’s flagship showpiece for six years due to a lack of funding. It now …
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 …
Geneva, 25 February 2022 The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and the Russian federation has sent waves of outrage rippling through the Eurovision Song Contest as well. Yesterday, Ukrainian public Broadcaster Suspilne (UA:PBC) posted an open letter to the EBU, asking the European Broadcasting Union to suspend Russia’s participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. A suspension from the EBU would …
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, many fans wondered what position the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) would take on Russia’s participation at Eurovision 2022 in Turin, Italy. In response to statements put out by both Ukraine and Sweden’s broadcasters, the EBU today announced that Russia is welcome to participate despite widespread international condemnation of the country’s invasion of its …
This afternoon the Eurovision community was given a big suprise when RAI and stage designer Francesca Montinaro revealed the official stage design for the 2022 contest in Turin. The stage is named The Sun Within due to it’s variety of features, but namely the rotatable LED half-circles that mimic a rising sun. The stage design also contains a massive curved LED …
In an announcement on eurovision.tv, the EBU has shared the theme, slogan and artwork for this year’s Eurovision song contest, to be held in Turin this May. Every year since 2002, each Eurovision contest has had its own slogan to accompany the theme artwork. “The Sound of Beauty” is the latest addition to that iconic list, with a circular motif …
Eurovision fans get excited – the official semi-final allocation will occur in exactly one week’s time from the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja in Turin, Italy. The draw is set to be hosted by TV presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi, and the mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb will also be present for the Host City insignia pass …
The EBU had been silent for a long while, but after giving us the host, the official Twitter page kept teasing us about how many countries would be participating in next year’s Eurovision. In this flashy little video they announced that there will be 41 participants in total, an increase of 2 from last year. Were there any major shock …
