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Tag Archives: 2016

Ace Wilder: “Don’t Worry” in Bridget Jones trailer

Perhaps the Eurovision stage has alluded Ace Wilder so far, but it seems a bigger calling may be just around the corner on the silver screen? The new Bridget Jones film, Bridget Jones’ Baby, had a trailer released a few days ago and Melodifestivalen fans may find a familiar song as the backdrop… “Don’t Worry”, Wilder’s entry for the Swedish …

France: Amir set to perform at Euro 2016

In another big moment in the Frenchman’s already stellar year, Amir, the French performer in Eurovision 2016, will swap one form of European competition for another. The contest’s sixth placed contestant will be performing at tomorrow’s opening ceremony for the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament, once again performing in front of millions of eyes across the continent and the globe. …

Latvia: Justs releases new EP to Spotify

Following a 15th place finish and another final for Latvia, Justs tops off a successful first half of 2016 with the release of some new material! “To Be Heard” a two-track EP has been released today on Spotify and has been available on iTunes and Soundcloud for the last few days. The EP has two songs, “Fly Away” and “Have …

“We didn’t change ourselves for Eurovision” Interview with Georgia’s Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz

Alternative Eurovision fans rejoice! Georgia are your saviours tonight! We got to speak to Nika Kocharov and the Young Georgian Lolitaz, which was a real treat for Matt and Sean who love the song! We talk camera angles, how they approached such an alien project and find out what their favourite Eurovision song is after Sebastian Tellier’s Divine… Nika Kocharov …

“I’ve learned jazz and hip hop!” Interview with Latvia’s Justs

First up in tonight’s semi-final is Justs from Latvia, one of the youngest performers in this year’s competition. We spoke to Justs last week about his background in various musical styles, his home country and the simple reason why he entered Supernova. Check it out below! Justs will sing for Latvia in tonight’s second semi-final (May 12th). Does your heart …

“Hovi’s on my floor, we’re gonna party!” Interview with Serbia’s Sanja Vučić

Another of tonight’s popular artists is Serbia’s Sanja Vučić who has wowed the press with her powerful performances of “Goodbye (Shelter)” over the past week. Our Serbian editor Stefan was lucky enough to meet with Sanja once again to discuss her energy, why she stares at walls and to find out who the Israeli lodger on her floor is… You …

Predictions: Televote (Readers) vs. Jury (Team Stockholm) – Semi-Final 2

Here we are again for another round of predictions! We’ve counted up your votes, we’ve compiled our lists of qualifiers and we’re ready to take back the title from the readers! On Tuesday, the readers “televote” results were slightly more accurate than ours, but we feel pretty confident today! Once again we were astounded at the response to our poll so thank …

“Bulgaria is a magical place” Interview with Bulgaria’s Poli Genova

Ahead of tonight’s performance, let’s revisit some of the artists of the second semi-final! Poli Genova has been one of the fan favourites both in personality and song with many press centre members rooting for Bulgaria tonight. We had the chance to interview her last week about the ancient land of Bulgaria, the song and the love she got from …

LIVE STREAM: Jury Semi-Final 2

Now that the dust has settled on the pure drama of last night’s first semi-final, we’ve already moved on to the second. Earlier today we had the first run through of the show but tonight sees half of the points decided for this semi-final. Exciting times! We’ll be live from the press centre as ever so you can hear what …

Armenia: Official statement on use of Nagorno-Karabakh flag

Emotions were running high last night as is always the case following a semi-final. But things took a turn for the worse in the winners’ press conference with some politically charged questions raised by the press. One such incident raised was that of Armenia’s representative, Iveta Mukuchyan, holding the flag of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh during the semi-final results …

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