The United Kingdom have been chopping and changing their Eurovision selection strategy over the years, but as of 2016, the nation decided to hold a national final and have since stuck with the format of Eurovision You Decide. Having been underwhelmed by almost every entry of the national final over the last three years, picking…
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Today’s Eurovision Throwback is taking us back to Eurovision 2006, a year with mixed genres and mixed quality. Although I’d consider this edition of Eurovision to still be part of the ‘dark ages’ of Eurovision, there are some diamonds in the rough. Some of those diamonds unfortunately failed to qualify, but is Bulgaria’s entry one…
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This week we’re rewinding the clock back to 2005, a year where the competing entries were questionable, but perhaps nowhere near as questionable as some of the outfits we saw that year! We can look past a bad outfit if the song and performance is spot on, but did Denmark’s competing artist Jakob Sveistrup tick…
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For today’s throwback, we are rewinding the clock back to 2014, a time where Belgium was truly hit or miss at Eurovision. Since 2005 and up until 2014, the nation only managed to qualify to the final twice which statistically isn’t great, so in 2014 it was up to Axel Hirsoux to follow on from…
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We love going back and rediscovering some of the lesser known national final songs, but today we decided to pick one of the most talked about from recent years. It was the comeback everyone was waiting for – we are of course talking about Loreen’s return to Melodifestivalen! Having won Eurovision in 2012, many were…
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Estonia is well known in the Eurovision community for holding one of the most diverse national selections, and this year was no exception. Although we know that Elina Nechayeva won Eesti Laul by a landslide, by request we’re taking a look at one of the competitors, Frankie Animal. Admittedly, I don’t think I’ve heard this…
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In the midst of one of the biggest non-qualification streaks we had seen at Eurovision, it was safe to say that The Netherlands was in a rut. Stylistically the nation had sent a range of songs, none of which the Eurovision audiences were going for, but in context, it’s easy to see why. Despite the…
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Sometimes persistence is key when it comes to Eurovision. There have been countless times where we have seen an artist take part in a national selection, only to fall short but yet return in future years. In some circumstances, it takes years and numerous attempts to reach Eurovision if ever, and for others the road…
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2015 was an interesting year for Eurovision, as it was the year that we began to see some really cutting edge performances, which set the tone for the years to follow. The two stand out performances which pushed Eurovision into the modern age were the Belgian, and the Latvian entries. The latter, which was performed…
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Azerbaijan made their Eurovision debut in 2008, and very quickly found the Eurovision formula which brings them success each and every year. Today we’re looking back at their 2010 entry, and by that point, the nation had already achieved two top 10 results, with their 2009 entry finishing in 3rd place. They were off to…
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