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Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Some considerations and updates

16May

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Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Some considerations and updates

Eurovision Song Contest 2024 aired their Grand Finale just less than a week ago, and it is time to share some considerations. C'mon, let's be honest! This Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been the heaviest and most difficult edition that we can remember in the last few years... maybe even more difficult than the event we had during Covid-19 full Pandemic. Here you have some considerations, opinions, and updates on some of the events that have clearly influenced this year's editions of Eurovision Song Contest. Have your say, leave a comment, but remember to be respectful. #Peace #Eurovision2024 #Titina24 https://youtu.be/hEl3Dj1ssak

Eurovision 2024 – first semifinal qualifiers

8May

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Eurovision 2024 – first semifinal qualifiers

We have the first 10 qualifiers to the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2024. I decided to react to the qualifiers of the first Semi Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Please note that there is a #spoileralert - Australia was robbed! https://youtu.be/Ak6mneoZwG0 The qualifiers are ???????? Serbia | TEYA DORA - RAMONDA ???????? Portugal | iolanda - Grito ???????? Slovenia | Raiven - Veronika ???????? Ukraine | alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria ???????? Lithuania | Silvester Belt - Luktelk ???????? Finland | Windows95man - No Rules! ???????? Cyprus | Silia Kapsis - Liar ???????? Croatia | Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim ???????? Ireland | Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue ???????? Luxembourg | TALI - Fighter What do you think about t...

Festival di Sanremo 2023 – second night and first general classification

9Feb

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Festival di Sanremo 2023 – second night and first general classification

The so awaited second night of the Festival di Sanremo 2023 gave us new songs to fall in love with, with the remaining artists finally performing on that stage. I might say it was almost an easy show, for our hots Amadeus, Gianni and Francesca: no surprises, no one smashing anything on the stage and no disruptions, if not some minor tech issues with a couple of singers. What we predicted here, it is almost reality: Marco Mengoni is still leading the rankings after two nights. The Press Room - that was the only one to vote for the first 2 days - decided that the best artist/song so far it is Marco. There is still a long way to go till the big final on Saturday night, and changes, surprises can still happen. I can’t obviously say that I completely agree with the rankings so far: Elodie ...

Festival di Sanremo 2023 – First Night – Schedule and lyrics for the first 14 songs in competition

7Feb

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Festival di Sanremo 2023 – First Night – Schedule and lyrics for the first 14 songs in competition

Festival di Sanremo 2023 opens the Holy Week of Italian Music for Italy (and all Italians around the world). This is the schedule for the First Night. Tonight we will start our musical journey with Festival di Sanremo 2023, to discover which artist will be representing Italy at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Who are the first 14 singers who will compete at Festival di Sanremo this year? Let's find them out and let's get ready to sing along! Anna Oxa - almost a Veteran of Festival di Sanremo, she will sing "Sali - Canto dell'Anima" gIANMARIA - Young promising artist of Italian Music Panorama. He will sing Mostro MR. Rain - Young but well-known artist in Italy, at his first Festival di Sanremo. He will sing "Supereroi". Marco Mengoni - you will all rememb...

Cornelia Jackobs performs at QX Gaygala 2022

7May

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Cornelia Jackobs performs at QX Gaygala 2022

The Swedish representative at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was a special guest at the QX Gaygala 2022, a LGBTQ awards ceremony held in Stockholm. This event was established by Swedish magazine QX in 1999 and it's an annual gala to hand out prizes for LGBT achievements. Cornelia sang "Hold Me Closer" one last time before departing to Turin and she was watched by members of the Swedish Royal Family, among other Melodifestivalen participants. You can watch her performance right below:

Andromache will represent Cyprus with “Ela”

10Mar

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Andromache will represent Cyprus with “Ela”

