Last year Israel’s Eurovision entry from Izabo—one of our favourites—crashed out during the semi-finals and we went into mourning. Fortunately the final of Israel’s Kdam 2013 takes place on March…
This afternoon the Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music unprofessionals—gathered to review Ravaillacz’s Melodifestivalen entry “En riktig jävla schlager”, which means “A Real Damn Schlager”. Did it end up being…
The Wiwi Jury—our in-house panel of music un-professionals—will be reviewing each of this year’s Melodifestivalen finalists ahead of the March 9 showdown in Friends Arena. First up is Louise Hoffsten…
It’s only been a few hours since Bulgarian voters selected “Kismet” for Elitsa & Stoyan to sing at Eurovision 2013. But plenty of Eurovision fans are already up in arms…
Five days ahead of Romania’s final on 9 March, we still don’t have a favorite to win Selectia Nationala 2013. Opinion polls contradict one another, the jury disagrees with the…
This year’s Melodifestivalen contestants have sung about dead fish, lit fires inside pianos, and seen off the likes of the Swedish House Wives and Army of Lovers. Now, as the…
Cristian Prajescu—a little-known 16-year-old—was the surprise winner of our poll for the second semi-final of Romania’s Selectia Nationala. Singing “The Best Thing In Life Is To Love”, he went on to dominate…
“Kedvesem” means “darling” in Hungarian, but the A Dal jury wasn’t feeling the romance last night. During the first round of the Hungarian national final they ranked the song, sung…
Read the lyrics to “Begging”—Anton Ewald’s Melodifestivalen entry—and let us know what you think. We’re pretty horrified that Sweden sent this through to the final. It’s rather obvious they voted…
Birgit Oigemeel’s “Et uus saaks alguse” only finished seventh with our readers, but it finished first among Estonians. Do you think they made the right choice?
We knew Gor Sujyan’s “Lonely Planet” wasn’t going to be anything like Sirusho’s “Qele Qele” or Eva Rivas’s “Apricot Stone”. After all, he’s a rocker. But we were totally shocked…
Tonight Melodifestivalen voters decided to send Robin Stjernberg through to the final with his song “You”. That’s fine. Less acceptable was their vote to let Anton Ewald accompany him. We really…
Behring Miri’s “Jalla Dansa Sawa” is a hodgepodge of Swedish, Arabic and French—three languages we do not speak. Fortunately Sweden’s SVT has provided this handy translation guide to the foreign…
William only weighs 100 pounds, but he is throwing all of his weight behind Caroline af Ugglas and “Hon har inte” in tonight’s Andra Chansen round at Melodifestivalen. Caroline was robbed…
Wiwi’s readers have listened to the 10 finalists of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national selection, and they want Grete Paia to win with her song Päästke noored hinged.
Britain’s Daily Mail has claimed that washed-up child star Bonnie Langford will sing for Britain at Eurovision 2013. Ephraim Hardcastle, a columnist with a tendency to break this kind of…
In a lot of English-speaking countries “Klapa” sounds like a sexually transmitted disease that makes you itch down there. Klap s Mora makes an effort to be as stirring with…