18/05/2020 – David Watt Last Saturday, 16 countries took to the Free European Song Contest Stage to see who had the best song in Europe. Yeah it does sound familiar… In the aftermath of the cancellation of Eurovision 2020, Germany broadcast it’s own mini style contest last year and even though we have ESC again, …
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17/05/2021 – David Watt Things are beginning to get very real now, not only are rehearsals in full motion but Eurovision week is here! The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) kicked the festivities off yesterday by having their traditional red carpet event, this year it’s turquoise (don’t ask), giving us a real opportunity to hear from …
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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 – 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 …