Uh, Oh, Oh San Marino
Like Dame Shirley sang “it’s all just a bit of history repeating.” The San Marinese entry Facebook (Uh, Oh, Oh) is in breach of EBU rules prohibiting commercial messages in […]
Category Archives: As it Happened
Live thoughts on National Finals
Belgium decides
It was a simple two song final for Belgium as pre-selected singer Iris presented two songs on a special show on Flemish broadcaster VRT: Safety Net and Would You? The […]
San Marino Presents
Ralph Siegel is a famous name in Eurovision land, having lended his songwriting skills to the winning song for Germany in 1982 as well as many others over the years. […]
Romania decides
15 acts battled out to represent Romania in Baku, but there could only be one winner. Despite a strong showing by the band Electric Fence, the band Mandinga with the […]
Serbia presents
After a retrospective through his many works at Eurovision, more than proving his Eurovision pedigree, Zeljko Joksimovic finally presented his song that he will be singing in Baku. In fact […]
Sweden decides…
The wait is over. And let’s just say that the result was euphoric. Loreen has won Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song Euphoria (link is in Swedish). Related articles Melodifestivalen Is […]
Armenia a no-show at Baku
There was more than an air of inevitability about Armenia’s decision not to compete in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was always a toss-up whether the […]
Russia decides…
In Eurovision, much like the Magic Kingdom, anything can happen: Revolutions can begin, superstars can be born, and six grandmothers from a rural village in Russia can represent their country. […]
Spain decides
Spain had already long selected its artist with the announcement of Pastora Soler as their entrant, but left the deciding which song she’ll sing up to the public and a […]
Lithuania decides
Love is apparently not blind to the 5 member expert jury that selected Donny Montell’s soulful house number Love Is Blind as the winner of the Lithuanian final. After 4 […]
