Eurovision 2019: Netherlands scoop Europe’s kitsch music award
- anjci
- on Monday, May 20th, 2019
Last Saturday, nearly 200 million viewers around the world gathered to watch the Eurovision Song Contest – arguably the most addictive music competition in Europe’s history. The 64th Eurovision Song...
Eurovision 2018: Chicken pop, Dracula lookalikes and others
- anjci
- on Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
And so it goes – the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is behind us. The 63rd contest was the first ever to be hosted in Portugal following the country’s triumph at...
Eurovision 2017: Portugal ends decade-long wait for victory
- anjci
- on Monday, May 15th, 2017
There were few surprises in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Having held, for years, the unenviable record of winless Eurovision participation, Portugal finally took the trophy home. The country’s song...
Eurovision 2016: Controversial victory for Ukraine
- anjci
- on Sunday, May 15th, 2016
“Judges voted for Australia. People voted for Russia. And Ukraine won”. This statement best reflected the mixed media and public reactions to the result of the Grand Final of the...
Eurovision 2015: The heroes of their time
- anjci
- on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Not many of us will recall that the first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Switzerland in 1956. With a few breaks here and there, this year’s European singing extravaganza...
Eurovision 2014: Rise like Conchita
- anjci
- on Monday, May 12th, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally the time of year we have all been waiting for. Yet another of those semi-amateur European singing talent shows has swooshed past like a...
Eurovision 2013: More Than Only Teardrops
- anjci
- on Monday, May 20th, 2013
And so another one of those grotesque European singing shows is over. Sweden had the honour of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, having clocked its fifth victory in Baku...
Eurovision 2012: The Euphoria Continues
- anjci
- on Sunday, May 27th, 2012
So, it’s that time of year again: the Eurovision Song Contest, ladies and gentlemen. 2012 marked the 57th anniversary of Eurovision which, love it or hate it, has firmly established...
Eurovision 2011: Running Scared?
- anjci
- on Monday, May 16th, 2011
As I ran towards the North Greenwich Tube station, the familiar chords of Pink Floyd’s immortal The Wall seemed to be tracing my every step. Behind me at O2 Arena,...
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