Many of you had been waiting for this, and now it’s finally happening: This weekend we have started playing songs from the international preselections for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Europe is still underway with national selections for the big event to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in May. As …
Read More »Is Ireland set to make an impact at Eurovision 2011? – Exclusive Interview with Niamh Kavanagh
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 …
Read More »Playlist update
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 …
Read More »Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest carried out
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, …
Read More »2010 Eurovision contenders – Album survey, Part 2
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 …
Read More »2010 Eurovision contenders – Album survey, Part 1
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 …
Read More »