The first Eurovision Podcast of the 2020 season is here. Matt from ESC United is going to discuss the latest and greatest news of the contest and shares his thoughts and point of view. While the 2019 contest just came to a closer a little bit over a month ago, we are already focusing on next year’s event in the …
[AdSense-B] The European Broadcasting Union and the Polish national broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) have jointly confirmed that this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the city of Gliwice in Silesia, in south-west Poland. Gliwice Arena, with a capacity of 13,752, will act as the host venue for Poland’s first hosting of a Eurovision Song Contest. Opened in …
[AdSense-B] The Jerusalem Post have reported that the host city announcement for Eurovision 2019 may come today, Thursday 6th September, with there supposedly being a two-horse-race between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for the contest. While the EBU has not publically confirmed what day they would reveal the destination for the contest, it has been widely reported that an announcement of …
As reported by ESC Portugal, the Portuguese broadcaster RTP spent 20 million Euros on the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Unfortunately that is more than they received back in revenue, which runs at 16 million Euros, therefore ending up with a loss of four million euros. Unrelated to Eurovision, the broadcaster also reportedly lost a significant amount of money during the World …
In our first Podcast of the 2019 season, Matt is discussing the most recent developments when it comes to Israel hosting the 2019 Song Contest. Since Netta won the contest with the song “Toy”, the country is being given the honor to host next year’s event and bring people from all across the globe together. However, over the last few …
[AdSense-B] Fans of the contest who were around for the bidding process for the 2017 contest, which eventually went to Kyiv, noted that it was a long, drawn-out process, with the host city itself only confirmed in October 2016. Many fans took to social media to complain about the lengthy process leading up to Ukraine’s Eurovision. This year, things couldn’t …
It’s been a long process, but it has finally come to an end, and we can finally move on… Kyiv will host the contest in 2017! Today marks the day, of a very difficult process, which has come to an end, which for most Eurovision fans, is a relief of joy. Since May, when Stockholm hosted the contest in the Globen Arena, …
Over the last few weeks the number of fans seem to have turned into critics as the looming decision of the host city for 2017 plods on, day after day and week leading into week. Some have taken this as a signal that perhaps the organisational power of NTU and the Ukrainian government to host such a demanding event should …
Six Ukrainian cities are to compete to host the 2017 Eurovision song contest, Ukrainian state television officials have announced. Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kharkiv and Kherson had officially applied to host Eurovision 2017! However, none of the cities currently have a suitable arena to host next year’s Eurovision, according to Ukrainian Culture Minister – Yevhen Nyshchuk. In an interview with Ukraine’s Fifth …
There are only a bit more than 200 days left until the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 kicks off. Today the ORF Director General Alexander Wrabetz and the Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl held an official meeting for a very important cause – they both signed the so-called “Memorandum of Understanding” which ensures the cooperation between the host broadcaster and the city of …
