Our Best of the Bunch series continues, but this time, we’re crossing over between the two main formats of Eurovision, the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The concept is simple, we take the Eurovision and Junior Eurovision entries of a certain year and put them up against each other in a…
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Juries were reintroduced as a key part of Eurovision voting in 2009, and since then, have remained as 50% of the total vote. Looking back at the contests between 2009 and 2019, it is often the case that the jury winner is the winner overall, and it isn’t uncommon to see a nation achieve top…
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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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The EBU has now revealed the final participant list for this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. A total of 19 countries will participate at the contest which will be held in Gliwice-Silesia, Poland, in November. Here are the participating nations: Albania (RTSH) Armenia (AMPTV) Australia (ABC / SBS) Belarus (BTRC) France (France TV) Georgia (GPB)…
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Macedonian broadcaster MKRTV has announced that Mila Moskov will represent North Macedonia at Junior Eurovision this year. The 14 year old was chosen by the broadcaster after auditions were held earlier this month. The song that Mila will sing will be revealed at the end of August. Mila Moskov is from Prilep, North Macedonia and…
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The last time we saw North Macedonia (back then: Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia) in the Eurovision final was in 2012. Seven years later, the nation not only finally reached the final again, they also got their best result ever: 7th. The song ‘Proud’ by Tamara Todevska probably did what it promised. It made the…
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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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Today marked the third day of the second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, starting with Croatia through to Azerbaijan Who impressed, and who runs the risk of non-qualification? Our guest writer Dennis (ESCdaily) gave his thoughts on the performances of the day! Croatia Roko starts his performance lying on the floor, while the floor LEDs are…
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North Macedonia. Where do we begin with North Macedonia? What an interesting history at the contest – at first the nations was somewhat successful, finishing mid table consistently, but semi-finals in the contemporary contest have not been their friend. Sometimes it’s the fault of the song, sometimes it’s the fault of the staging or a…
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It was Jacques Houdek who once said, ‘Dare to dream, make a meal’ – ok yes, that wasn’t quite the lyric, but with this year’s slogan ‘Dare to Dream’ why not make a few adaptations! With this year’s contest quickly approaching, it’s time to start planning your Eurovision parties. With the help of Eurovision Union,…
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