Eurovision: Singers Stripped!

Eurovision 2013 – The UK-based Digital-Spy website has today posted videos of Eurovision 2013 performances stripped to raw vocals. The raw vocal stream from this year’s show has been singled out in a new series of videos, which hears the backing track and backing vocals omitted. The raw vocals of stars such as Bonnie Tyler (UK), Cascada (Germany) and winner Emmelie de Forest (Denmark) can be heard.

Romania: Jury Votes Revealed

Romania – According to exclusivnews.ro, the rankings of the Romanian jury for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have been revealed. There is no information as yet about who the jury members were or official confirmation from TVR. Check them out the rankings for both the final and the 2nd semi-final now and see who the Romanian jury apparently supported…

Germany: Jury Votes Revealed

Germany -  The national broadcaster of Germany, NDR, has just revealed the rankings of their jury for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The jury included:  Lena, Tim Bendzko, Carolin Niemczyk, Florian Silbereisen and Alina Süggeler (Frida Gold). The rankings for both the final and the semi-final have been released. Check them out now and see who the German jury supported…

The Netherlands: Jury Votes Revealed

The Netherlands – Dutch national broadcaster TROS, has today published the votes of the 2013 Dutch jury.  The Dutch jury for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest  final consisted of Carlo Boszhard, Kim-Lian van der Meij, Nance, Jeroen Nieuwehuize and André de Raaff. In the final their favourite act was Margaret Berger of Norway, followed by Sweden’s Robin Stjernberg and Emmelie de Forrest of Denmark. 

Malmö 2013: Split Votes Revealed

Malmö 2013 – The EBU have just revealed the individual combined rankings of the televoting and jury voting of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. It shows that this year’s winner, Denmark, was ranked highest by both the juries and the televoters. As suspected the main loser thanks to the juries was Romania’s Cezar. You can see the article and full results here.

Malmö 2013: Eurovision Reaches 170 Million People

Malmö 2013 – The Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU) has today revealed that more than 170 million viewers in 36 countries tuned into the 58th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. In 24 of the 36 countries, more than a third of the population viewed the two Semi-Finals and the Final of the Contest.  An average audience of 54.6 million watched the Eurovision Song Contest Final.

Malmö 2013: Cezar Wins Twitter Trends

Twitter Trends – Thanks to escwebs.net, we can now bring you this year’s findings of Brandwatch, the company that has analysed twitter trends during this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Their analysis looked at what was the most talked about and also what type of tweets were being generated e.g. love, hate, talking about the song, or the outfit. Cezar from Romania was the most talked about…

Moje 3 Win Barbara Dex Award!

Barbara Dex Award – The annual award for the worst dressed act of the contest has this year been won by Serbia‘s Moje 3. Nearly three thousand fans voted and a third of those voted for the three girls from Serbia, Mirna Radulović, Nevena Božović, and Sara Jovanović, who were former individual Voice contestants.

Denmark: Jury Votes Revealed

Denmark – The details of the Danish jury vote has been released. All 26 rankings of the jury has been released, but no results of televotes have been released as yet. To see how the jury voted check it out now. As we saw with the Italian and Norwegian vote, juries seemed to like France and Moldova but televoters in Denmark appear to have given large numbers of votes to Iceland.

Malmö 2013: Viewing Figures Round-up

Malmö 2013 – There were mixed fortunes for national broadcasters across Europe. Some saw huge viewing numbers for the Eurovision Song Contest, some saw disappointing drops. We’ve put together the figures that have been reported so far. See who the winners and losers were throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Some countries had huge market shares which is great news for Eurovision!

Norway: Jury Votes Revealed

Norway – Some details of the Norwegian jury vote has been released. Only the top ten points have been announced and not all 26 rankings, and no results of televotes or the semi-final have been released as yet. To see how the jury voted check it out now. As we saw with the Italian vote, juries seemed to like France and Moldova but televoters weren’t so keen and went more for Romania.

Eurovision Dominates UK Charts!

For many years Eurovision may have been seen as a bit of a joke in the United Kingdom, but this year UK music buyers are snapping up Eurovision songs! According to the UK’s official charts website, There are currently 18 Eurovision-related tracks in this week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 200, with winner Emmelie De Forest’s ‘Only Teardrops‘ looking set to go Top 10 this weekend.

Australia Votes for Denmark!

Each year our Eurovision friends down under in Australia watch Eurovision in their thousands. They hold their own official vote and this year their winner was Denmark‘s Emmelie de Forrest. Broadcaster SBS screen the semi-finals and final, slightly delayed. The Australians have been involved for 30 years now and even got their own segment in this year’s semi-final. Check out their full results now.

Poll: Vote in Barbara Dex Award Now!

Barbara Dex Award 2013 -If you thought the Eurovision voting was over for the year (apart from Azeri recounts) you’d be wrong! The voting for the 2013 Barbara Dex award is now open. It’s the annual fan award for the worst costume worn during this year’s Eurovision. Voting closes on 25th of May at 23:59 CET. Vote now on the official voting site and also in our own Eurovision Times poll!

