An official statement from the Italian public broadcaster RAI has announced an overhaul of the rules for the next edition of the Sanremo music festival. Unlike in previous editions, there will not be “big” and “nuove proposte” categories in the contest…
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Following a meeting with the Israeli national broadcaster, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed that the host city and the dates for Eurovision 2019 will be revealed by September. Today, representatives from the Israeli broadcaster KAN, the Eurovision Reference…
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The stage invader who interrupted SuRie’s performance at the grand final of Eurovision 2018 has been released on bail. The EBU has released the following statement: “The stage invader was questioned by police immediately following the incident, and then held…
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Following a petition which has garnered over 22,000 signatures, the Icelandic broadcaster is meeting to discuss the possibility of withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel. The Reykjavik Grapevine reports that the broadcaster had a meeting on Tuesday…
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The mayor of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva has announced that he is interesting in holding the 2019 contest in the city. Since Netta won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon on Saturday for Israel, attention has turned…
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The UK’s Eurovision 2018 singer has been speaking on ITV’s This Morning about the stage invasion during her performance of Storm during the Grand Final in Lisbon. The stage invader (who goes under the alias Dr AC Activism and has launched similar…
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The broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Final 2018 from Lisbon on RTP was the most watched programme of the day on Portuguese television. An estimated 1.547 million viewers on average followed the show which was a 34.9% audience share.…
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According to Oddschecker, Lithuania is now amongst the top favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Tonight Ieva Zasimauskaite from Lithuania was one of ten qualifiers from the first semi-final in Lisbon. After her performance of When We’re Old, odds…
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The Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest expects that “one day” the contest will be held in Iceland. Speaking in an interview with the Icelandic broadcaster RUV, Jon Ola Sand said: “Portugal have never held the contest before this…
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Ahead of tonight’s first semi-final of Eurovision 2018, IKEA Belgium is getting behind the Belgian entry, “A Matter of Time” by Sennek. Alongside her music career, Belgian Eurovision entrant Sennek also works as a Visual Merchandiser for IKEA. On Facebook, IKEA…
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