Two years ago, we chatted with Gilad Mandelboim, co-founder of Europhoria.  His goal was to bring a bit of Eurovision to the United States. See the original article HERE Europhoria is entering its third year.  And as sponsors of his first international foray in Sweden at Eurovision 2013, I still have fond memories of hanging out with him at the …

Artani is best known for co-writing “Everytime” with Britney Spears and representing Cyprus in Eurovision 2006 with the song “Why Angels Cry”. She recently joined the Eurovision race in hope of representing Switzerland in Copenhagen 2014. Artani will introduce her new upbeat hit You Got What I Need among other songs at Europhoria this Saturday evening (Nov 16) in New York …

Events include: Europhoria’s Monday’s dance party; New York Eurovision Grand Finale viewing party and the first International party at the official Eurovision venue in Malmo, Sweden, the Euro Café. On December 2012, Hardware bar has teamed up with Israelis Gilad Mandelboim and Itai Eithan Shamir to reinvent and spice up the night scene in New York with a European vibe, …

Many Americans have little knowledge of Eurovision, despite a number of well-known artists (ABBA, Celine Dion, Olivia Newton-John, Julio Iglesias) having roots from the annual song contest.  Moreover, the US has had some songs from Eurovision become successful there, such as “Waterloo,” “Eres Tu,” “Ooh Ahh Just a Little Bit,” and “Save All Your Kisses For Me.”  One person who …