From Estonia we travel south to Lithuania and once again in Belgrade we came across a song that to this day I call “depression in 3 minutes” If you don’t know the song then count yourself lucky, the artist…
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Why Did You Send That?: Estonia 2008
From Helsinki would move forward one year to Belgrade, Serbia and possibly to one of the worst songs I have ever heard. Now if I told you the name of the group was Kreisiraadio you are most likely still…
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Why Did You Send That? Denmark 2007
From Central Europe we venture into the Nordics and specifically to Helsinki, Finland the home to the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. In 2007 Denmark held it’s annual Dansk Melodi Grand Prix to select their Eurovision entrant, they selected the drag…
Read MoreSpain: “Stay With Me” Released
Pastora Soler has today released “Stay With Me” the english language version of her Eurovision entry “Quédate Conmigo. The song is now available on Spotify and iTunes to purchase.
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Croatia: 2013 Participation Confirmed
The Croatian Head of Delegation at HRT Aleksandar Kostadinov has announced that Croatia will be in Malmö for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. There were reports of blaming between Nina Badric the 2012 representative and HRT over the failure of Croatia to…
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United Kingdom: BBC Spent £310,000 On Eurovision
The BBC spent £310,000 on Eurovision according to some newspapers this morning. The information was given out by the BBC after a “Freedom Of Information” request which due to the BBC being a public broadcaster had to reply to. Per hour…
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Why Did You Send That?: Hungary 2009
Well it’s time to leave the lowlands for a while and venture off to the heart of Europe and to Hungary more specifically. In 2009 Hungary sent Zoli Ádok to Moscow with his song “Dance With Me”. 2009 saw…
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Netherlands: Is TROS Rethinking Anouk?
Just over a week after TROS announced that they would be holding a National Final instead of internally selecting Anouk, TROS Director Peter Kuipers has said that he may be changing his mind. In an article in Algemeen Dagblad he said…
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Albania: RTSH Opens Submissions For 2013
RTSH the Albanian broadcaster have today opened their call for songs for Eurovision 2013. Interested artists must submit their song on a CD with the lyrics included, composers however cannot enter more than one song. All the songs entered will…
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Why Did You Send That?: Belgium 2007
Is it just me or do the lowlands have a habit of sending some dire songs to the contest, earlier in the week I had a look at the Netherlands and De Toppers with “Shine” now we head south…
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