Eurovision Voting: Is Digame Up to the Challenge?
The Eurovision Song Contest is no stranger to voting scandals. Whether it’s Malta calling for an overhaul of voting rules because of “block voting” after the 2007 contest or France…
Esma & Lozano Respond to Homophobia Claims
It’s official: Esma Redzepova doesn’t hate the gays. In fact, she loves them.
Macedonian Press: Esma Denies Homophobic Remarks
Macedonian news portal Plus info quotes Esma Razdepova firmly denying the anti-gay remarks printed in the Serbian paper “Kurir”, which created an international media storm around the 69-year old Eurovision…
Watch: Loreen Releases Video for “We Got The Power”
One week after streaming her new single, Eurovision 2012 winner Loreen premiered the video for “We Got The Power”, which, true to form, she directed herself.
Editorial: EBU Must Release Raw Votes for Last 6 Years
We, the editors at wiwibloggs, strongly believe that the EBU should release all voting information from the last 6 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Montenegro: What Happened to Our Points for Ukraine?
Perhaps one of the most striking examples of suspicious voting in the post-Eurovision 2013 scandal is what happened in Montenegro. According to the official reults posted on Eurovision. tv, in…
Cascada Tanks—And Germany Searches for Answers
Like the other 25 non-first place finishers of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, Germany is struggling to come to terms with not winning. Natalie Horler—the front woman of the dance…
UK: Little Boots is “totally up for ESC”
We take a break from the post-Eurovision 2013 scandal to turn our attention to the UK, where electropop artist Little Boots has expressed her willingness to represent her country at…
Russia, Belarus Point Fingers at Organizers
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…
EBU Reacts To Allegations of Vote Fraud
The European Broadcasting Union, the body that organizes Eurovision, has now responded to the growing number of media reports concerning allegations of voting fraud and rule breaching during this year’s…
Eurovision 2013 Artists Topping iTunes Charts
When Loreen sang “We Got the Power” to her fellow Eurovision stars during the interval act last Saturday, she wasn’t kidding. Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest and her posse of contestants…
Italy: RAI Reveals Televoting Numbers, Questionable Jury (Update)
RAI, the Italian national broadcaster, has revealed the full results of the public televote. They paint a very different picture to the results announced by the presenter Federica Gentile during the…
Azerbaijan: President Ordered Vote Recount
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…
Lithuanian Press: Did Azerbaijan Buy Votes at Eurovision?
Journalists at 15min.lt—a Lithuanian news site—have released video footage that they claim demonstrates Azerbaijan’s efforts at vote-buying ahead of Eurovision 2013.
WATCH: Zlata Ognevich Talks Eurovision with Team Wiwi
Even if you thought Zlata Ognevich’s Eurovision song belonged in a wildlife documentary, you have to admit that she was the voice of Eurovision 2013. She was also one of…
Who Will Win the Barbara Dex Award?
We wondered if Serbia’s Moje 3 candy-coloured outfits brought them down. We sneered at Robin Stjernberg’s questionable fashion sense. We pointed and laughed at Cezar’s black dress. We didn’t like…
EBU Relaxed Rules, So Turkey Can Return
EBU, The European Broadcasting Union, has reminded this morning via Twitter that it changed the rules for participation in order to allow countries that did not broadcast the Eurovision Song…
WATCH: Emmelie de Forest’s Encore Inside Malmö Arena
William is currently sitting at his gate inside Malmö Airport. It’s grey and rainy—and he can feel post-Eurovision depression sinking in already. But two things are giving him lift. First, I…