Across Europe the national selection procedures for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest are well underway. Switzerland started the season in October, meanwhile Ukraine, Albania and Belarus held their national finals, and many other countries are busy preparing for the big event to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May. As …

During the last hour of 2013 the countdown of the latest edition of the ‘Eurovision Top 250’ was completed. Sweden’s 2012 Eurovision winning song Euphoria, performed by Loreen, won the voting for a second time in a row, congratulations! Alexander Rybak’s Fairtytale (Norway 2009) has moved back up to second …

On New Year’s Eve, 31 December, ESC Radio will present you the Eurovision TOP 250, as voted for by the world-wide fans of the Contest last month. The annual countdown is a collaboration with 12points.tv, the international Eurovision fan clubs OGAE and INFE network, and fansites songfestivalweblog.nl, ilkar.blogspot.com and belgovision.com. …

While working on a Norwegian musical, due to be premiered next year, Norway’s 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak (Fairytale) released a music video as “a gift for the best fans in the world”, as he puts it on his youtube channel. The song is called 5 To 7 …

May we have your votes, please? It’s time again for a new edition of the Eurovision TOP 250! For the sixth time, organised by 12points.tv, in collaboration with the international Eurovision fan clubs OGAE International, INFE International, ESC Radio,  and fan sites EurovisionBelgium.blogspot.com, Songfestivalweblog.nl and Ilkar.blogspot.com,   Eurovision fans have the …

Just like last year, Switzerland, one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and first winner (Lys Assia, Refrain), starts the season of national pre-selections  here on ESC Radio. Over the past  few weeks, artists submitted songs and videos to Swiss broadcaster SRF  …