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ESC Top 250 – vote for your all time favourite Eurovision songs
It’s that time of year again – fans and followers of the Eurovision Song Contest are invited to vote for their favourites from the 63 years of Song Contest history! Over these next two weeks until December 3, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for your favourite songs.
The voting is organised by Belgian website songfestival.be, and as usual the official Eurovision voting system will be used, awarding a set of points from 1 to 8, then 10 and finally 12 points to your personal no. 1 song. The voting ends Monday, December 3, at 12.00 CET. To cast your vote please go to
https://songfestival.be/en/top-250-2018/esc-250-europe-start-voting-now/
The countdown of your favourite songs, the ‘Eurovision Top 250’, will be broadcast here on ESC Radio on the last day of the year, December 31.
Meanwhile, for the results of last year’s voting please visit:
http://www.escradio.com/2018/01/loreen-wins-eurovision-top-250-voting-for-sixth-year-running/
The winners in our Cesár Sampson CD-single competition
In our last competition to win a copy of the promotional CD single of Cesár Sampson’s Eurovision entry Nobody But You plus ESC Radio funglasses, we asked you to name the one Austrian artist who officially represented his country at Eurovision on three occasions. The correct answer is: Udo Jürgens (1964, 1965 and 1966)
And the three winners are: Agata Dąbrowski (Poland), Alexander Sánchez (Spain) and Torsten Schubert (Germany), congratulations! Better luck next time for those who did not win, a new competition soon to come.
Competition – win a Cesár Sampson promotional CD single and a pair of ESC Radio funglasses
We have a new competition for you, and this time we’re giving away three promotional CDs of Austria’s Eurovision entry Nobody But You, performed by Cesár Sampson and winner of this year’s jury voting. The CD single contains the ESC version, karaoke and instrumental versions, and comes with a very nice 20-page booklet with Cesár’s biography & the song lyrics in various languages (English, German, French, Russian, Portuguese) and many photos, plus a sheet of removable tattoos. Together with each item we’re giving away a pair of ESC Radio funglasses, red or blue. To be in with a chance to win, just answer the following question correctly:
In the 51 years of Austrian Song Contest participation, several artists participated twice. There’s one artist however, who represented the country on three occasions. Send your answer with the artist’s name to competition@escradio.com along with your full name and postal address by Tuesday 31 July at 23:59 CEST. And don’t forget to mention which colour of our funglasses you would like, blue or red. The names of the three lucky winners will be revealed here on our website. Good luck!
Mikolas Josef (Czech Republic) receives ESC Radio awards – exclusive interview today Friday, 20 Jul, at 11.30 and 19.30 CEST
He was one of the biggest sensations in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal – 22-year-old Mikolas Josef from the Czech Republic. With his song Lie To Me he finished sixth on the big night, making it the country’s best placing in the contest to date. In the ESC Radio Awards voting, held in early June, the worldwide listeners, fans and followers of Eurovision voted Mikolas on top in two categories, ‘Best Song‘ and ‘Best Male Artist‘. It was the eighth time that an entry that did not win the televised Contest takes a double victory in the ESC Radio Awards.
Earlier this week, Mikolas visited ESC Radio studio in Berlin, Germany, to receive the trophies and chat about his Eurovision adventure, his current activities and the upcoming release of the Spanish version of Lie To Me. The interview will air today Friday, 20 July, at 11.30 CEST, and be repeated at 19.30 CEST…
Read more to check out some photos from the visit and watch again Miki’s performance at Lisbon’s Altice Arena on 12th May…
The winners in our Iriao “For You” promo DVD-r competition
Time to reveal the names of the winners in our competition for the three promo DVD-r of Iriao’s 2018 Eurovision entry For You + ESC Radio funglasses. We asked you to name us the country’s entry that was sung mostly in English but had some Georgian parts in the lyrics. The correct answer is I’m A Joker, performed by Anri Jokhadze in the 2012 contest.
And these are the names of the lucky three: Anna Gudrun Aradottir (Iceland), Georgiana Gherasin (France), and Erick Cano (Mexico). Congratulations! The DVD-r + funglasses will be sent out the next days.
Better luck next time for those who did not win, new competitions soon to come!
Competition – win an Iriao “For You” promo DVD-r and a pair of ESC Radio funglasses
It’s competition time again, and this time we have a very special collector’s item for you. The Georgian team issued a DVD-r of Iriao’s entry for Lisbon, For You, featuring exclusively the video clip of the song. The DVD comes in a nice triple gatefold card sleeve with the song lyrics on the back, both in Georgian and English. We’re giving away three copies of this item, each with a pair of ESC Radio funglasses, red or blue. To be in with a chance to win, just answer the following question correctly:
This year was the first time for Georgia to enter a song performed entirely in Georgian language. However, since the country’s debut in 2007, there was one entry with a Georgian part in the song lyrics. Name us the song title, artist and year, and send in your answer to competition@escradio.com along with your full name and postal address by next Wednesday 18 July at 23:59 CEST. And don’t forget to mention which colour of our funglasses you would like, blue or red. The names of the three lucky winners will be revealed here on our website. Good luck!
