Whilst the contest originates from a time when radio broadcasting was much more accessible to mass audiences than the television was, visual appearance has always played a factor at Eurovision. Every contest was televised (though the televised versions of 1956 & 1964 are now lost) giving everyone an incentive to look and perform their very …
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Eurovision 2022 season finally feels like it is starting now that Belgium has announced Jérémie Makiese as their Eurovision representative, this being even before we know the host city. However, countries have been declaring their participation (or lack thereof) in the contest for a while now and speculation as to who is competing is as …
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Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
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Since the rule changes separating the jury vote from the televote in 2016, 130 songs have performed at a Eurovision Grand Final. In that time five new winners were crowned, the nil points club gained new members and songs have divided Europe’s tastes. Sure five contests isn’t a massive sample size but surely now we …
Jury Vs Televote – 130 Songs Later, Have We Learned Anything New? Read More »
Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
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The Goal Each anagram represents someone or something related to the Eurovision Song Contest. You just have to solve them. It’s simple really! Answers will be provided at the end, so if you like to break the rules skip ahead to the end! The Anagrams PSST MOM HORN (2 words) COP A ALCOVE EEL PEEVE …
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Since 2009, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has included a hybrid system of both international jurors and televoters to calculate the results. From 2016 onwards the split in the jury and televote result has been presented as a part of the results, however in the years before that this was not the case. This means …
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Rock n’ Roll never dies but art is a fragile thing that must be preserved. So whilst thankfully the music of Måneskin will live on (as vinyls, cds, dvds, YouTube videos…) not all related artwork to these historic moments is necessarily well preserved. Let’s dive into the world of lost art at Eurovision. Lost Contests As …
“Music is feelings” or so they may say… But what exactly are “feelings” anyway? The truth is even with Salvador’s music definition, interpretation can be wide. Whilst he may have frowned at Netta’s chicken noises, you can’t deny the sentiment that if music really is about conjuring “feelings” then things such as genre, instruments and …
Orchestra: Yay Or Nay Eurovision Returning To The Old Fashioned Way? Read More »
First Of All, What Were These Interval Acts? Year Host City Country Interval Act 1956 Lugano Switzerland Les Joyeux Rossignols (Piano Music with Bird Sounds) 1957 Frankfurt Germany No Interval 1958 Hilversum Netherlands The Orchestra – Wedding Dance 1959 Cannes France No Interval 1960 London United Kingdom No Interval 1961 Cannes France Tessa Beaumont and …
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