29/05/2021 You recieved from the public vote, I’m sorry… zero points Bar Refaeli (Eurovision 2019 host) So… Eurovision 2021 had a dramatic voting sequence to say the least! First of all the United Kingdom (my home country) had received 0 points after the whole jury voting section was complete. Then if that wasn’t disastrous enough …
27/05/2021 Since 2016, jury and televote results have been presented separately, requiring a country to be able to provide data for both. San Marino, simply cannot fulfil this criteria, as it shares its phone lines with neighbouring Italy. To get around this problem the EBU employs a mathematical formula to work out what San Marino’s …
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Breaking: Only the second rock song and only the second ‘big’ (5) song to win the contest, Italy have won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! Full results have no been revealed and you can expect some analysis here, once the official Eurovision site stops crashing due to the high influx of visitors. Congratulations Italy and …
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David Watt – 22/05/2020 Tonight is the Eurovision 2021 Grand Final, so get your flags, wine and continental cheese board at the ready – have we got a show for you! But in order to have a show we needed 10 more songs from Thursday’s semi-final to make it through. The competing songs were: San …
David Watt – 18/05/2020 The first semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest concluded tonight with the reveal of the ten countries who had done enough to please Europe’s jurors and televoters. Let’s remind ourselves of the competing songs: Lithuania: Discoteque – The Roop Slovenia: Amen – Ana Soklič Russia: Russian Woman – Manizha Sweden: …
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15/05/2021 So much bigger The so called ‘big 5’ (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and host nation the Netherlands, the contests biggest financial contributors go directly to the grand final of the contest. As a result, I would say our expectations for them are very high (and not naming names) but some …
09/05/2021 Following on from the first rehearsals for semi-final one (SF1), you can see my thoughts here, the countries from semi-final two (SF2) got their first impressions of the stage. They will be competing on Thursday 20th May for the remaining 10 spots in the Eurovision Grand Final. Needless to say, a good performance will …
09/05/2021 – David Watt Today the remaining semi final one (SF1) countries took to the stage of the Rotterdam Ahoy arena for their first rehearsals. So what is SF1 shaping up to look like? Who is on track to qualify and who might have a bit more of an uphill struggle? Well it is still …