Georgia have been a fairly consistent Eurovision nation since their first performance back in 2007. Overall, their best entries have been performed by powerful female vocalists, so this year, they’re hoping for another great result with Tamara Gachechiladze. Tamara was actually due to perform at the 2009 edition of Eurovision as part of Stephane &…
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We’ve all experienced that nerve-wracking feeling of not knowing whether your, or your favourite country will qualify, and sometimes, it’s just not meant to be and our favourites get stuck in the semi-final. This doesn’t mean they’re bad songs, it’s just the brutal maths that means we can only take 10 into the final! Today…
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A few weeks back, we reported that the Ukrainian broadcaster confirmed that the Russian participant Julia Samoylova would be banned from entering the country for Eurovision. As we previously reported, the Ukrainian Government has banned Russian artists who support the 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula by banning them from entering the country. As this…
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Over the years, Belarus has offered us a range of different songs of varying success. They’re consistently one of the nations in Eurovision where you don’t know what to expect, because either they’ll completely change their song or artist, or they’ll pull something completely whimsical out for their stage performance. There has been one consistent…
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Armenia still remains as one of the most successful Eurovision nations when it comes to qualifying to the final, and in their history at Eurovision, they have reached the final all but one time. Last year they dazzled Europe with Iveta Mukuchyan, and this year, they’ve kept with the girl power theme and chosen Artsvik,…
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Czech Republic is one of the Eurovision babies of the class, with their first Eurovision performance in 2007. Since then, they’ve participated inconsistently, and not overly successfully, but regardless, some of the performances we will discuss today are favourites of ours, and maybe yours too! Today we’re going to recap the performances between 2007 and…
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France finally hit the jackpot in 2016 with Amir, a fresh artist with an incredibly catchy song, and finally they hit the top 10 for the first time since Patricia Kaas in 2009. This year, they internally selected their artist and song once again, and it will be Alma performing the now bilingual version of…
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Each week, Eurovision Union will be bringing you a specially curated playlist featuring songs recently released by Eurovision or National Final artists, and a few of our old favourites. This week, we’re featuring releases from some of our favourite past Eurovision performers, as well as from our 2017 participants! Listen to the playlist here: Let’s…
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Israel have sent some cracking songs in the last few years, and for the most part, I’m a fan of their Eurovision style. Golden Boy still remains as one of the most memorable moments for me in regards to Israel in Eurovision, and even Made of Stars was a song I thoroughly enjoyed. This year,…
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The Eurovision semi-finals are a brutal fighting ground, where around 18 acts go in, and only 10 come out. Doesn’t sound too bad, considering the math, but it’s still always nerve-wracking to watch the votes come in and the final 10 being announced. I’m sure everyone has at least once felt the disappointment or shock…
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