At this point, we know the city the will host, we know where the contest will take place, we know the countries that will participate, we know how many will take part, we know who will compete in the semi-finals, but today, we now also know who will host it all. This year’s host broadcaster (SVT) has finally announced who …
All the glitter from the past weekend had barely fallen to the ground, before cities around in Sweden started to show interest in hosting next year’s contest, but as it stands, the front runner and expected favorite city to host the contest, might have to surrender the possibility even before things get properly started. Not Stockholm in 2024? Sweden might …
In less than 3 months, a new European (or Australian) champion will be crowned in front of millions and millions of viewers. While Europe is slowly revealing their entries for this year, the BBC has in the meantime decided who will be our final guides, for this journey. Welcome our ESC 2023 Hosts! Say hello to… Hannah Waddingham, Julia Sanina, …
We often hear that the interest is still rather low, when it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy, but it would seem that cities all around Italy are willing to deny that claim. The Eurovision Song Contest is 10 months away from taking place, and these 17 cities sure are willing to go all the way to make …
It’s only been 2 months since Duncan Laurence took home the Eurovision trophy back to the Netherlands after a 44 year long wait, but the tension for next years contest is already very high. We started with more than 10 cities, now we’re left down to the last 2 cities. [AdSense-B] Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to book your …
As reported by ESC Portugal, the Portuguese broadcaster RTP spent 20 million Euros on the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Unfortunately that is more than they received back in revenue, which runs at 16 million Euros, therefore ending up with a loss of four million euros. Unrelated to Eurovision, the broadcaster also reportedly lost a significant amount of money during the World …
As we previously reported, the Israeli broadcaster has been struggling to come up with the 12 Million Euros security deposit to guarantee hosting responsibilities for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Gil Omer, chairman of the board of the broadcasting corporation, contacted the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and threatened to give up the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel to …
[AdSense-B] The Czech Republic are allegedly not ready to host the Eurovision Song Contest should Martina Bárta win the competition, according to the singer. In an interview with press, Bárta said that a Czech television executive from the national broadcaster Česká televize told her to “do well, but not too well”. Bárta herself has rejected these claims; “We are ready, …
[AdSense-B] Jon Ola Sand, the Norwegian TV executive who has been executive producer of Eurovision since the 2011 contest, has admitted that Kyiv’s hosting of the contest has been difficult and the “most challenging Eurovision yet”. Sand has confirmed that EBU officials have had to be a lot more hands on with the competition this year, as Ukrainian TV officials …
[AdSense-B] The press centre, the beating heart of the Eurovision Song Contest year on year, and the room in which over 1500 accredited journalists and fan press will squeeze into for two weeks, has finally been revealed by the EBU and UA:PBC, with more details on the layout also published. The centre, also based in eastern Kiev’s International Exhibition Centre …
