Today things are getting serious in Vienna: This morning the host broadcaster ORF started occupying the Eurovision arena Wiener Stadthalle. Before any construction work could begin the whole complex had been scanned for anything suspicious by police dogs this morning. For increased security airport scanners have been installed as well. In the afternoon the first technical works in the arena …

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 …

Måns Zelmerlöw will be changing his performance of the Swedish Eurovision entry “Heroes” after a copyright claim was filed against him. Aftonbladet reports that the stick figure (pictured above) used in Måns’ winning Melodifestivalen performance was adapted from “The Alchemy of Light”, a projection mapping video dating back to 2012 by “A dandypunk”. The performance director for “Heroes”, Fredrik ‘Benke’ …

On the 11th of May the rehearsals will kick off for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Moldova will open this year’s contest so therefore will open the rehearsals. The dates and times of this year’s rehearsal schedule can be seen HERE. The allocation draw for the half of the final that the pre-qualified countries will perform in will be on …

Tonight sees some of the contest’s greatest performers take to the United Kingdom’s capital for a one-off celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest’s 60th anniversary! The show will be taking place tonight at the London Hammersmith Apollo with 15 acts singing tonight. The special celebration is being hosted by the BBC in conjunction with the EBU. Graham Norton and Petra …

In a new series of editorials I will be looking at some of the songs I feel unfairly missed out on making the Eurovision finals. 2015 is great year, but let’s remind ourselves of what could’ve been… This editorial represents my personal opinions and does not represent those of ESC United as a whole, the EBU or other editors and …

In a new series of editorials I will be looking at some of the songs I feel unfairly missed out on making the Eurovision finals. 2015 is great year, but let’s remind ourselves of what could’ve been… This editorial represents my personal opinions and does not represent those of ESC United as a whole, the EBU or other editors and …

Sarah Dawn Finer’s popular character from Melodifestivalen 2012 is back – Lynda Woodruff will be the red carpet reporter for the Swedish broadcast of Eurovision’s Greatest Hits! Melodifestivalen fans and those who watched Eurovision 2013 will be familiar with her character, an EBU ‘representative’ who was unable to pronounce Azerbaijan and made various other mistakes. She will be making a …

The EBU has revealed the order in which the songs competing in this year’s Eurovision semi-finals will be performed. Check below for the details! SEMI 1 Moldova Armenia Belgium Netherlands Finland Greece Estonia Macedonia Serbia Hungary Belarus Russia Denmark Albania Romania Georgia Australia, Austria, France and Spain will vote in this semi-final. SEMI 2 Lithuania Ireland San Marino Montenegro Malta …

Ireland will make its debut in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest later this year, the EBU has confirmed. The broadcaster representing the country is TG4, an Irish Gaelic language television channel. The channel aims to send an Irish-language entry to the contest and will launch a nationwide talent search for singers aged between 10 to 15 years old to perform …