Azerbaijan: President Orders Recount

Azerbaijan – Hot on the heels of accusations that Azerbaijan have been rigging votes, their President, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered an investigation into this year’s voting after no points were awarded by Azerbaijan to Russia. The national broadcaster Ictimai, appear to have revealed that viewers’ votes put Russia’s Dina Garipova in second place, and the jury also supported her. 

Malmö 2013: Final Day Press Centre in Pictures

Malmö 2013 – The last day of Eurovision 2013 didn’t only see the last rehearsal and the full live show…it also saw the acts continue with interviews both before and after the show. We captured some of the moments. Some of the acts were delighted with their placings and couldn’t wait to tell the press, others planned their night of celebration with each other…

Denmark Wins Eurovision 2013!

Malmö - Eurovision 2013 just finished and we have a winner! Emmelie de Forrest wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song Only Teardrops ! Check out the rest of the results here! Congratulations to Denmark for their third Eurovision win, and the first by a solo artist! Just across Malmö, the Danes can celebrate!

Malmö 2013: Last Minute Preparations

Malmö 2013 – The 26 acts participating in tonight’s grand final have less than three hours left before the show starts. Some are chilling, some are eating, some are still doing interviews. We just had a very nice acoustic performance of ‘Love Kills‘ from Belgium‘s Roberto Bellarosa out in the fan area of the press centre for live Swedish TV. Have a look at a short video of it now…

Malmö 2013: Press Centre Voting

As is now traditional, the press and accredited fans that have access to the press centre have been voting at OGAE’s fan desk for this year’s winner. In the final vote yesterday and today, we have been asked to vote for our top 5, and who we think WILL win, rather than who we want to win. Check out the latest scores on the board as the last rehearsal draws to a close.

Result: Grand Final Poll!

Poll Result – We can now reveal the result of the Eurovision Times‘ grand final poll! You acted as both televoters and juries for the last 24 hours prior to tonight’s grand final, and we have combined the rankings using this year’s new voting system as best we could. The juries and televoters agreed on a winner! Have a look at who you all predict will win tonight!

Tonight: Eurovision Song Contest 2013!

Malmö - We’ve been together for the new contest rules, for the national finals around Europe, for the rehearsals, for two semi-finals and this is finally it: tonight is the night for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013! So stay with us one more night to enjoy our beloved contest climax and deliver its verdict!

Poll: Who Will Win Eurovision 2013?

Poll – We now know the 26 finalists of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, and the order in which they will perform on Saturday night. But who will win??! We want you to have your final say in this year’s contest by voting for your favourite… and also to act as the jury!

Semi-final 2: Krista Siegfrids Delights Fans!

Semi-final 2 – Krista Siegfrids delighted her Finnish fans this evening by dashing out of the press centre soon after the press conference had ended, to celebrate with them and thank them! The impromptu escape from the press centre saw Krista hugging and kissing all the Finns, who were thrilled that she came out to celebrate with them.  

Second Semi-final Results!

Malmö - The second semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Conest is over and we have our last 10 qualifyers! Click here to check who made it to the final and tell us what you thought of the contest! Some surprises, some shock results based on the official bookmakers or the press predictions are awaiting you!

Result: Semi-final 2 Poll

Poll Result – We can now reveal the result of the Eurovision Times‘ semi-final 2 poll! You acted as both televoters and juries for the last two days prior to tonight’s second semi-final, and we have combined the rankings using this year’s new voting system as best we could. Have a look at who you predict will go through tonight and then check back later to find out how close you were!

Result: Semi-final 1 Poll

Poll Result – We can now reveal the result of the Eurovision Times‘ semi-final 1! You acted as both televoters and juries earlier this week prior to the first semi-final, and we have combined the rankings using this year’s new voting system as best we could. It was another win for The Netherland’s Anouk! See how close your voting was to the actual result now and let us know which you preferred!

Interview: Marco Mengoni of Italy

Interview – Eurovision Times was lucky enough to be able to speak with Italy’s Marco Mengoni this week. As you can imagine, we were very grateful to be able to chat with one of the Big Five, and a huge thank you goes to Marco and the Italian delegation for making Marco so accessible this year. Things were not made easy thanks to some very noisy Danes… but check out the interview now!

The Biggest Eurovision Quiz Ever!

Malmö 2013 – Monday night saw the biggest Eurovision quiz ever at Moriskan. Fans in their hundreds crowded in to the fan cafe until 2am to answer 23 questions on mobile phones to be in with a chance to win tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest Final. Entertainment was provided by Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko of Albania, Linda Martin, Glen Vella and Bobby Sox!

Poll: Semi Final Two

Poll – We’ve had the results of the first semi-final and we’re now counting down to the second semi-final this Thursday. Who would you like to qualify to the Grand Final on Saturday? As ten countries will qualify, you can choose ten out of the 17 countries below. We also thought it would be fun for you to become a jury too.