Friday the 22nd of November was a black day for Eurovision fans. Two competing countries—Bulgaria and Serbia—announced that they will withdraw from the contest in 2014. They joined the ranks…
Eurovision isn’t just intrguing for its intoxicating mix of music and mayhem. It’s also interesting because of the inevitible controversies (real or imagined) over bloc voting and allegations of fraud…
Planet Eurovision almost fell out of orbit on November 7 when the E.B.U. announced that the running order of Eurovision 2013 will not be decided by a draw. That’s right. Rather…
Stefan Raab’s best ideas are born when he’s frustrated. In 2004 he produced “Can’t Wait Until Tonight,” Max Mutzke’s entry for Germany at that year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Although the song…
Holland loves Eurovision, but Eurovision voters don’t seem to love Holland. Bogdan Honciuc, one of our Romania correspondents, asks whether Amsterdam can sort itself out ahead of ESC 2013. The…
The international media had high hopes for Romania’s Mandinga and their song “Zaleilah.” Sadly they crashed and burned in Baku—and now Romanian journalists are spewing all sorts of nasty. But…
Quick: hum two bars from Englebert’s song at Eurovision. Ok, one bar? One note? Englebert! The guy who performed first during the final. No. He didn’t sing “Forgettable.” He sang…
Armenia’s state broadcaster AMPT has announced that it is withdrawing from Eurovision 2012. The European Broadcasting Union made the announcement this morning via their web site eurovision.tv.
Rambo Amadeus, who describes himself as “one of the most prominent cult figures on the ex-Yugoslav music scene,” has been selected to represent Montenegro at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.
In part one of our interview, the boys sounded off on their Eurovision stage show and what they think about Slovakia’s TWiiNS. In part two, they let loose about Germany’s…
Under the influence of alcohol, you might mispronounce Azerbaijan as aspiration. You wouldn’t be far off the mark. A fiery patriotism makes doing well at the Eurovision Song Contest a…