Rona Nishliu won the 50th annual Festivali i Kenges — the Albanian national selection contest for Eurovision 2012. She’ll be singing “Suus,” which means “Personal.” Check it out and read the lyrics below. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Note to Ireland’s potential Eurosong contestants: Don’t broadcast your decisions on Twitter until you’ve had plenty of time to mull them over. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Rumors have been swirling for days that rock singer Kiraç will fly Turkey’s flag at Eurovision this May. Those rumors reached fever pitch this morning after Erol Köse—the former president of Turkish state broadcaster TRT— repeated the claim on his Twitter feed. But less than an hour later Kiraç’s management released the following statement: “Kiraç [...]
Spain’s 2012 Eurovision contestant Pastora Soler is known for her flamenco music and castanets. Britain’s Princess Beatrice is known for wearing a flying spaghetti monster on her head at the royal wedding in 2011. But they have more in common than you might think. From their generous cleavage to their fiery red locks, these ladies [...]
Denmark’s 2011 Eurovision contestants A Friend in London want to wish you a merry Christmas. So they’re letting all y’all download their new single “Gorgeous” for free on their official web site. You can listen to their holiday message below. Happy Christmas video: Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the [...]
On Dec. 23 Spain’s TVE held a press conference in Madrid to introduce the press to Pastora Soler, Spain’s contestant for Eurovision 2012. Best known for her flamenco-influenced songs, Soler told the media that she won’t be holding castanets and dancing around in sequins: she’d prefer to sing a ballad. Recommend on Facebook Share with [...]
Faqan Safarov has won the fourth heat of Milli Secim Turu—Azerbaijan’s endless national selection contest. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Wiwi has been getting nostalgic about last year’s Eurovision winners Ell & Nikki. So I dug up two HOT remixes that set their winning song “Running Scared” to a clubby beat. I’m loving it. Several remixes are available on iTunes. Here are two of my favorites. Happy Christmas, y’all! Adrian Sina Remix: Club Pop Remix [...]
The holidays are upon us and Jedward are celebrating by giving their vocals a major work out. Starring in a Christmas pantomime called “Jedward and the Beanstalk” at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre, they’ll perform 34 times between now and January 7. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]
Fifteen acts competed in the first semi-final of Belarus’ semi-final earlier this evening, but only five are still in the running to compete at Eurovision 2012. They are: Gunesh, Litesound, Alena Lanskaya, Victoria Aleshko and Uzari. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Kate Ryan—one of the biggest disappointments of Eurovision 2006—has just dropped her new video “Broken”—and it’s kind of crazy. In the opening sequence we see that Kate has embedded her new video on her own Facebook page—oh, the vanity! Then the starts ripping apart her wedding bouquet, strips down to a bustier and starts dancing [...]
Sweden’s Charlotte Perrelli and fashion designer Donatella Versace seriously look like cousins, or maybe sisters, or perhaps mother and daughter (if Donatella has forgotten to put on her wrinkle cream that morning). From their tanned skin to their luscious lips, these divas have Wiwi seeing double! (Much like Armenia’s Eva Rivas and Angelina Jolie, and [...]
The Azeri government is sinking millions of dollars into Baku’s Crystal Hall, the 25,000-seat arena that will host Eurovision 2012. For local residents, however, the personal costs may be even greater. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Citizens all across Eurovision Nation have gone into mourning after Polish broadcaster TVP announced yesterday that Poland is likely to pull out of Eurovision 2012. But before the lights go out in Warsaw, Polish Eurovision fans are circulating a petition begging TVP to keep the country in the contest. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers [...]
All y’all who haven’t watched Malta’s 24 finalists for Eurovision 2012, get thee to TVM’s official Eurovision page! This year’s semi-finalists are seriously on fire. Wiwi hasn’t watched all of the videos—he was distracted by Cher’s Mediterranean look-a-like. But his early favorite is definitely Fabrizio Faniello with “I Will Fight For You (Papa’s Song).” Recommend [...]
