One-third of Austria’s entry into the 2000 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, Rounder Girls, has died. Lynne Kieran, who, alongside band members, achieved Austria a 14th place, has passed away. Thoughts are with her family, friends and of course her band mates. Lynne Kieran, who lived a healthy life of 53 years, born in 1960 in London, has died …

Tonight 17 countries will battle for one of the ten prestigious Final sports which means we’ll have to say goodbye to seven entries. The jury show took place last night so technically 50% of the votes have been decided and tonight the televoters will judge and vote for their favorites and soon enough we’ll know who is in and who is …

Tonight 16 countries will battle for one of the ten prestigious Final sports which means we’ll have to say goodbye to six entries. The jury show took place last night so technically 50% of the votes have been decided and tonight the televoters will judge and vote for their favorites and soon enough we’ll know who is in and who is …

ESC United talked to the acts that had their first rehearsals today. They will be performing in the second half of Semi Final 2 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. The Semi Final will take place exactly next Thursday so let’s get to know them a little better. Unfortunately we were unable to get you the Georgia interview …

We’re back with the Eurovision 2013 ‘Alternative Awards’, where we judge the best and worst aspects of all the nations’ entries on a truly random (and sometimes downright silly) array of stuff. Every couple of days we will introduce some new awards, including the best and worst and the runners up. These are one person’s opinion, the author’s (Sebastien), and of …

OGAE clubs from around Europe have been voting, and here are the latest results, including results from Germany, France and Turkey. This batch of points has pushed the top three nations (Denmark, San Marino and Norway) up into a realm of their own, and has seen Bonnie Tyler for the United Kingdom gently start to float down the table, with …

Introducing the Eurovision 2013 ‘Alternative Awards’, where we judge the best and worst aspects of all the nations’ entries on a truly random (and sometimes downright silly) array of stuff. Every couple of days we will introduce some new wacky awards, including the best and worst and the runners up. These are one person’s opinion, the author’s (Sebastien), and of …

So, more OGAE votes have come flooding in over the past few days, originating from Italy, the United Kingdom, Romania, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Switzerland, Finland, Israel, Greece and Luxembourg. Here are the top three votes from each of the OGAEs. Italy: San Marino Norway United Kingdom United Kingdom: Norway Germany Denmark Romania: Denmark Ukraine Norway Netherlands: Italy Norway San Marino …

The official Eurovision 2013 CD has been released today, comprising of all 39 great (and not so great) songs competing this year in Malmö. It is available online from the following major retailers: Eurovision.tv (Hardcopy)  19.95 euros Amazon MP3 (MP3 Download)  £11.49 Amazon.com (Hardcopy) £10.99 iTunes   £9.99 The hardcopy comes complete with two disks and a short introduction for each …

The first OGAE results have recently been published, from the first 13 associations. With not many surprises. The top ten are as follows: Denmark 124 pts. San Marino 87 pts. Norway 75 pts. Germany 69 pts. Italy 64 pts. United Kingdom 59 pts. Netherlands 53 pts. Sweden 45 pts. Ukraine 34 pts. Russia 33 pts. Denmark, of course, the favourite, …