It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen the host country top the tables and win the contest again as the host nation. It was 1994 to be exact, with Ireland (aka the nation with the most wins in Eurovision history) hosting the contest in Dublin, only to win the contest again and host in…
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It’s fairly quiet in the Eurovision world at the moment, so we thought we’d take a moment to reflect what has happened so far to prepare us for the 2018 contest. The biggest piece of news so far would have to be the host city announcement, and if you didn’t yet know, the contest is…
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Azerbaijan have taken to Eurovision like a duck to water, and it shows in their results. Not once has Azerbaijan missed the final, and they’ve even managed to win the contest on their fourth year of participation. Over the last three years, their qualification has been at risk with results inching closer to the 10th…
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Late last year, the Azerbaijani national broadcaster ITV announced that Dihaj would be participating at Eurovision, and now, the song that she will be singing is available for Eurovision fans to listen to! The song that she will be performing is called Skeletons, which was written by famous Azerbaijani composer and producer Isa Melikov and…
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In late 2016, Azerbaijan’s broadcaster Ictimai TV announced that Diana Hajiyeva would represent the nation at Eurovision in 2017, and Diana, as part of her experimental pop group DiHaj has released a new track only a few months before Eurovision. The new song, titled EÅŸqini AÅŸagı Sal, has lyrics written by Uran, who is one…
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On the ninth day of Eurovision… Sweden has won the contest, which means we’re travelling to the north of Europe to Stockholm Malmö for the 58th Eurovision Song Contest. This marked the 5th time that Sweden was hosting the contest, and in 2013, Sweden was hosting a total of 39 countries, including Armenia, who returned…
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Azerbaijani broadcaster ITV have announced their 2017 Eurovision act, who was internally selected by the broadcaster. Diana Hajiyeva (Dihaj) has been chosen to represent Azerbaijan, however this is not her first Eurovision experience. Diana, who is known commonly by the stage name Dihaj performed in 2016 as a backing singer for Samra, who competed with…
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The EBU has now officially announced that there will be a record high 43 countries participating in Eurovision 2017 held in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. This equals the total from 2008 and 2011, which also featured 43 countries. The countries returning to the contest after absence include Portugal and Romania, who did not participate in…
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With Junior Eurovision 2016 approaching, we’ve decided to take a look back into the history of the contest to decide on some of our very favourites. Our last Top 5 (which you can find here) looked at our favourites between 2003 and 2009, and now it’s time to look at our favourites between 2010 and…
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This year, Azerbaijan internally selected Samra, a young, fresh talent of Azerbaijan with the song Miracle. The song is a Swedish composition, which was apparently submitted into the Swedish Melodifestivalen, however ended up in the hands of Azerbaijan, and we ain’t mad about it. I’ve personally found Azerbaijan to be pretty hit and miss in…
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