Meet Fans From all over the World at the Euro Fan Cafe
OGAE Denmark has announced the location of the Eurovision Fan Cafe. Huset-KBH is one of the most unique and historic venues in Copenhagen and will be set up for everyone from…
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Fan tickets have been released to the OGAE clubs
The OGAE fan clubs are in the process of emailing instructions and info for ordering Eurovision tickets out to their members. It’s about time!
Three Fabulous Nights: Interview with Eurovision Executive Producer Pernille Gaardbo
Pernille Gaardbo, the executive producer of Eurovision 2014, is crazy busy. She’s overseeing the production of one of the world’s most-watched non-sporting events. With three live shows and 170 million…
Martin Bender Interview: Are You Ready To Party Copenhagen Style?
Ok, step 1, everyone get a cow. Step 2, prepare to milk. Step 3… just kidding. You may not have heard of Martin Bender, but if you’re a Eurovision fan…
Tickets for Eurovision 2014 on sale this Friday
Copenhagen, Denmark – It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The very first tickets to the three live shows and six dress rehearsals of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest…
Pimp That Island: Jan Lagermand Lundme Interview Part III
Over the past week we’ve been drip feeding you insights about Eurovision 2014 from Jan Lagermand Lundme, DR’s Head of Show. In this final installment he gives us freshly squeezed…
Pimp That Island: Jan Lagermand Lundme Interview, Part II
In the first part of our interview with Jan Lagermand Lundme, the Head of Show for Eurovision 2014, he discussed EuroClub, the press centre and transportation. Today he dishes on…
Pimp That Island: Jan Lagermand Lundme Interview, Part I
Eurovision 2014 is still 190 days away, but Eurovision fans are already dying to know what Denmark has planned for us next May on Refshaleøen, the island that will be…
Editorial: Why Standing Space Makes for a Better Eurovision
Replacing rows and rows of chairs with screaming fans makes a huge difference at Eurovision. In Malmö producers insisted on standing space for the audience on the floor, stretching from the edge…
Alyona Lanskaya Promises That “You’re the Lucky One”
Alyona Lanskaya has just released a new single, “You’re the Lucky One”. It’s a very pleasant soft pop song that I will keep on my play list. I am lucky…
Eurovision Voting Scandal: New Allegations of Bribes at ESC
From our friends at 12points.tv we have this bombshell: Delegation details blatant backstage vote rigging Several countries tried to manipulate the jury voting at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.…
Eurovision Voting: The Statistical Anomalies
When you look at statistics there’s “unlikely”. And then there’s “it just won’t happen”. Fair flipping of a coin will very occasionally have the coin land heads 10 times in…
Russia Would Have Placed 2nd if Every Act had Played Last
An evaluation of the voting pattern in the final showed a clear advantage to playing late in the contest. That brings up the question, what would the order be if…
ESC Curiosities: Celebrating Eurovision at Work
We have this long blank wall here at work. And Eurovision sells the posters for the last 10 years of the show. So I figured, makes for a great set…
The 8 Acts With the Best Presentation
If you want to win Eurovision, you better bring the total package. It’s the most competitive song contest in the world and how each song is presented is every bit…
The Top 5 Crimes at Eurovision 2013
Every Eurovision there are results that leave you wondering how some act ended up so low (Pastora Soler should have been 2nd in 2012), or how they ended up so…
The 5 Acts With the Worst Presentation
Sometimes an entry has a beautiful song, amazing singer(s)…and staging so bad you are left thinking the BBC did the arrangement. This list is dedicated to the costume teams, set…
The Most Important Song Contest in the World
Everyone likes to make fun of Eurovision. Yet after all the jokes, all the comments about how cheesy it is, all the people wondering why they watch it, one fact…