Eurovision 2012 – After a long night’s sleep and a lot of time to think under the shower, I will tell you what I think about last night’s performances and the result. I got 9/10 right (with my second prediction right after the performances that is) and I really only was shocked with one [...]
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Eurovision 2012 – The grand opening ceremony will be held tonight at the Euroclub/The Sports Palace. It will host a red carpet event and opening party, with performances from surprise acts. We understand Ireland’s Jedward will be performing, and possibly Ell & Nikki, last year’s winners. Press and accredited fans will be allowed access to [...]
TEKO – It’s the final day of voting in the first 15 heats today in our Knockout Competition. Most of you seem to have voted in all heats, but heats 11,13 & 14 are neck and neck, so if you still haven’t voted yet, you could make all the difference! Results will be announced tonight, [...]
Eurovision 2012: Ticket Mistakes Frustrate Fans
Posted: May 10, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, otherEurovision 2012 – Eurovision fans were left frustrated (again) this week as Ticketmaster Germany failed to issue tickets correctly on behalf of Azerbaijan. Emails sent to ticket holders contained links that didn’t work. There were also duplicate emails, emails for tickets that hadn’t been bought, and mistakes made on customer’s individualised tickets.
Eurovision 2012: Getting Around Baku
Posted: May 6, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, otherBaku – For those Eurovision fans lucky enough to be going to Baku in the next few weeks, here’s some information you may find useful for travelling to and around the host city. The Azerbaijan government have put a lot of bus and taxi resources into the city to make sure all the Eurovision visitors [...]
Ireland – Ireland’s 2011 and 2012 entrants, Jedward, have re-recorded last year’s song, ‘Lipstick’, which finished in 8th place in Dusseldorf. The lyrics have been rewritten in support of this year’s European Championship football tournament…with all proceeds going to charity. The profits will be donated to the ISPCC, a children’s charity set up by Jedward’s [...]
Eurovision in Concert: Final Line-Up Confirmed
Posted: April 13, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, otherAmsterdam- A record of 24 Eurovision participants will take part in this year’s edition of Eurovision in Concert; Europe’s largest Eurovision Promo Event which will take place on the 21st of April in Amsterdam. This means more than half of the total line up in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will head towards the Dutch [...]
Eurovision 2012 – The draws for the 2 semi-finals have concluded in Baku. After many technical hitches, the late-running draw sees Montenegro open the event in Semi final 1 on 22nd May and Ireland closing that night after winning the wildcard place and choosing to go last. The United Kingom will open the Grand Final [...]
Eurovision 2012: EuroClub and EuroVillage Locations Announced
Posted: March 19, 2012 by hulluna in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, otherEurovision 2012 – Azerbaijan authorities have announced that this year’s Euro village will be held behind the State Puppet Theatre on Baku Blvd. The Euroclub will be at the Baku Sports Palace. It will be open to accredited fans, press and delegations from the night of the 13th May. EuroClub will host nighty events throughout [...]
Eurovision Times is Going to Amsterdam
Posted: March 17, 2012 by hulluna in other, The Eurovision TimesEurovision in Concert – Eurovision Times is delighted to announce that we will be at this year’s Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam. More acts have been added to the bill in the last few days including Spanish Pastora Soler, Albanian Rona Nishliu, Latvian Anmary, Finnish Pernilla Karlsson and Bulgarian Sofi Marinova, bringing the number [...]
Eurovision in Concert: Fourteen Acts Confirmed So Far for Amsterdam
Posted: March 12, 2012 by hulluna in otherEurovision in Concert – Fourteen of the Eurovision 2012 contestants are so far confirmed for this year’s preview concert. Once again Amsterdam will host Europe’s biggest Eurovision Promo Event. The 4th edition will take place on Saturday April 21st and will be hosted by Ruth Jacott (ESC 1993) and Cornald Maas. Ireland was added to [...]
Eurovision 2012 – Tickets for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will go on sale on February 28th. They will be sold online, and more details will be released soon by the European Broadcasting Union. The accreditation application system is now open on Eurovision.tv and open until April 20th (23:59 CET).
Finland – There has been sad news for Lordi fans today. The band posted on their website that drummer Otus (Tonmi Lillman, pictured left) had passed away aged only 38. Tonmi was not part of Lordi when they won Eurovision in 2006 but joined at a later date. Our thoughts at this sad time are [...]
Hungary – The national final tonight chose to send Compact Disco to Baku, singing “Sound of our Hearts“. The public voted first to reduce the 8 acts in the final down to 4, who went through to a superfinal. It was then between The Kiralys, Caramel, Compact Disco and Gábor Heincz
Tonight: Malta Decides, Melodifestivalen Starts and More
Posted: February 4, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in otherEurovision 2012 – The Republican primaries in the US are under way and what they call a “Super Tuesday” (Many states voting) Eurovision fans call a “Super Saturday”. Today, Malta will choose its representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Sweden will starts its selection process with the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2o12 and [...]
Serbia: Aleksandra Radović Attacks Željko Joksimović
Posted: January 30, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in otherSerbia – In interview on the tv show Blef, Aleksandra Radovic said that she “died laughing” when she learned that Željko Joksimović would represent Serbia again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. “I died laughing … and now, hallelujah. I think Eurovision should even be just for the retries od Željko”, Radovic said. She [...]
Turkey: Eurovision Candidate To Be Announced Today!
Posted: January 9, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in otherTurkey – There is no country whose national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest has produced as many rumors as Turkey. Tonight the endless rumors will come to an end (for this season at least) when TRT will announce the Turkish representative for Baku in the evening news at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). [...]
Poland – After the confusion about conflicting announcements by Facebook pages of the Polish national broadcaster concerning TVPs participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, the official spokesperson of the channel Joanna Stempień-Rogalińska revealed today that Poland will not send an entry to Baku. This year TVP will be very busy with the European Soccer [...]