Who needs complicated lyrics when you’re as hot as Anastasiya Vinnikova? The beauty from Belarus, who represented the country at Eurovision 2011, is back in the national selection this year with “Shining in Twilight.” Its lyrics are simple enough—and Anastasiya’s English is clear enough—for Wiwi to transcribe the song while dancing at his desk. The [...]
Zeljko Joksimovic is no stranger to Eurovision fans. But the Serbian representative for Eurovision 2012 has told partners at ESC Serbia that his song will contain plenty of surprises, even for his most loyal followers. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Sinplus—the Swiss rock band made up of brothers Ivan and Gabriel Broggini—will represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2012 with their song “Unbreakable.” Wiwi caught up with Ivan, the guitarist, three days after Sinplus’s victory. Here are some highlights of our interview: Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]
Vebooboo and Wiwi fell in love with Hungarian contestant Kati Wolf last May. Or, rather, we fell in love with her catchy song “What About My Dreams?” In person we were disappointed by Kati’s lack of star quality: she shied away from fans and the press instead of acting like the attention-hungry wolf we hoped [...]
Estonia may be a small country, but it’s starting to get a whole lot of Eurovision attention. Three years ago the tiny nation of 1.3 million people changed gears and ERR, the state broadcaster, started hosting a televised competition similar to Melodifestivalen, albeit on a smaller scale. Last year 140 submissions were made to the [...]
Rambo Amadeus, who describes himself as “one of the most prominent cult figures on the ex-Yugoslav music scene,” has been selected to represent Montenegro at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Phillip Kirkorov, one of Russia’s most hot-tempered divas and its 1995 Eurovision contestant, has announced that he has had a baby with the help of a surrogate mother in the United States. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Sinplus have won Die Grosse Entscheidungsshow—and with it the right to represent Switzerland at Eurovision 2012. Check out the final standings and listen to the winning song now! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Armed with hairspray and flanked by leather-clad back-up dancers, Maryam Karimova booked a spot in the semi-finals of Azerbaijan’s national selection contest on Friday. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
What is it with Eric Saade and dancing in the dark? In his new video for “Hotter Than Fire,” the Swede and 2011 Melodifestivalen winner shakes his half-Lebanese ass through a series of poorly lit rooms. That has pretty obvious parallels with the official video for this Eurovision entry “Popular.” Perhaps the lighting masks the [...]
Gina G. —she of “Just a Little Bit” fame—didn’t die with her eighth place finish at Eurovision 1996. In fact, she’s teamed up with Vigilante and released a hot new single called “Next 2 You.” Drop it like it’s hot! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this [...]
The Belrusian broadcaster BTRC has announced the 15 semi finalists who will go head to head in the national semi-final to be held on December 21. Among them is Anna Vinnikova, Belarus’ 2011 contestant and one-time recipient of Wiwi’s ‘Eurovision Babe of the Day‘ honors. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]
Candy — a group of five teenagers from the Republic of Georgia — has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
The oddsmakers have Russia’s Katya Ryabova and the Netherlands’ Rachel locked in a dead heat to win tonight’s Junior Eurovision Song contest. This matches the prediction Wiwi’s readers made. Our own poll suggests Rachel will win, and that Katya will place third. Anyway, here are the complete odds: 3,25 . Russia: Katya Ryabova – Romeo [...]
Nigar Jamal—the sexier half of Ell & Nikki—has just dropped a hot new video for her single “Crush on You.” It showcases Nikki as you’ve never seen her: thrusting, sweating, and showing a whole lot of cleavage. The song itself is saucy and sexy—a far cry from the sacharrine “Running Scared.” Nikki is clearly cashing-in on her [...]
Milli Seçim Turu, Azerbaijan’s national selection for Eurovision 2012, is in full swing. You know what that means: a whole new season of bad Eurovision covers! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Wiwi’s live blog of Junior Eurovision 2011 has started! If you prefer, you can follow this blog on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wiwibloggs instead. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Anggun, the French beauty of Indonesian descent who will represent France at Eurovision 2012, is proving to be quite the media darling. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Trackshittaz—the first Austrian hip-hop group to reach #1 on the charts—and Conchita Wurst—a woman apparently named after a sausage—are among the nine finalists competing to represent Austria at Eurovision 2012. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Honestly, when did Junior Eurovision hit puberty? Wiwi was watching videos of the first rehearsals and he kept thinking that these kids are 14 going on 40. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Wiwi and Vebooboo love animals, so it was only natural that we fell in love with Love Generation at least year’s Melodifestivalen semi-final in Malmo: they were each dressed in a form-fitting penguin suit! The multi-racial group reminiscent of a Bennetton ad sang their up-tempo song ‘Dance Alone’ and in the end just narrowly missed [...]
