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! (more…)
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Malmö - Now that the 26 finalists are known, and that the second semi final qualifyers picked the allocation in either first half or second half, it was down to SVT to propose a draw to make the best possible show (at least in their opinion) to the EBU to accept it or not. Set to be released at 3:00 CET, it was released 12 minutes early. Check it out here! (more…)
Malmö – Tonight the second semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live from the Malmö Arena from 21:00 to 23:00 CET. Seventeen countries will fight for ten spots in the grand final to be held saturday in Malmö where twenty-six entries will fight for the title. Watch live with us! (more…)
Eurovision 2013 – The Eurovision Song Contest reharsals will resume today as the 6 finalists will take the stage for their second rehearsals. The first countries up to rehearse this morning will be Spain, France and Germany and later today Sweden, United-Kingdom and Italy. The second rehearsals are not held behind closed doors anymore and the press can watch and report from the Arena. We will keep you updated as soon as possible on this page !
Malmö - The first semi-final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Conest is over and we have our first 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! (more…)
Eurovision 2013 – The Eurovision Song Contest reharsals will resume today as the 6 finalists will take the stage for their own first rehearsals. The first countries up to rehearse this morning will be Spain, France and Germany and later today Sweden, United-Kingdom and Italy. The first rehearsals are held behind closed doors this year, but the press could watch and report from the screens in the Euro Club. We will keep you updated as soon as possible on this page ! (more…)
Malmö 2013 – This morning saw the the press centre in Malmö officially open to the press and accredited fans, and the formal Welcome Press Conference was held by the EBU, SVT and the city of Malmö. Jon Ola Sand of the EBU spoke of The EBU corporate identity and this year’s contest, Sieste Bakke about the new website and App and SVT about their passion for the shows and what they would entail. (more…)
Belgium: The Voice Roberto
Posted: May 5, 2013 by jadeukesc in Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, otherTags: Belgium, love kills, Roberto Bellarosa
Belgium – Belgium was the one of the first countries to reveal their artist way back in November when RTBF revealed Roberto Bellarosa would be representing them in Malmö. Let’s find out more! Born in 1994, Roberto Bellarosa attended the Music Academy of Huy to study music theory. It was here where his teacher noticed his special talent and encouraged him to take singing lessons. (more…)
Azerbaijan jails three over Eurovision ‘terrorist plot’
Posted: May 4, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, otherTags: Azerbaijan, Eurovision Song Contest
Azerbaijan – A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced three people to prison in connection with an alleged “terrorist” plot to attack last year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the capital, Baku. According to news reports, the Azerbaijani citizens were guilty of “attempting to blow up the Israeli embassy” on the eve of the competition, court documents were quoted as saying. (more…)
THE Eurovision KnockOut 2013 - It’s time to start the voting in the Eurovision KnockOut 2013 final! After many weeks of you all voting in your thousands for your favourite songs of this year, it’s Koza Mostra of Greece with ‘Alcohol is free‘ versus Anouk of The Netherlands singing ‘Birds‘ in the final! It’s the time to decide…vote now to choose your 2013 TEKO winner now! (more…)
OGAE Romania – Another OGAE club have their results for us and today the call has come from OGAE Romania. It’s yet another 12 points to Emmelie de Forest of Denmark, but find out now who else collected points and which countries are still yet to score and still have the dreaded ‘null points‘… (more…)
United Kingdom: Bonnie Tyler Meets Terry Wogan
Posted: April 28, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, other, United KingdomTags: BBC, Bonnie Tyler, Eurovision Song Contest, Terry Wogan
United Kingdom – Bonnie Tyler performed a live acoustic version of ‘Believe in me‘ on Terry Wogan’s Radio 2 radio show in the UK yesterday. Terry Wogan commentated for many years for the BBC, sometimes irritating non-UK listeners with his ‘Woganisms! In the UK though he is part of Eurovision history so Bonnie dropped in to see him. Have a listen to the stripped down version now. (more…)
OGAE Italy – Italian Eurovision fans have voted and today the scores of OGAE Italy have been announced. A little neighbourly voting saw their 12 points awarded to Valentina Monetta of San Marino with current leaders Denmark only down in 4th place in their scores. Check out who they awarded all of their points to here now… (more…)
London Eurovision Party Tonight!
Posted: April 21, 2013 by hulluna in otherTags: Eurovision Song Contest, London Eurovision Party
Tonight is the London Eurovision Party! Finland, Malta, Latvia, Denmark, Belarus, Austria, Greece and San Marino will all be performing at The Shadow Lounge from 8.30pm tonight. Check out http://www.londoneurovision.com (twitter:@LDNEurovision). Our review of last year’s event is here. Eurovision Times will be at the event so watch out for some interviews and reviews tomorrow!
