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The Wiwi Jury: Britain’s Engelbert Humperdinck with “Love Will Set You Free”

The Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music un-professionals—calls London home. That made us extra keen to review Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Love Will Set You Free.” But we don’t play favorites on…

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The Wiwi Jury: Austria’s Trackshittaz with “Woki Mit Deim Popo”

If any of you readers have children in the room, please ask them to look away from the screen now. That’s because the Wiwi Jury is about to review Austria’s…

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The Wiwi Jury: Sweden’s Loreen with “Euphoria”

In March Loreen won Sweden’s Melodifestivalen in a landslide, and subsequently she’s gone on to climb the bookies’ odds tables. But did the Eurovision favorite win over the Wiwi Jury—our…

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The Wiwi Jury: Slovenia’s Eva Boto With “Verjamem”

In its quest to bring you international opinion on every ESC 2012 contestant, the Wiwi Jury grabbed its earplugs and sat down to review Slovenia’s Eva Boto this morning. Did…

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The Wiwi Jury: Denmark’s Soluna Samay with “Should’ve Known Better”

In early March the bookies had Denmark’s Soluna Samay listed as the favorite to win the first semi-final at Eurovision 2012. But the Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music unprofessionals—doesn’t…

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The Wiwi Jury: Albania’s Rona Nishliu with “Suus” (Personal)

The Wiwi Jury—our international panel of music unprofessionals—sharpened its claws and headed to Tirana this week to review Rona Nishliu’s Eurovision 2012 song “Suus.” That means “Personal” in Albanian. But…

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The Wiwi Jury: Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki With “Party for Everybody”

Posted on March 12, 2012October 28, 2016
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byWilliam Lee Adams

Buranovskiye Babushki, Russia’s most famous sextet of singing grannies, wowed audiences with their spirited delivery of “Party for Everybody” at the recent Russian national selection. But what did the Wiwi…

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The Wiwi Jury: Eurovision 2012 Reviews and Rankings

Posted on February 21, 2012June 10, 2016
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byWilliam Lee Adams

The Wiwi Jury—that’s Wiwibloggs, Vebooboo Nadella, Meows Kitty and Deban Aderemi—will listen to and review all 43 Eurovision entries prior to the first semi-final on May 22. Each member of…

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international reaction

The Wiwi Jury: Britain’s Engelbert Humperdinck with “Love Will Set You Free”

The Wiwi Jury: Austria’s Trackshittaz with “Woki Mit Deim Popo”

The Wiwi Jury: Sweden’s Loreen with “Euphoria”

The Wiwi Jury: Slovenia’s Eva Boto With “Verjamem”

The Wiwi Jury: Denmark’s Soluna Samay with “Should’ve Known Better”

The Wiwi Jury: Albania’s Rona Nishliu with “Suus” (Personal)

The Wiwi Jury: Russia’s Buranovskiye Babushki With “Party for Everybody”

The Wiwi Jury: Eurovision 2012 Reviews and Rankings

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New music this week (part 1): Songs from Reiley, Sam Ryder, Elena Tsagrinou and more

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Spain: New direction for Benidorm Fest 2024…as Eva Mora removed as HoD

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New music this week (part 1): Songs from Chanel, Manizha, Cláudia Pascoal and more

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“Don’t get obsessed about finding the formula to win” – Blanca Paloma encourages fans to continue championing creativity as she reviews her Eurovision placing

Loreen’s “Tattoo” debuts at #2 on Official U.K. Charts…with three other Eurovision songs in Top 10

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