Perhaps Ira Losco is used to big stages by now? At least she won’t be nervous on Tuesday! Our Maltese editor Fernando spoke to his fellow countrywoman Ira about everything Maltese, their love of rabbit meat and how she felt about the stage in Globen. You can watch our interview with Malta’s Ira Losco below! Ira Losco will close the …

Greta Salóme is one of three (yes, three!) returnees from the 2012 contest and this time she goes solo. Her song holds a lot of meaning to her and Eurovision fans as you can see from our interview with the Icelandic singer. Matt speaks to Greta about the voices and meaning behind her song, the beauty of Iceland and Christmas …

One of the first countries to rehearse this year was the group Argo, formerly known as Europond; a Pontic Greek band who fuse traditional elements with rap and modern flavours. We got to speak to them yesterday while they visited the press centre about Greece’s culture and food, their history and why the utopian idea is so important to them. …

Our interviewer Stefan, who specialised in relations with the ex-Yugoslav artists, took the reigns for our interview with Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Eurovision quartet, including returnee Deen. We discuss coffee, tiredness, hunger and their preparations for Stockholm below; Bosnia & Herzegovina’s returnee entry will be performed in the first semi-final on May 10th. Are you on Team Bosnia? Share your thoughts …

Is Jüri riding his luck with 13? It seems it will be his lucky number however, especially if he qualifies! Estonia had a great rehearsal yesterday and we got the chance to speak to Jüri about the beauty of Estonia, magic tricks and what advice last year’s performer Stig Rästä gave him. You can watch our interview with Jüri below; …

One of this year’s warmest personalities is the charismatic Turkish singer Serhat who is representing San Marino this year. We got to have a little chat with him earlier in the week about his love of a certain American songstress and makes a big confession about his stage nerves. You can check out what we had to talk about below! …

Earlier this week we spoke to one of this year’s biggest favourites, Sergey Lazarev of Russia. And it turns out he has quite a few surprises for us up his sleeve! Watch what he has to say about America, where to go in Moscow and a surprising method of relaxation he uses when not on stage, when Matt interviewed him …

For fans across Europe, this will be some very happy news. Lynda Woodruff, the EBU spokesperson character portrayed by the Swedish singer and serial Melodifestivalen entrant Sarah Dawn Finer, will be live from Globen Arena during the Eurovision 2016 grand final. Amayzing! SVT confirmed the news but has not yet gone a step further in confirming exactly how Lynda will …

Now that most of the ESC United live team are here in Stockholm ready for the big day tomorrow, our thoughts turn to the events and festivities of the Eurovision Song Contest being in town. This year, the Euroclub is an all-encompassing venue with the Eurofan Café and club sections both being in the same complex in Gamla Stan. As …

Will you be one of the many lucky Eurovision fans (or press) going to the contest in Stockholm next month? Perhaps you’re wondering then what there is to do around the city in your downtime? Well worry no more. Luckily we have a vast Swedish fanbase on our forum, and one of our forum members (Stargazer) has handily written a …