Charlotte Perrelli won Eurovision in 1999. Then she fell all the way to 18th place in 2008. Now the time has come for our favourite faux tranny to seek gold, sequin and wind machine glory yet again. That’s right: out of the light, like a star, like a hero, Charlotte is back and competing at [...]
According to a famous Macedonian saying, “If you don’t have it within you, then get it from somewhere else.” Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Outlandish and openly gay TV host Graham Norton will not be hosting the U.K. broadcast of Eurovision 2012. After three hilarious turns (following the departure of famed host Terry Wogan), the time has come for Norton to move on to bigger and better things…and we ain’t talking about dinner parties with Malta’s plus-size Eurovision starlet [...]
Asian sensation Anggun will represent France at Eurovision 2012. Looks like the race to win Eurovision’s Next Top Model already has a front-runner! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
SVT announced the complete line-up for Melodifestivalen 2012 this afternoon, and it’s making us seriously wet with excitement. Sexy girl group Love Generation will face-off with Eric Saade’s girlfriend Molly Sanden in the third semi-final in Leksand. And Danny Saucedo will meet two-time winner Charlotte Perrelli in the final heat in Malmö. Recommend on Facebook [...]
Who says two heads are better than one? Regina Osk, who represented Iceland at Eurovision 2008 alongside Fridrik Omar, is gunning for a spot at Eurovision 2012. And this time she’s going solo. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
On Saturday Malta named the 24 finalists competing to represent the sunny island at Eurovision 2012. Now they’ve released snippets of the songs they’ll be singing. Have a listen below and let us know who’s hot and who’s not. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post [...]
It’s been six months since the head of Malta’s Eurovision delegation passed out on camera. That was exciting. But not as exciting as learning the 24 artists vying to fly the Maltese flag in Baku. Fabrizio Faniello, who finished ninth at Eurovision 2001, is among the contenders. Here’s the complete list. Recommend on Facebook Share [...]
Predicting the winner of Junior Eurovision is an imperfect science. But every year we create fan polls trying to figure out which aspiring pop star is likely to walk away with the microphone-shaped trophy. As part of the ongoing Eurovision alchemy, Wiwi spent some time on Junior Eurovision’s official YouTube page and can now reveal [...]
ROTFLMAO!! Latvia has not yet revealed the artists competing at Eirodziesma 2012, but it has revealed the songs. The entry called “Music Thief” had Wiwi, Vebooboo and Ms Kitty in stitches. The artist is clearly taking the piss. Either the Latvian judges have an awesome sense of humor or they don’t understand English. (That’s possible: [...]
If Danny Zuko from Grease and the Hells Angels had five love-children who later decided to form a band, they would’ve called themselves The Carburetors. Coincidentally, this is also the name of the newest qualifier to the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix who are sure to rock your jocks! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]
Filling Lena’s shoes won’t be easy. But Germany is breathing deep and gearing up for Unser Star für Baku—the eight-part national selection contest for Eurovision. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Stella Mwangi just dropped it like it’s hot! The Haba Haba singer has just released the fourth single from her album Kinanda. It’s called “Hula Hoop” and it is gonna spin round and round yo head once you hear it! The Haba Haba singer has teamed up with Swedish-Congolese hip-hop artist Mohimba and she definitely [...]
In its three efforts at Eurovision, the Czech Republic never managed to make it past the semi-finals. Given that lackluster track record, it wasn’t exactly surprising when the state broadcaster announced this morning that they’ll be spending their money on other programming. Eurovision 2012 is out. The BBC’s Downton Abbey is in. Recommend on Facebook [...]