Throughout Europe, pre-contest parties and concerts take place and give a chance for the upcoming Eurovision artists to promote their songs to their potential voters. The largest pre-contest event is Eurovision in Concert, which has been running for 9 years now. The initiative was started by a group of Dutch Eurovision fans, and is now…
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Croatia are neither here nor there when it comes to Eurovision, and over the years they haven’t always made a huge impact at the contest. Last year, the nation sent Nina Kraljić, a singer with a beautiful voice and a beautiful song which admittedly should have done better in the final. This year, Croatia went…
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For many across Europe and the world, Eurovision is a show we fondly watch through our television screens. This year in France, Eurovision will be hitting the silver screens, specifically the Grand Final which France will be participating in as part of the Big 5. The cinema experience came from the hope to revive the…
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Spain, as one of the Big 5 nations hasn’t had a very successful run over the recent years. I feel the nation has great intentions of bringing something exciting to the table, but just never really hits that mark. This year, a slightly confusing format of national final was used to select the next Spanish…
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Malta is a dominant nation in Eurovision’s sibling, Junior Eurovision, however in Eurovision, haven’t yet reached a winning position. Some of their entries have come close, however the small island nation are still waiting for their first Eurovision win. This year, Claudia Faniello (the sister of Fabrizio from Eurovision 2001 and 2006, just a fun…
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Norway have traditionally been fairly successful at Eurovision, and rarely do they miss a Grand Final. In 2016, unfortunately Norway did miss out on the Grand Final, so this year, they’re hoping to get back on track with JOWST featuring Aleksander Walmann and the song Grab the Moment. The song was chosen through a national…
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Montenegro haven’t had the best of luck when it comes to Eurovision, but when they hit their high, they really impressed. Both their qualifying entries from 2014 and 2015 were great Balkan ballads, however this year, they’ve internally selected Slavko Kalezić with a song called Space, which is so not a Balkan ballad! With its…
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After eight years of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for Australian broadcaster SBS, Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang are bidding farewell to the contest. The much loved duo began hosting in 2009 in Russia, and have been on location each year to provide commentary and special features for the Australian broadcast of the contest. Audiences…
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As you may have heard, yesterday Ukraine confirmed the planned ban on Russian performer Julia Samoylova. Long story short, 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 is a governmental ban irrelevant, and beyond the scope of Eurovision,…
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Blanche was one of the first Eurovision 2017 acts to be announced, and there were months between her selection and the song release. All of a sudden, Belgium went from zero to hero as soon as the song was released, with fans going absolutely insane over her song City Lights. With Belgium finally finding their…
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