During the first semi-final at Eurovision 2012, fire shot into the air, and bag pipe players did the moonwalk—and that was just during Romania’s performance. The first semi-final saw Romania, Moldova, Iceland, Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Cyprus, Greece, Russia, and Ireland advance to the grand final. Wiwi and Meows Kitty attended the press conference afterwards where sweaty [...]
Every year the Eurovision press corps looks into its crystal ball and divines who will who will win each of the semi-finals. Hundreds of pompous journalists and ESC insiders have cast their votes, and we can now reveal they believe that Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou will win this evening. She’ll be followed closely by Romania and [...]
When Cyprus’ Ivi Adamou and Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou square off in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2012 this evening, it’ll be something of a reunion. The two Cypriot-born singers first competed against each other during the second series of Greek X-Factor, which took place from October 2009 until February 2010. Eleftheria, now 22 years old, [...]
Following last night’s second dress rehearsal, which was judged by a panel of music industry professionals throughout Europe, Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki have emerged as the odds-on favourites to win the first semi-final. Team Wiwi have averaged the odds from Britain’s 18 leading betting agencies and come up with the following list. We’ve only listed the [...]
The first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final took place last night, and the team from WiwiBloggs.Com was inside Baku Crystal Hall as the action unfolded. Who shined? And who is still sitting in the dressing room crying? Below we offer a taste of what you can expect during tonight’s live broadcast. We also include [...]
Tooji—Norway’s incredibly charming Eurovision 2012 contestant, invited Team Wiwi to his hotel room this afternoon. We never say no when a celebrity offers us a taste of five-star luxury, so we packed our cameras and our tightest pants and headed over. As you can see in the video below, the “Stay” singer has a big [...]
Wiwi, Vebooboo and Meows Kitty took to the streets last night in search of the best Eurovision party Baku had to offer. We walked past a lame gathering for Joan Franka of the Netherlands. And then we ignored an invite to Russia’s official party, which was taking place on a beach in the middle of [...]
On May 20 the Israeli delegation hosted a party at Euroclub to celebrate Izabo’s ESC 2012 song “Time.” But the real star of the evening turned out to be Sweden’s Loreen. As you can see in the video below, she belted out “Euphoria” like a volcano spits out lava. It was seriously hot. Unfortunately, it [...]
Team Wiwi is exhausted. We are working all day in the press center and then dancing all night at the Euroclub: that’s why we all look like we’ve been punched in the face. But in between shifts on Sunday we managed to watch Anggun’s second dress rehearsal. Her back-up dancers once again showed off their [...]
Wiwi’s readers cast a total of 8,318 votes in our first semi-final prediction poll. If the results are anything to go by then the first semi-final is a three-horse race. Greece’s Eleftheria Eleftheriou leads the pack with her song “Aphrodisiac.” She earned 1,300 votes, or 15.5%, suggesting that her song really does turn Europe on. [...]
Sweden’s Loreen and Romania’s Mandinga remain the favorites in our poll “Who Will Win Eurovision 2012?” Launched on March 25, the poll has recorded 16,812 votes as of May 20. Loreen (“Euphoria”) currently leads with 2,542 votes. That’s 278 more than more than Mandinga (“Zaleilah”). Last week Sweden led Romania by just 147 votes, so [...]
The Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music unprofessionals—has reviewed all 42 Eurovision 2012 entries. Below you can read the individual reviews, and see our final rankings. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Wiwi, Vebooboo, and Meows Kitty just came from Engelbert Humperdinck’s second rehearsal at ESC 2012. It was fantastic. As we explain in the video below, he kept is simple as in his first rehearsal. But today he traded the ragged jeans and trashy t-shirt for an all-black number that hints at mourning: this song is [...]
Today the Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music un-professionals—headed to Lisbon to review our final act of 2012. Portugal’s Filipa Sousa hoped to wow us with “Vida Minha” (Life of Mine). Did we like her life? Or did we want her to get a life? Read on to find out… Recommend on Facebook Share with [...]
Vebooboo: What a classy performance from an elderly gentleman. Engelbert really commands the stage, even if he did wear ragged jeans and a t-shirt in today’s first rehearsal. (You can actually by Engelbert t-shirts on our web site). A welcome surprise was the sight of an interpretive dancing couple who play a minimal role in [...]
Vebooboo: Pastora Soler must have been a construction worker in a previous life, because girl knows how to build drama! At first I was slightly worried when I saw Pastora hugging her microphone and doing nothing else on the stage, but then the song builds and she brings out her entourage and a bucket-load of [...]
Vebooboo: The music never dies, but my interest in this song sure has. Sabina owes a huge thank you to Ell & Nikki for gifting her an automatic berth in the final. To be honest, without that gift I’m not so sure we’d be seeing her on Saturday. Girl can sing, don’t get me wrong, [...]
Wiwi: First comes the rise—and then comes the fall. For weeks bookies have been bigging up Nina Zilli—Italy’s answer to Amy Winehouse. Sadly, her first rehearsal left her looking and sounding like an Amy Winehouse tribute act. The fantastic choreography and visual feast we saw in her official music video for “L’Amore E’Femmina” (Out Of [...]
Vebooboo: Ukraine is the land of the Orange Revolution, but I was super pleased to see the fashion gods followed the most sacred of staging rules — put a black woman in a white dress, and you’ve got a winner. From the first few seconds of today’s second rehearsal, Gaitana made it clear that she [...]
Vebooboo: Ok, let me start out with the positives. I love this song. I really do. And more importantly, I love what the lyrics stand for. If you haven’t read them, make sure to check them out now. Sofi’s song is all about tolerance and love — exactly what Eurovision stands for. So A+ for [...]