What is success? Eurovision costs a fair bit of money to run. I mean it’s in the name Euro… Vision! For many broadcasters, “success” at the contest will revolve around having a high TV viewership to money spent ratio. Financially for many broadcasters Eurovision is simply a success story. But from the artist’s perspective “success” …
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 …
Interval Act: Been There, Seen That, Got The T-Shirt 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 …
2013: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! 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 …
2012: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! 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 …
2010: Split Eurovision Results All In One Place! 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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As this is a Eurovision blog, it probably is to be expected that most people here really enjoy Eurovision. That doesn’t mean we don’t all have at least one Eurovision song that we remember making our ears bleed. This is a good thing. Disclaimer: if you ears bleed in a non-metaphorical way when listening to …
Why Every Eurovision Song is ‘Art’ – Yup, Even That One! Read More »
As one spin-off dies another is born, and thus does the circle of life continue. Eurovision Choir (probably due to Covid logistics) will not be coming to our screens this year and it remains to be seen what exactly the future holds for that spin-off. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has achieved moderate success with …
Who Is The Target Demographic of the “American Song Contest”? Read More »
Over the years many countries have ended up withdrawing their entry from Eurovision for a variety of reasons. Be that France’s 1974 entry, La Vie A Vingt-cinq Ans, which was withdrawn following the death of the French president; Lebanon’s 2005 entry, Quand tout s’enfuit, which was pulled after the Lebanese broadcaster was told they must …
moving mountains is tough, Getting Montaigne “to” eurovision was a victory Read More »
It’s probably safe to say that Eurovision 2021 was a year with many a familiar face competing, with many of the artists who got selected in 2020 getting their moment in the 2021 contest instead. However, for various reasons, not all the cast of Eurovision 2020 competed in 2021. So what songs might they have …
Need New Music? – Try the abandoned cast of eSC 2020 Read More »