Austria – Our artist of the day today is Austria’s Natália Kelly, who was chosen by jury and televoters in a national selection programme to represent her country. She has been performing since childhood. Find out some more about her and see her in action at yesterday’s even in Amsterdam by reading on… (more…)
Malmö 2013 – Eurovision fans are looking forward to some good club nights with former Eurovision stars in Malmö courtesy of the nightclub WONK. Martin Rolinski, Alcazaar, Charlotte Pirelli and Loreen are all set to appear, and the club claims that their 5th guest, who has yet to be announced, will be one of the biggest Swedish stars in Eurovision history. (more…)
Swedish human rights’ organisations are trying to get Belarus banned from Eurovision. After last year’s event in Baku, more voices have been heard calling for undemocratic countries and those with poor human rights records to be banned by the EBU. Mixing politics with music is something the EBU absolutely refuse to do though. Is it time they did, considering their own values? (more…)
Italy – After Moldova’s national final this evening, the only song we are still awaiting confirmation on is Italy’s. Representative Marco Mengoni had some good feedback for his San Remo song ’L’Essenziale’, which saw large numbers of downloads on iTunes. It has been rumoured however that a song from his new album is more likely to be his choice for Malmö. (more…)
Iceland: Lyrics to Stay in Icelandic!
Posted: March 15, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Iceland, otherTags: Eurovision Song Contest, Iceland
Iceland – The Icelandic representative Eythor Ingi has today confirmed that he will sing ‘Ég Á Líf ‘ in Icelandic in May. This is the first time Iceland has not sung in English in the Eurovision Song Contest Finals since 1997. The official video can also be seen online now. (more…)
London Eurovision Party Date Announced!
Posted: March 13, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, otherTags: Eurovision Song Contest
London Eurovision Party – This year’s London Eurovision Party has been announced for Sunday April 21st 2013. You will soon be able to find out more details a http://www.londoneurovision.com or on twitter at @LDNEurovision. Finland’s Krista Siegfrids has already indicated on Twitter that she will be in London that day, so put the date in your diary. Check our review of last year’s event here.
Bulgaria: Songs Revealed
Posted: February 17, 2013 by jadeukesc in Bulgaria, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, otherTags: bulgaria, Dzupai Libe Boso, Elitsa Todorova, Kismet, Samo Shampioni, Stoyan Yankoulov
Bulgaria – Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov today premiered the their three offerings for Eurovision 2013. These songs were “Dzupai Libe Boso”, “Kismet” and “Samo Shampioni”. The songs were performed by the duo on the TV Talk Show NedeliaX3 which aired on BNT1. Elitsa and Stoyan were picked internally and are no newbies to the contest after representing Bulgaria back in 2007 with “Water”. (more…)
Latvia – The country has decided and they have chosen PeR to represent them in Malmo for Eurovision 2013 with the song “Here We Go”. A total of twelve acts competed to fly the Latvian flag in Sweden with three reaching the Super Final. Joining PeR were Samanta Tina with “I Need A Hero” and Marta Ritova and with “I Am Who I Am”. (more…)
Estonia: Eesti Laul Semi Final One… Results
Posted: February 17, 2013 by jadeukesc in Estonia, otherTags: Eurovision
Estonia – The results are in and the first bunch of songs through to the Eesti Laul Final have been decided. Ten acts performed hoping to qualify to the grand Final next month but only 5 succeeded. The jury announced their top five before the public televote was added to reveal the five qualifiers. (more…)
Eurovision 2013 – The stage design for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö has today been revealed by SVT. The sketch shows a large round stage for the main performance, and a catwalk leading to a smaller round stage at the back of the arena. The audience will stand close to both stages and the catwalk. (more…)
Poll: Best Entry So Far for 2013?
Posted: January 27, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, other
Eurovision 2013 – After the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix last night we now have our first seven confirmed finalists for Malmö 2013, but which is your favourite so far? Albania, Ukraine, Lithuania, Denmark, Switzerland, Belarus and Belgium have all selected both their artists and song. Listen to them all alongside each other and vote in our online poll to tell us your favourite so far! (more…)
Poll: What Will YOU Watch?!
Posted: January 26, 2013 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2013, other
Tonight -It’s one of our first busy Saturdays of the 2013 Eurovision season tonight, with 2 semi-finals and 1 national final all taking place this evening. Semi-finals will be underway in Iceland and Norway later tonight, whilst the Danish national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix chooses its representative for Malmö. Which will you be watching and why?! Let us know in our poll! (more…)
Norway – In the first Semi-final of the Melodi Grand Prix last night, Norway sent Gromth and Emil Solli-Tangen, Datarock, and Vidar Busk through to the final. The winning song was an eclectic mix of black metal that Norway is renowned for with added opera. Watch the winning qualifying acts here… (more…)
Amsterdam – The tickets for the 5th annual Eurovision in Concert show which will take place on 13th April 2013 in Amsterdam’s Melweg are now on sale. Tickets cost €26,50 each. Former Dutch entrant Marlayne Sahupala (1999) will host the event. More details can be found at http://eurovisioninconcert.nl. Here’s the review of last year’s event.
London Eurofest: Conchita Wurst to Perform
Posted: January 13, 2013 by hulluna in Former participants, other
Eurofest – This week sees the UK’s annual Eurofest fundraising event and the guest performer will be Austria’s Conchita Wurst. Conchita just missed out last year with her song ‘That’s What I Am’, with Trackshittaz being chosen to go to Baku instead. For more details about the event, read on… (more…)
