Ireland has emerged as the winner of last night’s Free European Song Contest, an alternative Eurovision held by the German channel ProSieben and the brainchild of German Eurovision veteran Stefan Raab. Represented by Rea Garvey with “The One”, Ireland’s upbeat folk-inspired dance pop track collected 116 points from the other participating countries, ahead of the Netherlands in second place with …

The German state of Bremen emerged victorious in last night’s Bundesvision Song Contest. The TV show, considered a mini-Eurovision between the 16 länder – or states – of Germany took place last night in Göttingen, Lower Saxony. The winners were Revolverheld, representing Bremen. Their song “Lass uns gehen” achieved a new record points score of 180 and took victory in …