Eurovision for Beginners: Winners of Eurovision

Winning Nations Who has the most amount of wins at Eurovision? Ireland currently holds the record of the most amount of wins, after winning seven contests. Ireland dominated during the 1990’s, after winning four contests in only five years – 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. Coming a close second is Sweden, with a total of…

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Tick-Tock: Eurofans left waiting for News on the host city

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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Europe (and Australia) – We have a winner!

26 absolutely incredible acts took to the stage, but only one song would triumph above others and enter the Eurovision history book. The show, hosted by MÃ¥ns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede offered audiences many funny moments, but remained true to the theme of this years’ contest – that being, that we should all come together.…

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2016 Reviews – Ukraine – Jamala – 1944

Ukraine returned this year with quite a serious number, titled 1944 and sung by Jamala, who previously has entered into the Ukrainian national final with a very, very different style of song. 1944 has a very depressing kind of undertone to it, and it’s easy to assume that it is a politically fuelled song –…

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Ukraine decides: It’s Jamala with 1944!

Last night in a mammoth national final, Ukraine selected their participant out of six talented acts. The hosts of the show were Dimitri Tankovich and Aleksander Pedan. The special guest of the night was Irish participant Nicky Byrne, who performed his upcoming Eurovision entry, Sunlight. The acts competing were: Brunettes Shoot Blondes – Every Monday…

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