What does it require to host the Eurovision Song Contest? In about three or four weeks, the cities interested in hosting the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest can start to prepare their bids. Several cities have publicly expressed their interest, but they haven’t yet received the list of requirements. Read more
Guinness World Records, travelling the world and headlining fashion shows. These are just some of the things that the class of 2014 have been up to since their time at the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
On the 26th of March 2020, the newly crowned Eurovision winner will give a big show in the Amsterdam arena Ziggo Dome. The date of the show could indicate that this arena is no longer in play for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest – or that the contest will be held quite late. Read more
Had EBU’s change of points yesterday affected the actual winner of the contest, the rules would have stopped the new winner from getting the honor that follows with winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Due to the issues with the Belarusian jury, the final scoreboard has been changed. The Netherlands is still the winner, but other countries find themselves getting a better or worse result due to this. Read more
The Netherlands will have quite some options when deciding upon next year’s host city. Some are more likely than others though. We take a closer look at the arenas that already are, or could come in play, as host for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Nevena Božović finished 18th in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. She was expecting a much better result and blames the other former Yugoslav countries for not voting for her song in the final. Read more
On his American weekly news satire program, John Oliver has taken a look at the Eurovision Song Contest – and Icelandic Hatari in particular. Read more
Montenegro, Georgia and Latvia. None of them have qualified for the final for at least three years in a row. It’s beginning to look really bad for them, and the broadcasters must ask the question: Can we do anything to improve the results? Read more
Did you also enjoy this year’s interval act, where former Eurovision acts performed each other’s songs? 2015 Eurovision winner Måns Zelmerlöw performed Eleni Foureira’s “Fuego”, which finished second last year. Read more
Fourth time was lucky for Tamara Todevska. Not only did she finally qualified for the final for the first time as a solo artist, she also scored the best Eurovision result ever for North Macedonia. What a start for the country that recently got its new name. Read more
Madonna’s Eurovision performance did not give her the best advertising for her new single “Future” as she has been thrashed in the download charts by the Eurovision class of 2020. Read more
Hundreds of fans of all ages, press, family and friends had gathered in Schipol Airport to welcome home their Eurovision hero. In the evening, a TV studio full of former Dutch participants were waiting for him – and finally, he was awarded a double platinum record for “Arcade”. Read more
Is he just a bad loser or is Michael Rice right when he says the bad UK result is due to Brexit only, and that Elton John and Gary Barlow would have come last too? Read more
In recent years, most winners have been deeply engaged with the song they were performing. They either wrote the song, had it written specifically for them – or otherwise managed to take it in so much that it became their song. Read more
After two months of intense work at the Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Contest Producer Christer Björkman was taken to the hospital in Tel Aviv yesterday. The 61 year old former participant was hit by a blood clot in the throat, but he came under treatment just in time. Read more
It’s time to crunch the numbers. The full result for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest has just been revealed, and it shows quite some interesting details regarding the two semi-finals. Read more
Madonna out of key, big differences between jury and televoting – Iceland to be booh’ed for Palenstine flag – a nervewracking voting – and then it ended with a victory for the top favourite. Read more
Icelandic BDSM punk, Swedish gospel, flying Australian pop opera, A Dutch piano playing favourite, Eastern pop and great Balkan ballads. The 2019 Eurovision final has something for everyone. Check out photos from this great show. Read more
Odds are so low for Duncan Laurence to win that some bookmakers closed for bets on this. With just a few hours to go, there are however still chance to earn a little bit of extra cash if you dare to gamble on anything else than a Dutch victory. Read more
