JESC 2018 | Technical Director for Eurovision visits Minsk
The Technical Director for The Eurovision Song Contest, Ola Melzig, has traveled to Minsk, Belarus, to assess how preparations are coming along for the upcoming Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2018. During his time in Minsk, Ola visited Minsk Arena, the official venue for Junior Eurovision 2018, where he was able to give advice on the planning and running of the show. Ola also had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of the host broadcaster, BTRC, where he was able to
ESC 2018 | OGAE France have revealed their votes, and the winner is...
France have kicked off the official OGAE voting for The Eurovision Song Contest 2018! The full results of OGAE France were uploaded to the OGAE France Eurofans Facebook page on Sunday. Fabien Radanne, journalist for 20 Minutes, a free daily newspaper in France also tweeted the top 10 of OGAE France to his personal Twitter account on Sunday. Check out the full results below: What do you think of these results? Are you surprised by any of their choices? Let us know what you thi
Eurovision Pre-party season 2018 begins!
You know when Eurovision is fast approaching, when we head to Riga each year for the first Eurovision Pre-party - and last night was no exception! In a show hosted by Roberto Meloni (Latvia 2007 & 2008), four of this years' competing artists entertained fans at the Crystal Club in the Latvian capital; Ieva Zasimauskaite (Lithuania), Mikolas Josef ( Czech Republic), DoReDos ( Moldova) and Laura Rizzotto ( Latvia), and they were joined by previous contestant Amber (Malta 2015),
Lithuania | Ieva Zasimauskaite: Find happiness because, finding happiness is most beautiful thing in
Talented singer-songwriter - Ieva Zasimauskaite - has won Lithuania's ticket to Eurovision in Lisbon this year with her song ''When We're Old'', and we are honoured that she has taken time out of her busy schedule to talk to us... Firstly, congratulations on your win! How does it feel a week after winning the ticket to Lisbon? Has it sunk in yet? Ieva: I'm feeling very nice, today was really nice, because I was going to a lot of interview's, TV show's, I like to communicate w
JESC 2018 | Belarus will #LightUp as official theme is announced
Belorussian broadcaster BTRC have announced that theme for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will be #LightUp. The accompanying logo is based around a morning star made out of inverted soundwaves, which you can see below. Jon Ola Sand, Head of Live Events for the EBU had this to say: "We are pleased to be working with BTRC this year and we have full confidence that they will host a great show in November. This will be the 16th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Conte
Israel | "Toy" Surpasses Two Million Views On YouTube
She's caught the attention of Israel and Europe as a whole with her unique and clever musical talents, and after winning the ticket to Eurovision to represent Israel, Netta and entry "Toy" has already clocked over a million views. Netta, 25 was selected to represent Israel in February after winning the latest series of Rising Star Israel, given her unique blending of sounds and vocal fragments being replayed and used a musical elements via her looper, many were interested to
Georgia | Iriao unveil entry just 'For You'
Despite being one of the first countries to announce the act it was sending to Lisbon, Georgia has remained decidedly tight-lipped about its competing song. That all changed today, with folk-jazz outfit Iriao officially releasing "Sheni Gulistvis" ("For You"). Written by Davit Malazonia and Irina Sanikidz, the song is a soaring ballad which blends a sumptuous orchestral backing track with traditional Caucasus sounds. The song also breaks new ground for Georgia, being the firs
Czech Republic | New version of 'Lie To Me' released
Czech it out! ČT, the state broadcaster of the Czech Republic, this morning released the Eurovision edit of Lie To Me by Mikolas Josef, the song which won the country's online national final back in January. While the overall structure of the song remains unchanged, with the impossibly catchy brass section still dominating the chorus, the lyrics have been downgraded from R-Rated to PG-13. However, while the overt swear words might have been Robin Bengtsson'd, all of the songs
Moldova | DoReDoS Release Music Video For "My Lucky Day"
Moldovan trio DoReDoS today have had their official music video for their Eurovision entry "My Lucky Day" released on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel this morning. DoReDoS won the Moldovan selection in a landslide last month, winning both the televote and jury in convincing fashion, it was their third attempt to represent the microstate after competing in 2015 and 2016 selections respectively. Since then they have also competed in the X Factor Romania as
Russia | Julia Is Back With Her Eurovision Entry, "I Won't Break".
She was the artist that was embroiled in last years Eurovision political drama, but this year she won't be stopped and is back. The Russian entry "I won't break" sung by Julia Samoylova was officially released by Russia's Channel 1 yesterday, Check out the official video which was posted on the official Eurovision channel yesterday evening. It's doing well with the views having gained nearly 300,000 in such a short space of time. She was stopped from performing in Kyiv las
