In Ireland the countdown is on. This coming Friday, February 11th, it will be decided who will represent the Emerald Isle in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. After 45 years of participation in the contest, in terms of wins, Ireland still holds the title as the most successful …

It’s still early in the Eurovision season 2011, but the national selection procedures are well underway across Europe, and Eurovision fever is rising.  Before we start to focus on the new songs from this year’s pre-selections and national finals very soon, we have carried out a few changes on the …

The first major landmark of the 2011 Eurovision season has been set this Monday, 17th May, with the Semi-Final Allocation Draw, which took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, where this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held on 10, 12 & 14 May. While the ‘Big Five’ countries – France, Germany, …

We start the second part of our album survey with Croatia’s girl trio Feminnem, no strangers to the Eurovision Song Contest having represented Bosnia & Herzegovina in the 2005 contest with the song Call Me (placed 14th). The girls returned to Eurovision this year to perform Lako Je Sve for …

A little more than a month has passed since the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Oslo, Norway. A number of entries from the contest still get a lot of airplay across Europe, several still enjoy chart success, with Jessy Matador’s summer hit Allez Ola Olé (placed 12th in …

Alexander Rybak, 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner from Norway and  double ESC Radio Award winner (Best Song award and Best Male Artist award 2009) has his new album out today, called  No Boundaries. A foretaste of the album had already been provided during this year’s national final season, when Alexander …