The Greek-German singer Andromache was announced as the Cypriot representative for Eurovision 2022. The song is called "Ela" (meaning: come) and has an international distinguished team behind its production: Alex Papaconstantinuou (Fuego hitmaker), Arash (Azerbaijan's 2009 representative), Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Fatjon Mifftaraj, Filloreta Raci Fifi, Geraldo Sandell, Giorgos Papadopoulos, Robert Uhlmann, Viktor Svensson and Yll Limani. The theme, sung in Greek and English, can be described as a pop-folk song with some dreamy elements, very much aligned with what Andromache has been doing over the last couple of months. Andromache emmigrated from Germany to Greence at a very young age. In 2015, she rose to fame while participating at The Voice of Greece, achieving the live shows phase. F...

Russia is banned from Eurovision Song Contest 2022

26Feb

By JorgeNo Comments

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Russia is banned from Eurovision Song Contest 2022

The executive board of European Broadcaster Union has finally decided on excluding Russia from Eurovision 2022, following an increasing pressure by several European broadcasters. Earlier, EBU has stated that Russia was still welcomed to take part in the contest, after Ukraine's broadcaster UA:PBC having sent a letter to the president asking Russia to be suspended from the event. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Iceland and Lithuania had also requested EBU to rethink about the decision. Ultimately, Finland and Estonia threatened not sending a representative to Turin, if Russia takes part. Citi Zeni, Latvia's representatives, also urged EBU to kick out Russia from the contest. Eurovision has always stood as as a safe place where unity, dialogue and diversity are common values...

Road to Eurovision 2022: Brooke wins “Eurosong 2022” with “That’s Rich”

5Feb

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Road to Eurovision 2022: Brooke wins “Eurosong 2022” with “That’s Rich”

We're feeling rich, honey! Ireland has chosen Brooke Scullion for Eurovision Song Contest 2022! The Irish broadcaster RTÉ held their national final "Eurosong 2022" on the broadcast of The Late Late Show, and after a combination of studio jury panel, international jury and televoting, Brooke was decided as the winner and the representative of the country at Eurovision 2022 with the song "That's Rich". Six artists were competing for the chance to represent Ireland on Turin's stage via a national final, organized for the first time since 2015. Check below the scoreboard of the Irish selection: Brooke - That's Jury - 28 points (4+12+12) Miles Graham - "Yeah, We're Gonna Get Out of It" - 24 points (10+16+8) Janet Grogan - "Ashes Of Yesterday" - 24 points (12+8+4) Patric...

Road to Eurovision 2022: Andrea represents North Macedonia with “Circles”

5Feb

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Road to Eurovision 2022: Andrea represents North Macedonia with “Circles”

North Macedonia has decided on their representative. Andrea will be bringing the song "Circles" to Turin in May. Six songs were competing in Za Evrosong 2022, MRT's national final, in order to represent the Balkan country at the Eurovision 2022. The voting consisted on 50% international expert jury and 50% online voting and the highest number of points landed on the song "Circles", by Andrea, written by Aleksandar Masevski and Andrea Koevska. Although there was a tie on Top 2, the jury voting prevailed which secure Andrea's victory. The entries in contention were as follows: Kaly – Love and Light Yon Idy – Dreams LARA – Flower of Sorrow Viktor Apostolovski – Superman Andrea – Circles Ris Flower – Flying To Berlin What do you think of North Macedonia's entry f...

Mika, Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan: the hosts of Eurovision 2022

2Feb

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Mika, Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan: the hosts of Eurovision 2022

Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Mika will be the hosts for Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The much-anticipated announcement was made tonight during the second night of Festival di Sanremo 2022. Laura Pausini is a world-wide famous Italian singer, having won a Grammy and a Golden Globe, and even a nomination for an Academy Award. Alessandro Cattelan, one of RAI's presenters, has been rumoured to be one of the hosts for months and it was finally confirmed. Mika, even though had denied every rumour about his role on the Eurovision 2022, is also joining the hosting team. What do you think about the hosts for ESC 2022?