We’ve officially hit March, and for Eurovision fans, this is indisputably the busiest month of the National Final season. At this point, we are looking at a calendar filled with an event each day for the first half of March, with the EBU cut off date for songs looming. With that said, let’s look at…
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With the unprecedented cancellation of Eurovision 2020, it has left the participating broadcasters with the question – will they re-select their 2020 entrant, or will they begin the selection process again to start afresh? We now know that the same 41 countries will be participating at Eurovision 2021, with a number of those broadcasters having…
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We may not get to see our 2020 favourites take to the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on our Eurovision favourites. This series is aimed to discover the team’s favourite entries from the 21st century, from 2001 to 2019. In collaboration with ESCDaily, we will be reviewing some of their 21st Century…
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Azerbaijan was one of the strongest Eurovision nations after their debut at the contest back in 2008, however in more recent years, they have struggled getting the results they once consistently achieved. A top 10 finish last year was redemption for the non-qualification the year previous, but where would we have seen Efendi finish at…
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Another Eurovision national final season has concluded, and we have all 41 competing entries for this year’s contest. That means it’s poll time! Who do you think should win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest? Vote in our poll below! You can vote for one act, or multiple, and once you’ve voted, make sure to share…
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It has now been announced that Samira Efendi will represent Azerbaijan at Eurovision this year, with a song yet to be revealed. The public broadcaster Ictimai have confirmed that Samira was selected over four other candidates. This isn’t Samira’s first attempt at representing Azerbaijan, having previously tried to represent the nation numerous times before. She…
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You may remember our original Best of the Bunch series, which aimed to find the best Eurovision entry from each nation from the years 2006 to 2015. From that series, we created the ‘Ultimate Eurovision’ which featured the winners of each of the poll, which you can read here. Over the past year, we aimed…
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Azerbaijan will not be competing at this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Azeri broadcaster ITV has now announced that they will be withdrawing from this year’s contest which will be held in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland. There was no reason given for their withdrawal from the contest. This is the second country who participated in last year’s…
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In their first six years at the Eurovision Song Contest, Azerbaijan always made it to the Top 10 of the final. But, between 2013 and 2018, the country disappeared from the left side of the table. Until Chingiz came around. The song ‘Truth’ collected 302 points in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. It finished in…
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Moments ago the second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest took place, with the final 10 qualifiers decided on by both the national juries and the public vote. A total of 18 competing acts performed their entries on stage. Here are the qualifiers: North Macedonia The Netherlands Albania Sweden Russia Azerbaijan Denmark Norway Switzerland…
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