7AugNo Comments
Arisa: the Italian singer that many would love to see at Eurovision
Arisa has recently released a new single called "Ricominciare Ancora" (tr: let's restart) and with her voice is ready to let her fans dream again.
Arisa (real name Rosalba Pippa) is a famous Italian singer that won twice Festival di Sanremo - the national Italian song festival - and is widely considered to have one of the most powerful and beautiful voices of the entire Italian panorama.
She has recently released her new single, after the lock-down due to Covid 19 pandemic, and it is a positive message for everyone. Interviewed by some Italian radios, when talking about her new song, she often said:
"I consider it [Ricominciare Ancora] a manifesto of rebirth, a caress, a push towards a more aware dimension that describes us as protagonists of our time and architects of our destiny. ...
1AugNo Comments
Luxembourg’s RTL will not participate in the 65th Eurovision Song Contest
The Luxembourgish national broadcaster RTL has confirmed that they will not participate in the 65th edition of Eurovision in 2021.
Luxembourg is one of the founding members of the ESC, they debuted in 1956 with Michele Arnaud’s “Ne Crois Pas”. They have not participated since 1993 even though there were rumours of a comeback in 2004 and 2010.
The dutchy has an impressive track record - their first win was in 1965 with France Gall‘s "Poupée de cire, poupée de son". Since then they’ve achieved a total of 5 wins!
You can check out Luxembourg’s top 10 entries here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6GUmZPk6Bc
RTL’s Steve Schmit explained that the broadcaster is a small station producing only 2 hours of programme per day. Schmit also explains: “our strategy is focused on information an...
26JulNo Comments
Take it away! Jon Ola Sand, a Eurovision legend.
The man we all came to know and love as the "Big Boss" of Eurovision has stepped down after a decade of being the Competition’s Executive Supervisor.
Besides being famous for using the catchphrase “Take it away!” to announce the end of the voting process at the Grand Finale, Jon Ola successfully refreshed and modernised the show’s format.
In an interview for eurovision.tv, Jon Ola Sand said:
– “The past decade at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been fantastic and exciting, but it will also be good to come home.”
– “I have been involved with the Eurovision Song Contest for over 20 years. First as Head of Delegation for Norway, then as Executive Producer in Oslo in 2010 and I have been privileged to have been the captain of the ship in Geneva for the past 9 years.”
Sinc...
16MayNo Comments
Eurovision Song Contest Movie release date revealed!
The Movie Eurovision Fans were waiting for!
Great News for Eurovision Fans! The film entitled Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is set to be released on Netflix on June 26, 2020. The film was initially scheduled for a May 2020 release to coincide with the Eurovision week that should have been hold this week, but then the date had to be changed accordingly.
The story
The film follows Icelandic singers Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir as they are given the chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.
https://youtu.be/JxKs6kUDB60
In May 2018, in preparation for the film, Will Ferrell attended the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal to research possible characters and scenarios for the film. He also spoke bac...
15MayNo Comments
Eurovision Song Celebration Part Two
Because Eurovision is made for and by Fans who love a celebration of equality and togetherness.
Yesterday night we watched Eurovision Song Celebration part two and, again, we simply loved it.
Yeah, we know it is not the same thing not to have a live show that makes us all sing along and hope that our fav song or singer wins... but at least, even in this "partial" celebration of music, we are all together.
If you missed the second part of ESC Celebration, you can watch it here below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4A6hstelW0
See you tomorrow for the big finale!
14MayNo Comments
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 – the updated list of confirmed returning singers
At least someone will get a second chance for Eurovision.
We all know that unfortunately, due to Covid-19 pandemic, this year Eurovision Song Contest (live) was cancelled, but at least we are enjoying the show in a different way via youtube, and all fans are celebrating ESC week anyway.
Singers - and all their teams - worked very hard for this Eurovision, but they did not have the chance to stand on that stage and compete as they had planned to do till they had the sad news fo the cancellation of the show.
As soon as all this happened, the discussion on “allowing singers to come back next year” started and disagreeing voices were heard all around.
Well, today at least we know that some of them have been already reconfirmed for Eurovision 2021 and we are very happy to share the up...
12MayNo Comments
Eurovision Song Contest Revival – a friendly chat with Imri Ziv – VIDEO
It is sad not to have Eurovision Song Contest this year due to Coronavirus pandemic, but we are Eurovision Fans in any case and we will celebrate this week as a if the contest was still happening.
Rotterdam was getting ready and all of us willing to attend the event had already bought their flights and hotels... but then... a bastard virus got into the way and obliged the entire Eurovision machine to stop, to give up and cancel the event.
So to celebrate this event we had a live streaming with Imri Ziv on Raffa's IG and you can watch the full interview here below.
https://www.facebook.com/thegaylymirror/videos/233883891165758/
Who is Imri Ziv?
Imri Ziv, also known as IMRI, is a 28-year-old Israeli singer and voice actor. After winning HaKokhav HaBa, he represented Israe...

