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Norway: Is new music coming from Mørland?

Norway’s 2015 representative Mørland appears to be counting down to something on his Facebook feed – perhaps a new release is imminent? Today the singer replaced the cover photo of his page with a banner reading “6 DAYS”, meaning there is likely to be an announcement or release on Friday 28th August. It will be the first post-Eurovision release from …

Sweden and Cyprus to withdraw from Junior Eurovision?

Some sad news for fans of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest today as the official JESC EBU Twitter feed seemingly confirmed two withdrawals for the contest in Bulgaria. Sweden (who will host the main Eurovision in 2016) and Cyprus both seem unlikely to participate in the 2015 contest, with SVT’s children programming going through restructuring and the Cypriot broadcaster CyBC …

Eurovision Young Dancers: Rehearsals begin

One of the lesser known Eurovision events in the calendar is kicking off today in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 will see dancers from ten countries performing to impress the juries of Europe and take the trophy home. The official EBU Eurovision Young Dancers team are now live from Pilsen and will be reporting on the first rehearsals …

Netherlands: Trijntje Oosterhuis wins Barbara Dex Award

The annual Barbara Dex Award, given to the act voted to have the worst costume on the Eurovision stage, has been awarded this year to the Netherlands’ Trijntje Oosterhuis. Despite changing from a controversial dress to a less unusual catsuit affair could not stop the country overwhelmingly winning the voting with over 25% of the votes. Bojana Stamenov from Serbia …

Elnur Huseynov (Azerbaijan): “We are all different, but we should be united”

Elnur Huseynov (Azerbaijan) brings the drama with “Hour of the Wolf.”  With a beautiful backdrop, talented backup singers and dancers, and strong vocals from Elnur, many are sure that the Azerbaijan Finals streak will continue.  With Azerbaijan having their worst result last year in Copenhagen, can Elnur and company return the 2012 host country to the top five for the …

Aminata (Latvia): “My thoughts and my feelings are in this album”

Aminata (Latvia) blew the press center away with her first rehearsal of “Love Injected.”  She has a strong voice, an excellent performing persona, and a team of talented backup singers that should give way to an atmospheric performance on the Eurovision stage.  Latvia has the longest non-qualification streak of all Eurovision countries participating this year (aside from the Czech Republic).  …

Nadav Guedj (Israel): “I’m super blessed to be here. I’m only 16″”

Nadav Guedj (Israel) is looking to bring Israel back to the Grand Finale for the first time since 2010 with “Golden Boy”.  The first rehearsal was well-received in the press center.  Nadav has impressive vocals, particular in the beginning, while the backup dancers help bring a party atmosphere that will surely energize the audience in the second half of Semi-Final …

LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 4

We’ve now seen most of the semi finalists performing, so it’s going to be very interesting to find out how the remaining ones are staged. Once again we are covering everything LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. So far we’ve had a full run-through of all semi 1 participants and the first set of semi 2.  Today, …

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