Belarus Belarus: Dmitry Koldun reveals Russian broadcaster Channel One contractually controlled his career after Eurovision Posted on August 14, 2021August 13, 20214 commentsbyRenske ten Veen And comments further about his relationship with Philipp Kirkorov View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Ukraine Ukraine: Go_A sign with Universal Music… and clear up rumours of collaboration with Måneskin Posted on August 1, 2021August 5, 202117 commentsbyRenske ten Veen From Ukraine to the world View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Lost in Copenhagen: French television archive INA confirms it does NOT possess a copy of missing Eurovision 1964 show Posted on July 31, 202121 commentsbyRenske ten Veen The video footage remains lost View Post Share
View Post Belarus “I had no money, I had nothing” – Dmitry Koldun discusses hardship during and after Eurovision due to conflicts with producers Viktor Drobysh and Philipp Kirkorov Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 20217 commentsbyRenske ten Veen “Acquaintances of both Viktor Drobysh and Philipp Kirkorov stayed away from me” View Post Share
View Post Russia Polina Gagarina is the top-earning female musician on Forbes Russia’s annual ranking Posted on July 29, 20212 commentsbyRenske ten Veen Philipp Kirkorov, Dima Bilan and Elena Temnikova also had good pay days View Post Share
View Post Ukraine Ukraine: Former Vidbir chief Ruslan Kvinta says he had to convince Go_A to apply…they feared their music wasn’t for Eurovision Posted on July 13, 2021July 14, 202125 commentsbyRenske ten Veen The rest is history View Post Share
View Post Eurovision News Interkultur confirms Eurovision Choir 2021 is cancelled, no plans for a future edition Posted on June 28, 2021June 29, 202117 commentsbyRenske ten Veen “Unfortunately, the third edition of Eurovision Choir will no longer take place in 2021” View Post Share
View Post Russia “Maybe 2022 will turn into something bright” – Dima Bilan discusses willingness to return to Eurovision and praises Manizha in OK! Magazine interview Posted on June 24, 2021June 24, 202128 commentsbyRenske ten Veen “I am inspired by how Manizha went against the big shadow of hate” View Post Share
View Post Russia Russia: t.A.T.u. members Lena Katina and Julia Volkova say they’re still not talking Posted on June 17, 2021June 18, 202145 commentsbyRenske ten Veen They say they weren’t aware of the sexual connotations of their early songs View Post Share
View Post Russia Ilya Prusikin explains why Little Big didn’t want to return to Eurovision in 2021 Posted on June 8, 2021June 10, 202165 commentsbyRenske ten Veen “We have hundreds or even thousands of cool artists” View Post Share
View Post Potential Artist Profile Ukraine Ukraine: Iconic rapper alyona alyona does not rule out performing at Eurovision, but feels her music doesn’t fit the contest Posted on June 8, 2021June 10, 202154 commentsbyRenske ten Veen She collaborated with Jamala and wrote for Tina Karol View Post Share
View Post Netherlands The Netherlands: Televoters to receive refunds after some valid votes weren’t registered Posted on June 5, 202122 commentsbyRenske ten Veen The EBU says the problems did not affect the overall results View Post Share
View Post Netherlands The Netherlands: Davina Michelle says she will likely skip Eurovision 2022…but does not rule out future participation Posted on June 4, 202146 commentsbyRenske ten Veen She is waiting for the right moment View Post Share
View Post Belarus Belarus: EBU Executive Board agrees to suspend Belarusian state broadcaster BTRC Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021105 commentsbyRenske ten Veen BTRC has two weeks to reply to the suspension View Post Share
View Post Malta Malta: TVM’s Eurovision 2021 budget will undergo government audit after claims that taxpayer money was spent unfairly Posted on May 26, 2021June 1, 2021184 commentsbyRenske ten Veen To be continued View Post Share
View Post Netherlands The Netherlands: AVROTROS seeks a Eurovision 2022 song that “can survive in a competition” in rare public submissions call Posted on May 25, 202182 commentsbyRenske ten Veen Continuing the “song first” approach View Post Share
View Post Poland Poland: Full Eurovision delegation, including RAFAL, placed in quarantine after one delegate tests positive for COVID-19 following routine testing Posted on May 15, 2021May 16, 202174 commentsbyRenske ten Veen Poland will miss Sunday’s turquoise carpet View Post Share
View Post Greece Interviews “It’s a mysterious performance and that’s what I really love” – Greece’s Stefania discusses her complex Eurovision 2021 staging Posted on May 14, 20216 commentsbyRenske ten Veen She ponders pet Pegasus names too View Post Share