Eurovision Song Contest

British Boy Band: Blue
Boy Band Blue: Eurovision and More
It was announced at the end of January 2011 that British boy band Blue had reformed to take part in The Eurovision Song Contest. Blue performed I Can at the 2011 Contest. The four piece vocal band were approached by the BBC to write and perform the song as the United Kingdom's entry, and with millions of eyes across Europe on them, it was an offer the band could not refuse. Much of the media response was negative, stating that it was a mistake for the band's image to appear at the contest. ...

2011 Eurovision Song Contest Poll
Vote in the 2011 Eurovision Song Poll!
The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest poll provides you with an opportunity to vote for your favourite song featured in the biggest music festival to take place annually across Europe and the Eurovision catchment area. 2011 saw forty-three countries competing, everyone from Albania to the United Kingdom. As in recent years, the competition was divided into two semi-finals (May 10 and May 12) with the Final broadcast on the evening of May 14. All countries are open to your vote, so please take a ...

The Eurovision Song Contest Quiz
Test Your Knowledge of The Eurovision Song Contest
What do you know about The Eurovision Song Contest? While this competition has become something of an annual institution across Europe, it causes quizzical looks if mentioned to someone from outside of the continent. Each year - now in May - nations who are part of the European Broadcasting Union put forth a song in the hope of persuading millions of television viewers and numerous national juries to vote as the winner of Europe's biggest song competition: The Eurovision Song Contest. The wi...

The United Kingdom at The Eurovision Song Contest
British Eurovision Entries: 1957-2012
A nostalgic recollection of all the songs that have represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest since it first entered the competition in 1957. Over the years, the results for the British Eurovision entries have been fairly good, having achieved five winners and fifteen second place finishers. Most recently, with the introduction of more former Eastern Bloc competitors, the nation's scores have suffered as a consequence. However, here is a chance to relive more than fifty ...

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011
About the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 took place in Dsseldorf, Germany following Lena Meyer-Landrut having sung the winning song for that country in the 2010 competition. The year 2011 saw 43 countries across the Eurovision catchment area participate, four more than took part in the previous year. 2011 welcomed the return of Hungary, San Marino, Italy and Austria to the Contest, with the semifinals taking place on May 10 and 12, while the grand final was presented on the evening of May 14. Here...

The Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway
Eurovision 2010: In 2009, Norway won the Eurovision Song Contest with singer Alexander Rybak, who performed the song Fairytale. His victory brought the 55th Contest to Oslo, and continued 2009's modified voting format of national juries, together with televoting from countries around Europe. This system was also added to the semi-final stages for the first time. Thirty nine nations confirmed their participation in the Contest, which included two semi finals on 25th and 27th May 2010 respect...

10 Memorable Eurovision Songs
The Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the funniest night's entertainment available on television. Of course, it is not supposed to be funny, but it is traditionally so full of bad music, ridiculous national stereotypes, bad costumes, ill-advised choreography, technical errors and dubious voting that it becomes a three hour long festival of nonsense. Originally designed to bring together Europeans in a celebration of music, the competition has now become one full of novelty acts, scantily-cla...

Amaury Vassili | France
French Tenor: Amaury Vassili
Amaury Vassili, the young French tenor, recently came to my attention due to his participation in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. He hails from Ile-de-France and at 21-years-old has been named the "world's youngest tenor". Having heard a number of his songs, for a guy so young, he does have an amazingly rich and powerful voice. Think Josh Groban and Pavarotti rolled into one and you have Amaury Vassili. The plaudits continue to be bestowed upon this young man, and as one Amazon reviewer r...

Can Britain Win The Eurovision Song Contest?
Why did Josh Dubovie Lose the Eurovision Song Contest?
Why did Josh Dubovie lose the Eurovision song contest? Can Britain ever win Eurovision again? Why does Britain always seem to lose? I saw Josh Dubovie qualify as our entrant for Eurovision. He is clean cut, good-looking young man with a great voice and a pleasant personality. He deserved to win and I was glad for him. "Do we have another Cliff Richard?" I thought to myself. Sadly it was not to be.... and no way is it Josh Dubovie's fault I have to say! Do we even deserve to win in a climate ...

A Eurovision Song Contest Collection
The Eurovision Song Contest Page
The Eurovision Song Contest has been one of my guilty pleasures for around thirty years. It is one of those annual events you either love to watch, or avoid like the plague. There is no middle ground with Eurovision. Those living outside Europe and its surrounding area tend to know little about this song festival that has grown from fourteen participating countries in 1956 to approximately forty in recent years. Over this time, for better or for worse, it has become a television and musical ...