The Curse of Three! Why can’t a trio win Eurovision?
Something very strange happened in Luxembourg in 1984. The winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was delivered by three men and six golden pixie boots. Correct me if I’m …
The agony and the ecstasy – How to produce your Eurovision Top 43
Sleepless nights. Distracted days. Messed-up mornings. Agitated evenings. Brain spinning with snatches of choruses and half-recalled lyrics. Mind numbed by a blizzard of unfamiliar artist names and song titles – …
So now we know who’ll be representing Croatia in Lisbon AND the song she’ll be singing… Yes, here’s the song that Franka Batelić will be performing in the second half …
April in Amsterdam. That’s a time and place hard-wired into the brains of ESC fans who make the yearly pilgrimage to the Dutch capital for one of the highlights of …
The last note has now been sung and it’s Ari Ólafsson who’s sailed through the Final of Söngvakeppnin 2018. He’ll perform ‘Our Choice’ at the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal …
Cool heads will be at a premium in Iceland this evening as six acts compete to climb onboard the longship to Lisbon. Yes, the climax of Söngvakeppnin 2018 starts at …
Well, we’ve had our hopes and expectations teased, tantalised, tickled and tampered with over the last week or so – but now we know which song Waylon (and presumably his …
Supernova 2018 reached its tantalising climax tonight as Latvia decided to send Laura Rizzotto, with the song ‘Funny Girl’, to Portugal for the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Eight candidates …
Hungary has spoken! It’s AWS who’s carried off the A Dal 2018 title tonight and, singing ‘Viszlát nyár’, will fly the flag for their country at May’s Eurovision Song Contest. …
Take a deep breath. Draw the curtains. Put that crime thriller down. Because tonight you need to focus your full attention on the final chapter of A Dal 2018. There’ll …
It’s already had more twists than the twistiest cliff-hanging soap opera, but tonight Supernova 2018 will reach its conclusion – and Latvia’s representative at this May’s Eurovision Song Contest can …
Greta Zazza and Ruta Loop may have thought their dreams had died when they were eliminated at the heat stage – but now they’ve been given another chance to represent …
In another unexpected twist in Latvia, an extra contender has been added to the list of acts who’ll appear in the Grand Final of Supernova 2018 on Saturday. It’s been …
Within the last few minutes, the Third Semi-Final of Supernova 2018 has decided the last two acts who’ll perform in next Saturday’s Grand Final! Tonight, seven became two (underlined below) …
Tonight, four more acts fought their way through the A Dal 2018 Semi-Final phase and booked a berth in next Saturday’s final showdown. In a night of entertainment, excitement and …
It’s time for one last stop before we head down the track towards ‘Grand Final Central’ in Hungary’s selection process for ESC 2018. Yes, the Second Semi-Final of A Dal …
As it scorches on through the Eurovision sky, who’ll launch a Supernova takeover and who’ll be a Supernova pushover in the third and last Semi-Final? This evening, we’ll find out! …
The Final of Supernova 2018 on 24th February will feature a magnificent seven acts rather than six as planned – following a problem with the online voting in Saturday’s Second …
Tonight’s first Semi-Final of Vidbir 2018 saw ESC big-hitters Ukraine pick the first three acts who’ll go up against each other in the Final in two weeks’ time. The three …
Tonight, four acts emerged from the first A Dal 2018 Semi-Final – and will now carry their hopes all the way to the Final on 24th February. Four acts made …
This evening sees Ukraine set off in search of a worthy successor to Ruslana and Jamala – and a third ESC title. In the first of two Semi-Finals of Vidbir …
In Hungary this evening, the temperature cranks up, the pressure builds and the stakes get even higher as we reach the Semi-Final stage of the country’s ESC selection process. The …
The Semi-Final of Evrovizijska Melodija (EMA) 2018 is just eight days away and we now know the sequence in which the competing acts will take to the stage. It’s a …
A lament for Luxembourg
I miss Luxembourg. Incredibly, this year is the silver anniversary of the Grand Duchy’s last appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s twenty-five years since this tiny country with a …
And that’s it! We now know the last six acts who’ll join the previous twelve qualifiers in the pressure cooker of the A Dal 2018 Semi-Finals, to be held on …
By the end of this evening, we’ll know the identities of all eighteen acts who’ve made it through to the Semi-Finals of A Dal 2018. Tonight, ten more artists present …
It’s always a massive moment when the Swedish Eurovision hit machine explodes into action once again – and that’s precisely what we can look forward to this weekend with the …
Now that’s what I call forward thinking! We may not yet know who’ll be carrying Norway’s hopes to Lisbon this May but the search for their successor is already under …
As you know, we love to report on a ‘first’ here at ESCplus! And this year – for the first time EVER – an international jury of experts is playing …
The Future is Here! Well, Not Quite…
For people of my generation, ‘the future’ has turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. According to experts’ predictions and prophesies, by now we really should all be …
We now know the next six acts who’ll slug it out in next month’s Semi-Finals for a place in the Final of A Dal 2018. Another Saturday, another great show …
The 2018 Eurovision Express is now surging forward and the brakes are well and truly off, with the next instalment in Hungary’s selection process among tonight’s highlights. Yes, it’s Heat …
Ah, auditions! The lifeblood of showbusiness! Yesterday this process lit the blue, yellow and red touchpaper to ignite Moldova’s mission to take the ESC by storm again this year – …
As we reported yesterday, Česká Televize assembled a stellar international jury* of Eurovision veterans from the recent and more distant past to help decide this year’s Czech entry. And now …
Now THAT’S what I call an international jury!!! Broadcaster Česká Televize has revealed the names of the 10 jury members who are playing a key role in deciding which act …
For some of us the echoes of yodelling have hardly died away yet, but the Eurovision juggernaut never slows down! Is it really nearly a year since Ilinca and Alex …
Hungary has just taken the first step towards finding its representative for this year’s ESC in Lisbon. In a sharp, nicely presented show, ten very varied acts faced the TV …
Hungary fires up the ESC furnace again on Saturday with the first of three selection rounds of A Dal 2018 – the country’s search for a song that can keep …
