The Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music un-professionals—calls London home. That made us extra keen to review Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Love Will Set You Free.” But we don’t play favorites on WiwiBloggs.Com, so we sharpened our claws, pulled out our pens, and gave The Hump the same treatment as everyone else. Here’s what we had to [...]
Wiwi recently spoke with his friends at JoyEurovision—the hottest Eurovision show from Australia’s Joy 94.9—about the 2012 contest in Baku. In the first of our three-part chat, Andy, Hikaru and Wiwi explore the question, “How do you solve a problem like Engelbert?” Andy and Hikaru are well-spoken and on point. Wiwi, you might notice, sounds [...]
Wiwi was on Facebook this morning when Erkki from Finland posted Heidi Kyrön’s cover version of Katrina and the Waves’ 1997 Eurovision winner “Love Shine a Light.” It’s in Finnish, but still warms my cold soul! Have a listen and let us know how you think it compares to the original. (And then add us [...]
“Boom bang-a-bang” singer and 1969 Eurovision winner Lulu has been hotting up the stage on Britain’s reality competition “Strictly Come Dancing.” Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Eurovision is still a month away, but the claws are already coming out. In a recent interview with British tabloid The Sun, Ireland’s Jedward verbally bitch-slapped Britain’s Blue. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Hoping to win Europe’s hearts and minds ahead of Eurovision, the members of Blue have stripped down to nothing for the photographers at Attitude magazine. Let Wiwi be the first to say “Douze points!” Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
If you’re a recently reunited pop group looking for a little publicity, debuting your new single in front of 125 million people isn’t such a bad idea. Surely that’s the thinking of British boy band Blue, who have agreed to represent the U.K. at Eurovision 2011. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it [...]
Josh Dubovie represented Britain at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway. Watch the disaster now: Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Safura is Azerbaijan’s strongest-ever Eurovision entry, a fixture on Eurovision blogs and news sites and the bookies’ favorite. Even so, British songwriter Peter Waterman says he can’t understand what all the fuss is about. Speaking on BBC radio’s Ken Bruce show this morning, Waterman dismissed the Azeri entry. I heard the favourite that everyone’s talking [...]
Spain’s Daniel Diges With Eurovision kicking off on May 25, voters have a lot of decisions to make. By far the most important is determining who will win Eurovision’s Next Top Male Model. As of Monday, May 24 at 10am, Wiwi’s readers had cast 3,775 votes. Below, you can see how your favorite contestant fared [...]
Rehearsals in Oslo start in just a few days, and Eurovision contestants are busy uploading new preview videos to curry favor with the electorate. You can see all of the updated footage in Wiwi’s Video Player. Alyosha from the Ukraine has gone seriously deep into her theme of environmental protection: she actually filmed her new [...]
British tabloid the Daily Mirror has reported that R&B star Usher has a bit of a crush on U.K. Eurovision starlet Jade Ewen. Ewen met Usher recently while she was in Los Angeles filming the video for her new single My Man. The tabloid’s source says Usher was smitten with the It’s My Time singer [...]
Jade Ewen’s first official single is out in the U.K. It’s called My Man and is decidedly funkier and sexier than her Broadway-inspired Eurovision tune It’s My Time. Apparently Jade’s man is irresistible and he’s got what she desires, and around him she loses control and lets him run the show. Something tells Wiwi this [...]
After weeks of speculation that Andrew Lloyd Webber would participate in Jade Ewen’s Eurovision performance, Webber has confirmed that he will in fact join her on stage in Moscow. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Wiwi’s Eurovision poll opened on May 1 and closed on May 15 at 11:59pm. During that time voters cast a total of 35,802 votes, making this one of the largest Eurovision polls in the world. The results are: Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell [...]
I’m seriously worried that crusty old Andrew Lloyd Weber will join the U.K. representative Jade Ewen on stage in Moscow. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend