That’s right – Dima Bilan is looking for YOU. If you happen to be in Moscow this Wednesday 31 July and are free from 4:30 p.m. until midnight, you can…
It’s a never a complete mystery who’ll win the next Contest and with that in mind Team Wiwi has a few preliminary predictions for 2014. With region-by-region analysis we’ll point…
The EBU claims that Eurovision is apolitical. But 2012 winner Loreen is using her fame in very political ways. Today she pledged her support to Russian civil rights activists “Pussy…
Ahead of the official Eurovision 2013 welcome ceremony, each of the singers worked the red carpet in Malmö. The team from WiwiBloggs.com were standing by the velvet rope and snapped…
Tensions are rising in Moscow because of Eurovision. Today Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss why Azerbaijan did not give Russia any…
You were not the only ones surprised that Azerbaijan gave nul points to Russia at Eurovision 2013. The Azerbaijani press reports that even President Ilham Aliyev was in disbelief, so…
As the bookies slash Dina Garipova’s odds to win the first semi-final at Eurovision, Team Wiwi can only scratch their heads. This song is cheesier than fondue and much less…
Last night the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music un-professionals—flew to Moscow to protest government reprisals against political dissidents and to review Dina Garipova’s Eurovision 2013 song “What If?” Did…
We’ve spent a lot of time looking at the odds to win the final of Eurovision 2013, but the bookies also have betting markets for each of the semi-finals. Emmelie…
Team Wiwi understands that Eurovision 2013 hasn’t yet taken place. But judging from this year’s early betting odds, we’ll all be going back to Scandinavia in 2014.
Ever since Russia revealed Dina Garipova’s ESC 2013 song, you guys have been clawing each other to pieces on our comments page. Many of you can’t stomach the cheesy lyrics…
If you’re lactose intolerant, then don’t read the lyrics to Dina Garipova’s “What If”. It’s pure cheese. The Russian starlet debuted her Eurovision entry earlier this evening, and Wiwi is…
Mother Russia has closed her eyes, thought long and hard and decided to send Dina Garipova to Eurovision. That may smack of Soviet authoritarianism, but officials are keen to stress…
The Russian language seems to have been invented for pop music. Throw in the legacy of communism, which made the Eastern Bloc a creative force upon its dissolution, and combine…
Every week we supply the photo, and you supply the caption. This week’s image comes from the first dress rehearsal of the first semi-final. Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki wore traditional peasant…
With just five hours to go until the Eurovision 2012 final, Sweden’s Loreen sees her odds of winning widening, while Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki and Serbia’s Zeljko Joksimovic are narrowing in.
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…