The Former Yugosloav Republic of Macedonia has got us thinking, y’all. We know the country has chosen Tijana Dapcevic for Eurovision 2014. She’s an ambitious and talented singer, and a…
Celine Dion, Queen of Eurovision 1988 and Canada’s biggest export after maple syrup, will drop her English-language album Loved Me Back to Life on November 1. In the build-up to…
If you’ve ever been texting in your hotel room and started dreaming about wearing leather while dancing, then you’ll totally relate to Eldar Qasimov’s new video for “The One”. Since winning…
When Emmelie de Forest debuted her new single “Hunter and Prey” on Denmark’s DR1 recently, I thought someone had released a monkey into the studio. You can read the lyrics…
Everyone who is anyone when it comes to Eurovision remembers Eric Saade. He represented Sweden in 2011 and came third with “Popular”. He also played host in the Green Room…
The team behind Esma and Lozano don’t have much faith in themselves. When the duo unveiled “Imperija” earlier this year, critics in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia complained and…
Marco Mengoni has confirmed that he will sing his Sanremo-winning song “L’Essenziale” at Eurovision—and that he’ll keep the lyrics in Italian. Hallelujah!
It’s taken some time, but we finally have the lyrics and English translation to “Samo Shampioni”—the mind-bending electro-ethno from Elitsa and Stoyan. Enjoy!
You can read the lyrics to “Birds”—Anouk’s ESC 2013 song—below. It’s really refreshing to hear a Eurovision singer who can enunciate in her second language. For the first time in…
I don’t speak Hebrew, so can’t make much of the lyrics of Moran Mazor’s “Rak bishvilo” (Only for Him). But luckily Moran knows how to convey emotion, and I can…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Thomas G:son, the man behind Loreen’s “Euphoria”, knows how to write a dance track. I’m less convinced by his efforts with “Waterfall”, the ballad Nodi & Sophie will sing on…