After a long wait, we finally know more about the 2019 contest! It has been announced that Eurovision 2019 will be held in Tel Aviv. The decision was made by the Eurovision Reference Group after the Israeli broadcaster presented bids for two potential host cities. The last we heard was that the decision was between…
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Earlier in the week we reported that the EBU representatives met with representatives from the Israeli Broadcaster KAN/IPBC to discuss the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest which will be held in Israel. At that time, three cities were in the running, but now we know that Eilat has been ruled out. Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision…
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After the dramas surrounding Israel and their financial capability to host next year’s Eurovision, it seems that everything is back on track. EBU representatives including EBU Executive Supervisor Jon Ola Sand have now travelled to Israel to meet with the host broadcaster KAN/IPBC to discuss host city options. The representatives met with officials from three…
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen news, comments and opinions flood in regarding the host city or in this case, the host nation of Eurovision 2019. As we know, Eurovision is (normally) hosted in the nation that had won the previous year, and since Israel won, the trend would follow so Israel would…
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As expected, we’re all heading to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon next year for the Eurovision Song Contest. Not long after the 2017 contest in Kyiv, it was supposedly announced that Lisbon would be hosting, however not long after that, it was announced that a bidding process would take place to ensure the correct city…
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Portugal had the longest running participation in Eurovision without a win, and we of course know that this streak was broken upon Salvador Sobral’s win in Kyiv this year. The nation won with a total score of 758 points, and found a place in the hearts of fans across the world. Soon after their win,…
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FINALLY! We have an answer! After the announcement has been postponed many times, we’ve now been informed that it will in fact be the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv who will host the 2017 Eurovision song contest! The European Broadcasting Union and the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) have decided that Kyiv is the ideal…
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It seems like an eternity ago we were watching the Ukrainian cities fight it out on the televised city battle, all hoping to win the right to host the contest in 2017. After the battle, we were left with three cities: Kyiv, Dnipro and Odessa. The organisation committee and representatives from the EBU have now…
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Each year, one country gets the opportunity to host the Eurovision song contest, but how do we know which country gets to host? Well, after the first two contests, it was decided that the winning country would host the contest the year after. In all but five cases, the winning country has accepted the opportunity…
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