JESC2017 | BELARUS AND RUSSIA ARE GETTING READY!!
The national broadcaster of Belarus, BTRC, have begun their selection process for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. All candidates who would like to take part have until 30th June to submit their song to the Belarussian broadcaster. Once submitted, a jury will listen to all of the songs and decide which songs will make it to the live national final, where the winner will be decided by a combination of jury and televotes. In Russia, 21 songs have been selected to compet
IRELAND'S NOEL CURRAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW EBU DIRECTOR GENERAL!!
The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) today announced the appointment of former Irish Head of Delegation and RTE boss, Noel Curran, as their new Director General, succeeding Ingrid Deltenre who had been in post since 2010. In a statement on their website today, the EBU said: ''We are delighted to welcome Noel Curran as the new Director General of the EBU", said Jean-Paul Philippot, President of the EBU (RTBF/BE). "Noel was the candidate of choice in what was an extremely stro
UNDERSTANDING THIS YEARS' SPANISH EURODRAMA!!
One of the big dramas of this years' national final season came from Spain, causing an outcry from the Eurovision community and Spanish public. Clara gives us an in-depth view as to how this all came about... The backstory... On the 11th February 2017, Spain aired the Spanish national selection in search for Eurovision 2017’s candidate. It was gala with six contestants and the voting was a compilation of 50% public choice and 50% professional jury. The selection was scheduled
Voxxnews Weekly ~ Eurovisions News RoundUp
Fifth time lucky for Valentina Monetta? In an interview with San Marinese newspaper La Serenissima, Valentina discussed her participations, and how she would be tempted to do Eurovision for a fifth time. The Queen of Eurovision would certainly be setting a record if she performed again, appearing on stage more times than any other artists. She stated she didn't know what the future held, but, "For now I’m considering to participate for the fifth time at the Eurovision Song C
The Eurovision Choir of the Year 2017.... Coming Soon.
For those of you suffering from Post Eurovision Depression, fear not as there is a new singing competition coming soon. The European Broadcasting Union responsible for the Eurovision, and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, are bringing a new format to the family, and that is the Eurovision choir of the year 2017. Many of us at Eurovoxx are very excited for this, as there will be an oppertunity to bring a new style of music to the contest. See below for the trailer: Where and W
JESC 2017 | WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
When and where is the contest happening? In February 2017, the EBU announced that the fifteenth annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted by Georgia. The contest will take place at the Tbilisi Sports Palace in Georgia's capital city, Tbilisi. This is the first time that Georgia will host any Eurovision event, even though they have won Junior Eurovision 3 times! What's the theme for this year contest? On 12th May 2017, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GBP), the host bro
It's official! The Viewing Figures Have Been Released
It has been over 2 weeks since the Eurovision final concluded, and now the European Broadcasting Union have officially released the viewing figures for the contest. The two semi finals, and the final viewing figures were 182 million people in total. An impressive amount when you consider it is nearly double that of America's Super Bowl (which is one of the worlds largest sporting broadcasts), however last years contest had over 200 million viewers, which is nearly 20 millio
Bulgarian ESC Stars get nominated for BG Radio Music Awards!
The Bulgarian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017 - Poli Genova, Kristian Kostov and Miro - received nominations in this year's BG Radio Music Awards last week. BG Radio Music Awards are an annually held ceremony for the biggest achievements in Bulgarian music and this year the organisation is celebrating their 15th anniversary. The categories are: - Best Male Artist - Best Female Artist - Best New Artist - Best Group - Best Duo/Trio
Our Thoughts With Manchester!!!
Throughout the day the grizzly details of Monday nights sad tragedy has come to light. Details have emerged through the media that have saddened the entire world, and brought it together in a collective grief. Twenty two people have been killed and 59 injured after a suicide bomber detonated a device at the end of the concert which was being performed by American singer Ariana Grande at Manchester. Countless singers, and world leaders have all sent messages of sympathy and
ONE WEEK ON | #TEAMEUROVOXX ESC2017 HIGHLIGHTS!!
One week on and most of us will be suffering from the inevitable PED (Post Eurovision Depression for those not in the know!) - so we thought it might help to re-live some of our special moments from this year... After many years of trying...Portugal finally bring it home!! You've got to hand it to the Portuguese - if you don't succeed, try, try, try again - and they certainly did! They first graced the Eurovision stage in 1964, but had never seen the Top 5 of the final placin
