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Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2014 – The road to Copenhagen

This morning SVT announced that the chronicle “Melodifestivalen 2014 – The road to Copenhagen” will have it’s premiere on Saturday (10th January 18.30) in SVT 1 and SVT Play. In 2014 Sanna Nielsen from Bromölla finally took home the grand prize in Melodifestivalen after competing seven times. Now you will be able to watch the journey Sanna Nielsen made to Copenhagen to …

Escunited invites you to the Australian Eurovision party

The Australian Eurovision fan club organizes an unforgettable big party at home and you are more than welcome. This time, the city that will breathe the purest ESC atmosphere will be Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The organizers of the party will be two truly ESC souls, we’re talking about Kate Hansen and Kohan Ikin. Kohan’s Eurovision’s first time …

Softengine “We Created The World” album review

One of the promising young stars of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 released their debut album on Friday. Finland’s Softengine achieved their country’s best result in 8 years with their anthemic “Something Better” and their first release acts as a statement to show that their success was not a fluke; Softengine might just be one of the most exciting acts …

DR pressured by government to reveal secret 2014 documents

The national broadcaster of the most recent host nation, DR of Denmark, has faced increasing criticism following the revelation that the broadcaster overspent on Eurovision 2014 threefold. But now, the Danish government has announced that it will begin to put pressure on the broadcaster to release its ‘secret’ Eurovision documents. Nordjyske.dk reports that members from both sides of parliament in …

Return to Copenhagen

So it has been over 4 months since we were in Copenhagen for the Eurovision. And I’m back, to see what the city is up to. Gone is the feel of #joinus , especially so when I get off the metro at Kongens Nytorv. If you were in Copenhagen back in May and used the metro system then you’ll probably …

Finland: Softengine album out October 17

Finland’s representatives in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have announced that their debut album will be released October 17th, shipping worldwide. The young rock band’s album will consist of 11 songs and although unconfirmed, it seems likely it will include their Eurovision entry “Something Better” and latest single “Yellow House”. The band has also announced that they are now a …

JESC: Portugal withdraws

Despite our previous reports that Portugal would return to Junior Eurovision in 2014, yesterday it was in fact announced that RTP will not take part after all, and therefore will not be returning to the contest this year. Portugal has therefore only accepted the invitation to take part in Junior Eurovision twice, with their last entry coming in 2007. The …

Video: Conchita takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

After being nominated by Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic, reigning Eurovision champion Conchita Wurst has uploaded her attempt at the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral campaign aiming to raise money and awareness for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Watch the video below: [vsw id=”mX95KR0JRvI” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] For more information on ALS and to donate to the cause, go to www.alsa.org

Slovenia joins Junior Eurovision 2014

Slovenia has become the third debutee in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest after confirmation from the contest’s executive supervisor, Vladislav Yakovlev, on Twitter. My God, our JESC family has very smart kids!! Well done, guys and welcome to … Slovenia! 🙂 #JuniorESCPress — Vladislav Yakovlev (@Ya_VladislaV) August 19, 2014 Despite continued silence over the country’s participation in Eurovision 2015 …

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