2000 and Whatever – France

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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2000 and Whatever – Finland

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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2000 and Whatever – Estonia

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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Preview: Electronic Rock or Elegant Folk Music for Ukraine?

(This post is in collaboration with ESCDaily) With YouTube superstar Jerry Heil and electronic band Tvorchi, the Ukranian national final Vidbir has two big names in its line-up. Both of them, however, might be surprised by Krut and her elegant folk song “99”. Who will represent Ukraine at Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam? Tvorchi – “Bonfire”…

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Preview: Armenia aim to break non-qualification streak

This post is in collaboration with Joshua Mayne and ESCDaily  Armenia are returning to their national final selection process (Depi Evratesil), after internally-selected Srbuk finished 16th in her semi final last year. Since their first participation in 2006, Armenia has only failed to qualify three times, with two of those coming in the last two…

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iOTA: ‘I Was Walking Around the house singing it, and then I knew it was the right song’

With less than 24 hours to go until Australia crowns their next Eurovision star, we spoke to multi-talented artist iOTA, who will be opening this year’s selection with a bang with his song, ‘Life.’ Who is iota? iOTA is one of the lesser known artists in the line-up this year, but in fact, he has…

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Aftermath 2019: Dutch victory shows every nation can win Eurovision

The Netherlands won the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Their first victory since 1975. Something the Dutch celebrated hard, since they have seen the other side of the Eurovision-medal often. Duncan Laurence’s victory with ‘Arcade’ marked the fifth overall victory of The Netherlands in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. But, with three gold medals…

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Aftermath 2019: Italy a strong favourite across Jury and Televote

Since their return to the contest, Italy has remained a strong competitor at the contest, and more often than not, we see Italy somewhere within the Top 10. This year was no exception, with Mahmood finishing in 2nd place with his song, Soldi. This year Italy remained their authentic self at the contest, which led…

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Aftermath 2019: Lazarev disappointed with third place for Russia

In the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Russia finished in third place with ‘You are the only one’ by Sergey Lazarev. The singer took part in 2019 again, and finished in third place again. A disappointment for the superstar. Lazarev specifically questioned the result of the jury vote, which made him lose the contest in 2016…

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Aftermath 2019: A renewed focus sees a strong result for Switzerland

Switzerland’s success at Eurovision is few and far between, and despite their efforts to turn their luck around, the nation often struggled to determine what would make a successful Eurovision package. With a renewed selection strategy, Switzerland proved that it was possible to turn things around after Swiss representative Luca Hänni achieved a respectable 4th…

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