Malta decides
Malta has chosen its 2012 ESC entry. Its song in Baku will be “This Is The Night’ and it’ll be sung by 22 year old Kurt Calleja. Kurt won the National Selection on February 4th […]
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Special Report: Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975-1979
In part one we saw how the Salazar regime used Eurovision as a propaganda tool to promote itself and its brutal colonial war. In part two, find out how Post-revolutionary Portugal both celebrated its new […]
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Special Report: Portugal at Eurovision in the 1960s & 1970s
Last year’s Portuguese entry “A Luta e alegria” (“the struggle is happiness”) was a comical allusion to 1970s Revolutionary Portugal. In the first of two reports covering Portuguese entries in the 1960s and 1970s, we examine how […]
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Looking back – Düsseldorf 2011
What’s Another Year: some thoughts from “The Full Catastrophe”. AKA Andy Bell, penned after Eurovision 2011 in Düsseldorf. How do you find a word that means Eurovision 2011 ? A flibbertijibbet ? A will-o’-the wisp ? A […]
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Eurovision History Chat: Slovenia
Slovenia has been in Eurovision only since 1993 in its own right, but as part of Yugoslavia, Slovenia has sent several Eurovision entries since 1966. They’re much more experienced at this Eurovision game than you […]
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Contenders 2012
Welcome to Euro Song Countdown 2012’s coverage of the runners & riders for Baku. We will update the status of competing countries as the results of national contests and decisions of broadcasters come through. You […]
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France: Echo (You and I)
This is the French entry for this year: Echo (You & I). Representing France this year is the already quite well-known Indonesian-born Anggun, who has released albums in French, English, and Indonesian. What do you think? [youtube […]
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Eurovision History Chat: Belarus
The Eurovision family is like many families: you have relatives you get along with and ones that you don’t quite see eye to eye with on one or several issues. Belarus, since entering Eurovision, has […]
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It’s on !!
The time is coming soon for the Joy of Eurovision to hit the airwaves. As you’re already here you must know about the blogs, podcasts and other ESC stuff we have on offer. Joy […]
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Preview: Eurovision History Chat: Belarus & Slovenia
Here are the songs we’ll be discussing on Monday’s podcast: BELARUS Aleksandra & Konstanin – My Galileo [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINn55fuScE] Angelica Agurbash – Love Me Tonight [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z5pE0oQx30] Polina Smolova – Mum [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNscfbaTE0] Koldun – […]
