Former Junior Eurovision winner, and this year’s Maltese representative Destiny dominated the first semi-final, while Australia struggled with both juries and televoting. The split results revealed that Ukraine topped the televote with 164 points, with Malta sitting in second with 151 points. Lithuania, Russia and Israel rounded out the Top 5 with the televote. In…
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Rehearsals are in full swing at the moment in Rotterdam. In fact, all the participating countries in the first semi final have been on stage for the first time already so we can see the first contours on what that first semi will be like. In this chat conversation I had with Dennis van Eersel…
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Wow, it’s been a truly spectacular show, but as we know, it has to come to an end eventually. Tonight, the first 10 qualifiers were revealed, meaning that we’ve now lost nine incredible acts to the semi-final. It was inevitable that we would see some favourites fall, and in fact we’ve now seen some nations…
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They do say time flies when you’re having fun, and they are not wrong. We’ve reached the day of the first semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and it’s giving us all the feels. From anxious to excited, we feel it all and we are sure that you are all feeling the same too!…
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Over a month ago, we started our Eurovision 2018 poll with quite a simple question, who do you think will win Eurovision 2018 – and now it’s time to delve a little deeper and feature a few more polls under different categories. Best Female Solo Act Best Male Solo Act Best Duo/Group Act Best Big…
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The first semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is now complete, and we know the 10 qualifiers who we’ll see peform again in the Grand Final. The 10 qualifiers are: Moldova: Hey Mamma by Sunstroke Project Azerbaijan: Skeletons by Dihaj Greece: This Is Love by Demy Sweden: I Can’t Go On by Robin Bengtson…
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Attention one, attention all. It’s Eurovision week. This is not a drill. With the first semi-final only hours away, I thought I’d compile all the information in one handy place. So if you’re unsure how to vote, when the show is on, and how to watch it, keep reading! How to watch Eurovision 2017 Watch…
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Warning, this article contains spoilers! We have (sort of) patiently waited for months for this very day, and now we’re sad to say, yes, it’s over. Eurovision semi-final 1 has taken place in Globen Arena in Stockholm, where we saw 18 acts take to the stage, with only 10 surviving. Here are the 10 acts…
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After what seemed like an eternity waiting for the announcement, the EBU have given the go ahead for the SVT, the Swedish broadcaster in charge of this year’s contest, to reveal the running order of the semi-finals. As you may recall, a fairly recent change in the contest is that the host broadcaster now decides…
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