What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
The Eurovision Song Contest
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 4 – Albania, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 3 – Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, The Netherlands
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 2 – Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 1 – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus
What is the Eurovision Song Contest? Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2016: Everything you need to know
Hello! Bonjour! Guten Tag! ¡Hola! Ciao! Hej Hej! We’re only 66 days away from the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 so rather than thinking about saying “Hello” in the languages of the Big Six countries at the apex of the event – UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain Continue Reading
And now that the glitter has settled … Eurovision 2015 wrap-up
And the winner is … SWEDEN! After what can only be described as one of the most tense voting sessions of any Eurovision Song Contest I’ve ever witnessed – at one point, first place was an effective three way tie between Russia, Italy and Sweden, with Russia edging ever Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Grand final – Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 2 (part 2) – Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2015: Semi-final 2 (part 1) – Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta
It’s Eurovision Song Contest time again folks! Let loose the glitter bombs of fabulous music now! So, in the seven weeks leading up to the grand final on Saturday 23 May 2015, I will be profiling the acts and reviewing the songs of 5-6 countries each week, giving my unvarnished, unguarded and Continue Reading